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A review by shivani_n
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
“More than anything I was relieved that in my unfamiliar bab-bling-and-wanting-to-talk state I'd stopped myself from blurting the thing on the edge of my tongue, the thing I'd never said, even though it was something we both knew well enough without me saying it out loud to him in the street-which was, of course, I love you.”
“With a beautiful girl I could have consoled myself that she was out of my league; that I was so haunted and stirred even by her plainness suggested-ominously— a love more binding than physical affection, some tar-pit of the soul where I might flop around and malinger for years.”
quite unfortunate that i’ll never get back the 12 days i spend reading this book because my god, what a waste. aside from the few good quotes there were, i heavily disliked it. donna tart’s writing is obviously good, but it does not make up for the fact that the plot of the book was absolute trash in my opinion. NOTHING FUCKING HAPPENS!!!! NOTHING!!! i don’t understand the reviews of this book that say it’s “masterful” or “a modern epic” or “astonishing” because to me it is simply 863 pages of a bunch of deeply unlikable characters doing drugs and getting drunk and making terrible, terrible decisions with their lives. it’s just grimy and depressing and i did not enjoy it at all, would NOT recommend.
“With a beautiful girl I could have consoled myself that she was out of my league; that I was so haunted and stirred even by her plainness suggested-ominously— a love more binding than physical affection, some tar-pit of the soul where I might flop around and malinger for years.”
quite unfortunate that i’ll never get back the 12 days i spend reading this book because my god, what a waste. aside from the few good quotes there were, i heavily disliked it. donna tart’s writing is obviously good, but it does not make up for the fact that the plot of the book was absolute trash in my opinion. NOTHING FUCKING HAPPENS!!!! NOTHING!!! i don’t understand the reviews of this book that say it’s “masterful” or “a modern epic” or “astonishing” because to me it is simply 863 pages of a bunch of deeply unlikable characters doing drugs and getting drunk and making terrible, terrible decisions with their lives. it’s just grimy and depressing and i did not enjoy it at all, would NOT recommend.