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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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
Donna Tartt’s books always evoke the feeling of old stuffy oaken paneled rooms. Quiet conversations with people desperate to not be overheard. This novel asks us to examine how chance, fate, death and the unending procession of time molds our lives, and how we go about living. Where as The Secret History centered around the theme of Aesthetics and The Little Friend centered around the theme of Truth, The Goldfinch centers around Beauty and the odd situations we end up in our attempt to peruse it.
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