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Donna Tartt

3.96 AVERAGE

jsalvania's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brandyking's review against another edition

4.0

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Loved the story, loved the writing. Thought it dragged a lot at the end, but overall it was incredible.

rubyst's review against another edition

5.0

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This was really amazing. That last chapter was perfection and I really am amazed by Donna Tartt’s writing. This book made me feel every emotion so deeply. I want to immediately read it again.

matthewwester's review against another edition

slow-paced

robinie142's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective slow-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

rosechauvin's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

maith_k's review against another edition

5.0

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I even read the last ten pages unlike some people;)

jess_beardsell's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional 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: Complicated

ellagammill's review against another edition

4.25

reflective tense slow-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: Complicated

wizmelifa's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this. An extraordinarily thought-provoking story of coming of age  exploration of grief, morality, choices, etc. Quite descriptive, though a little wordy through some passages and get a little philosophical in the last chapter, but for the most part I really enjoyed it. Beautifully written with distinctive, unique characters and several motifs sprinkled throughout that would make a second read interesting…the mention of “right about to spoil” fruit during the pages of Theo and Boris’s younger days being a call back to the museum trip and the Dutch paintings that Theo’s mother describes to him in the beginning was a favorite of mine. I’m curious to see how the movie adaptation hold up.