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sophieluscombe 's review for:
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Well I have to say I personally have never drawn such a sharp line between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ as you. For me: that line is often false. The two are never disconnected. One can’t exist without the other. As long as I am acting out of love, I feel I am doing the best I know how.”
“We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
“How do we know what’s right for us? Every shrink, every career counselor, every Disney princess knows the answer: "Be yourself." "Follow your heart."
“We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
“How do we know what’s right for us? Every shrink, every career counselor, every Disney princess knows the answer: "Be yourself." "Follow your heart."
Only here's what I really, really want someone to explain to me.
What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can't be trusted— ? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one willfully and in a cloud of unspeakable radiance away from health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all the blandly-held common virtues and instead straight towards a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster?