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A review by veerau
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Ok listen, the story is imo quite good on it's own, but I could not handle how slow it all was...
To be clear, I read the synopsis of the book, and the main event it all circles around of happens 200+ pages in, if not 400 I do not remember and I'm certainly not opening this tome again.
The most interesting parts are Theo's childhood, up until he's 14-15, and the last 150 pages probably. Aka when Boris shows up and does chaos.
I'm not one scared of big books, but this one really could have benefited from a cut here and there, it was hard at times to find the motivation needed to continue unfortunately.
To be clear, I read the synopsis of the book, and the main event it all circles around of happens 200+ pages in, if not 400 I do not remember and I'm certainly not opening this tome again.
The most interesting parts are Theo's childhood, up until he's 14-15, and the last 150 pages probably. Aka when Boris shows up and does chaos.
I'm not one scared of big books, but this one really could have benefited from a cut here and there, it was hard at times to find the motivation needed to continue unfortunately.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Death, and Grief