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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Classism, Deportation
My opinion certainly changed, but it was for the worse. This book did not age well by any means with all its racism, ableism, and classism. Tartt certainly writes with eloquence, but her writing is steeped with issues that left me cringing and frustrated. Something that caught my attention was the near absence of nonwhite characters in New York City, of all places, unless they were "the help." I'm not sure how I didn't catch this years ago, considering how glaring these details were.
I also found it even harder to sympathize with the protagonist, Theo, during this reread. The messiness of grief was well presented—even if it was a bit extreme with the addiction and alcoholism—but I was really unhappy with how Tartt went about Theo's relationships in such a dismissive way. He was so wrapped up in his own world that it negatively affected how he treated the people around him. Pippa is objectified in a Manic Pixie Dream Girl kind of way, while Kitsy was treated terribly. The queer experience that Theo had with Boris also went completely unaddressed, which makes me wonder why Tartt bothered adding this detail other than to shock the reader.
A disappointing reread, to say the least.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Racism, Classism
Minor: Child abuse
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Car accident, Suicide attempt
Minor: Abandonment
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Drug use, Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
this book follows a painting but with the help of this stolen painting we discover theos life. we struggle with him throughout his childhood and teenage years, and adulthood. we grow up with this character and learn to love his flaws as they are.
i must admit i like movie boris so much more, he is not problematic and not a terrible person.
it took my quite a few months to finally finish this book but it was so worth it, every single part of it.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Grief
Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit