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The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

3.96 AVERAGE

dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Absolutely loved the immersiveness of this book and the world that Donna Tartt creates. Could have benefitted from some editing. The ending didn’t quite have the emotional payoff that you’d hope after a 700+ page book, but otherwise a beautiful read. 
slow-paced
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love this book. I imagine Theo as ethan tbh idk why just a feeling 

the book of a lifetime. i’m so lucky to have found it so early on, and so glad it exists. my heart is full just thinking about how much i love it and the level in which it’s engrained into my own self.
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DID NOT FINISH

I hate to say it but if I could rate this 0 stars I would. Ended up in the DNF pile. Very pretentious and way too long for what it needed to be

Snoooooozzzeee

On my audible i kept upping the speed to get it done.
Honestly,
If it was about half the length, it would have been great. So many story lines were dragged out way too long or not needed

As Theo says himself, "it’s really very personal and specific"
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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
challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated