A review by isabellen19
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So there were parts of this book that were just so beautiful to read and made me very excited to pick the book back up,
basically everything before he came back from Vegas was perfection
. I think the second half of the book definitely could have used some more editing, as near the end I found myself just wanting to be done with the book. The casual racism and
Theo’s weird obsession with Pippa
throughout also threw me off and made me like the book less. However, I think my favorite part of the book was the recurring theme of the love for objects and what this means.
Theo’s mom was discussing how much more upsetting it is to lose an object rather than a person, and I think it was really interesting foreshadowing into Theo losing both his favorite person and his favorite object. The drug use made sense, but at times was excessive,
and made me wonder how much of the book I could trust (although an unreliable narrator can be fun). Overall this book was written beautifully and made me think a lot.
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