I read TikTok's favorite book... FINALLY
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yes, The Secret History, the novel written by Donna Tartt, is much more than a viral book on TikTok. but we have to admit that TikTok has seriously amplified its popularity lately 🫡 it took me two years to read the book and film this reading vlog... but here it is, finally!
I apologize in advance for the emphasis when reading from the novel :))) I thought that would match the preciousness of the descriptions
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❓F A Q
how old are you?
23
what do you study?
I started a research master's degree in comparative literature, at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands)
What faculty did you graduate from?
Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest (English - Romanian Philology), in 2021. Then, I got burned out and took a year off from my studies, in which I set out to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, put less pressure on myself and create content on this channel.
What city are you from?
From Oradea, but I graduated from high school and college in Bucharest
What program do you edit your videos with?
Final Cut Pro!
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*Paperwhite 4 (2018), with 8GB of memory: https://bit.ly/2N7M1dM
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00:00 intro
01:22 dark academia aesthetics and the secret history
6:18 reading the secret history (no spoilers): first impressions
11:22 update #1
15:02 update #2
18:22 final verdict
20:50 SPOILER zone