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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
This book ended with the last of my sanity. It was somehow very intriguing even if you knew from the beginning how it would develop.
The ending just destroyed me hard.
The ending just destroyed me hard.
Four stars
I have mixed feelings on this one, I've given it four stars but I could have just as easily gone with 5 or 3.
The writing is beutiful, of that there is no doubt. It's an atmospheric book with all the right vibes. The premise and opening is powerful and cool, it's sucks you in. My instinct is to give this book 5 stars and say it's brilliant.
However, the more I think about it, the more I feel like this book is style over substance. I donr know if I'll actually be thinking back on this story in a few days time. I soon know what tartt was trying to say or explore, and the more I think about it the more I feel she didn't know either. I have nothing against long books and I don't nessacarily think the book should have ended with bunny's death, but to me the 300 more pages afterwards weren't used wisely. It's like the author wanted to be literary and really say something but stumbled around it and couldn't quite hit on what that thing was.
Overall I enjoyed the expiernce of reading it but the more I think about this book, the less I like it. What even was Franciss charachter traits besides being gay??? Or charles besides being incestuous and a drunk???
Like it's rich snobby charachters, maybe this book is more style over substance..
I have mixed feelings on this one, I've given it four stars but I could have just as easily gone with 5 or 3.
The writing is beutiful, of that there is no doubt. It's an atmospheric book with all the right vibes. The premise and opening is powerful and cool, it's sucks you in. My instinct is to give this book 5 stars and say it's brilliant.
However, the more I think about it, the more I feel like this book is style over substance. I donr know if I'll actually be thinking back on this story in a few days time. I soon know what tartt was trying to say or explore, and the more I think about it the more I feel she didn't know either. I have nothing against long books and I don't nessacarily think the book should have ended with bunny's death, but to me the 300 more pages afterwards weren't used wisely. It's like the author wanted to be literary and really say something but stumbled around it and couldn't quite hit on what that thing was.
Overall I enjoyed the expiernce of reading it but the more I think about this book, the less I like it. What even was Franciss charachter traits besides being gay??? Or charles besides being incestuous and a drunk???
Like it's rich snobby charachters, maybe this book is more style over substance..
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
wow just wow. These characters will stay with me for a long time.
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Some things are too terrible to grasp at once. Other things—naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror—are too terrible to really ever grasp at all. It is only later, in solitude, in memory, that the realization dawns: when the ashes are cold; when the mourners have departed; when one looks around and finds oneself—quite to one's surprise—in an entirely different world.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was quite unique, and usually when i read slow-paced books they do not keep my attention for long. This one was different. It was gripping, and darker than any book I’ve read.
I also realized that this book was about how one action can really ruin your life and this book is a great perception of that
Just delicious from start to finish. Not an easy ready whether it be because of the length or the heavy reference to classical Greek and classics in general. But boy does Donna Tartt know how to craft an infectious atmosphere. Incredibly rich in detail with a cast of characters that are pretty much all awful but in a way you can't help but be wooed by. Just incredible stuff