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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

162 reviews

rachel_juliane's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

fatfrog's review

Too triggering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Isn't everything worthwhile a gamble? Can't good come around sometimes through some strange backdoor?

It grew on me as I listened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Death of parent

floorse's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A solid read, pretty similar in tone and fashion to Tartts other work. I find her characters quite difficult to sympathize with (not least because of the social echelon they tend to occupy, but also because of the strange ignorance of non-upper-class life that seems to pervade all of her works). The latter third of the book dragged on twice as long as I'd have liked. There's also something painfully annoying about a character moralizing for a dozen pages on issues that should be evident to anyone who isn't a oxy-snorting nihilist. Prose was excellent, though, and I really did enjoy it up until about page 600.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

johndenver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Drug abuse, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Body horror, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Drug use, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Homophobia

lyndis8377's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Hate crime, Vomit, Child abuse, and Self harm

dizzzybrook's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was such a chore to get through. I generally favor long books and have no issues with a slow burn, but something about The Goldfinch just failed to ever emotionally draw me in. The story was much more enjoyable for me than that of The Secret History but I'm still just not sold that Tartt's books are for me. I really loved the first 1/4th of the book but after that, I lost motivation and eventually had to switch over to the audiobook to get through the rest. I don't think this is a bad book by any means but it was a relief once it was over, and I'm not sure that's a compliment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and Vomit

maddie_1999's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Gore, Abandonment, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Vomit, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Self harm

Moderate: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Stalking, Violence, and Fatphobia

haileyeh's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Theo is the most unlikeable protagonist I have ever read about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Child abuse

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

lgwhite's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Violence