Does the dog die?
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The Secret History
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SenMithrarin
The dog isn’t well known so it isn’t THAT sad
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Main characters are neglected by their parents, but not abandoned.
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Abuse
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Hamarhemmo
Charles abuses Camilla, especially in the second half of the book. At least sexual and physical violence iirc.
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Is someone gaslighted?
29 supporters
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Hamarhemmo
Richard is at least very much manipulated and lied to by his "friends"
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Anonymous
Neglect, mention of beating a child in the bathroom, and mention of a character’s mother asking him to join she and her current husband in bed
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Addiction
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nichesemantics
Cocaine is used frequently. It's a liberal art college in 1980s Vermont.
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Is there addiction?
10 supporters
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Hamarhemmo
Pretty much every character is addicted to several drugs, nicotine and alcohol.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Hamarhemmo
Pretty much every character is an alcoholic, special mention goes to Charles.
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Animal
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Hamarhemmo
Henry mentions that they killed a pig after the Bacchanal.
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Are animals abused?
115 supporters
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CandySkull
Two dogs are being experimented on with poison.
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Is there a dead animal?
64 supporters
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SenMithrarin
A dog and pig dies. There may be more
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Are rabbits harmed?
39 supporters
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A Bunny definitely is.
(But seriously, no.)
(But seriously, no.)
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Assault
Is rape mentioned?
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alicia15
(potential spoiler but not really) the main character thinks to himself about raping his female friend
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coolskeleton73
the narrator describes a sudden desire to sexually assault a female character, but the moment passes and he does not.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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Not jokes really, but the main character does not seem to take rape towards men very seriously, and is not concerned when he finds out that one of his friends has raped men.
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Richard has rape fantasies of a character, but does not act on them and it isn't described in detail.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
19 supporters
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SenMithrarin
There may be more instances but one scene that grossed me out was a graphic description of an accidentally cut foot
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
17 supporters
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Hamarhemmo
Francis has a panic attack, and one of the symptoms is not being able to breathe properly.
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Does someone break a bone?
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kayamaria
While it is not described, it is implied that a character dies by breaking their neck
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Does someone fall to their death?
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kayamaria
A characters fall to their death is a major plot point
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Children
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Does a kid die?
28 supporters
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Hamarhemmo
Richard has a dream in which kid dies, but it was only a dream.
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Death
Does a major character die?
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Yes, Bunny's murder is the main plot of the book.
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Does someone die?
10 supporters
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A very major plot point is the murder of Bunny
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Disability
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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Hamarhemmo
There aren't many stable relationships, but pretty much everyone is sleeping with everyone. Also I'm pretty sure epilogue Francis is cheating on his wife.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Hamarhemmo
The Greek students have a bacchanal (off screen) and bacchanals are sometimes described as being possessed by Dionysus. Though it was probably just a lot of alcohol and drugs.
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Are there ghosts?
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LarissaRilling
Modern interpretations of ghosts (like memories etc) are discussed and there are scenes towards the end where a character mentions that they still see a dead friend of theirs sometimes. Nothing explicit that can’t be explained away as grief, though.
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Is there a shower scene?
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CharlesB
There's a dream sequence with a character described fully clothed in a bathtub
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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quite a bit of it, but nothing very detailed.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Hamarhemmo
The book is pretty neutral towards cops, maybe a bit negative considering that the main charqcters are criminals.
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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One of the main characters uses a nickname instead of his birth name, but he doesn't seem to mind when people use it.
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Hamarhemmo
Richard almost dies of hypothermia and ends up in the hospital. Francis also goes to the hospital thinking he's having a heart attack.
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Mental Health
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Hamarhemmo
In the epilogue Francis has at least attempted suicide. Also the amount of drugs and alcohol could count as self harm.
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Henry Winters is autistic-coded and a murderer. He himself notes on his lack of empathy.
But he's never described as autistic or anything.
But he's never described as autistic or anything.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Hamarhemmo
All of the main characters murder someone together, and we can assume that at least some of them are mentally ill.
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CharlesB
Francis, at the end
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Hamarhemmo
Francis has tried to kill himself in the epilogue and it is implied that he is going to try again. Iirc Henry says that he doesn't want to live anymore after Julian left him. And he does kill himself sometime later.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Hamarhemmo
Francis has a panic attack but close enough.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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SenMithrarin
Side character gossips “I think Laura had an eating disorder, not anorexia but that Karen carpenter thing where you make yourself puke” and mentions that the girl “stuffed herself until she could not breathe then went into the men’s room to barf” it’s intentionally insensitive/insulting and said in passing. The side character acts like it’s insanely stupid to have an ED. Can be triggering but keep in mind this character isn’t supposed to be likable and does drugs
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CandySkull
A main character kills himself [other comment has huge spoiler]
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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There are no explicitly black characters. The first person to die is white.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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nichesemantics
Bunny Corcoran is bigoted and uses the f slur repeatedly.
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Hamarhemmo
Bunny Corcoran says many antisemitistic things in passing, but it doesn't seem like he actually means it. Still shitty tho.
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Is there hate speech?
20 supporters
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Hamarhemmo
Bunny does this frequently towards women, gay people, Catholics and Jews. At least ones he says that all gay people should be burned alive, and a lot of stereotyping. Most of the caharcters are also racist but they don't mention it a lot.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
13 supporters
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Anonymous
Predatory gay man stereotype
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Does an LGBT person die?
24 supporters
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SenMithrarin
Some sexualities are left unknownish. One character dies who also might be lgbt but it’s not completely confirmed. Being gay didn’t cause his death
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
28 supporters
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SenMithrarin
R word is used
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Are there n-words?
18 supporters
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SenMithrarin
There is one iirc
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Anonymous
Brief mention of a professor who “chases girls 20 years younger than him”
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
35 supporters
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Richrd almost has sex with Francis (they are interrupted), Francis and Henry mention having sex with other characters, and I think Richard has a weird rape fantasy thing going on at some point.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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The main character tells how attractive he finds each character. Camilla is most frequently sexualized.
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lacklusterlavender
it’s implied that (spoiler) two twins had an incestuous relationship.
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Sexism
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Social
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
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Richard for like a month
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Hamarhemmo
None of the characters have a good ending. Though they were all assholes so maybe it's fair. Still made me sad.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
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Hamarhemmo
Charles drives Henry's car drunk and crashes.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
8 supporters
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Mentioned I think but you obviously can't hear it.
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Is someone hit by a car?
11 supporters
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EADreifuss
A deer is hit by a car
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
32 supporters
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CandySkull
At multiple occasions. For example, when Camilla cuts her foot really badly or the scene with the pig although the MC was not present there.
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Is there gun violence?
12 supporters
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Hamarhemmo
Spoilers: At the end Charles tries to shoot Henry and Camilla, I think, and accidentally shoots Richard. Henry takes the gun away from him and kills himself.
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