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inthefastlane 's review for:
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
I enjoy long books. I enjoy getting to watch the characters develop and change over the course of the pages. I loved reading the description of Theo, although what I found is that his character was unable to change and grow as long as he was fixated on that painting. It was like his growth as a human was stunted the day his mother died and he became the caretaker of her memory that was attached the painting. To some the book may have seemed long, to me it was an important process representing what Theo had to go through to finally grow. He was lucky to meet a host of very rich characters a long the way. Not all of them were positive, but they all influenced his growth and allowed him to find the man he wanted to be. Settle in, and enjoy the story.