21.5k reviews for:

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

3.96 AVERAGE

janread's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

drobbo02's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

thesecrethistori_an's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

georgiehar's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sharmeenrupani's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jenjenwhen's review against another edition

1.0

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Listening to this book on audio was horrific. It was like pulling teeth. I don't care about the protagonist with his meandering pedantic realizations. The story just trudges along and yes, there is talent here in the writing but the material is so tedious to get through. I tried two times to listen to this because I hate unfinished work but I just had to stop for my sanity.

solittletime2read's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

mirandayanez's review against another edition

5.0

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Wow!!!!!!! What an Epic Tale!! This is contemporary literature at some of its finest. So blown away by the differences between this and The Secret History, which I felt was far too long and boring at 500 pages and yet this, with all 770 of them, not once did I wish it was over. Every moment demands the reader’s presence. Such complexity in both plot and characters, along with the fact that Donna Tartt is really just an impeccable writer on a sentence level. Really just so impressed and almost rendered speechless by the magnitude of this story.

And special thanks to the RER A for giving me 1.5 hours every Tuesday Thursday to dedicate to reading. I basically knocked out 100 pages at a time thanks to this train. No idea how long it would have taken me to finish this I without my beloved commute.

dnss_a's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

morgcorn01's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No