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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
I found my new favorite book. Fantastic story written exceptionally well. The images from this book will not dissipate easily.
emotional
reflective
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
“Well I have to say I personally have never drawn such a sharp line between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ as you. For me: that line is often false. The two are never disconnected. One can’t exist without the other. As long as I am acting out of love, I feel I am doing the best I know how.”
“We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
“How do we know what’s right for us? Every shrink, every career counselor, every Disney princess knows the answer: "Be yourself." "Follow your heart."
“We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
“How do we know what’s right for us? Every shrink, every career counselor, every Disney princess knows the answer: "Be yourself." "Follow your heart."
Only here's what I really, really want someone to explain to me.
What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can't be trusted— ? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one willfully and in a cloud of unspeakable radiance away from health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all the blandly-held common virtues and instead straight towards a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster?
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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.
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