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A review by ninethreeo
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
3.0
I really wanted to like this, but I found it a bit of a slog. There were parts I loved, some beautiful prose, some great scenes, I really enjoyed the characters, but ultimately I think it just went on for a bit too long.
This really became apparent for me at the end, the summing up, the lessons learnt. It meandered so much I became lost as to what point Theo was making. The pointlessness of life? But the joy of life? It felt like the sort of long rambling conversation you might have when you were drunk, and as by this time we know Theo is writing this I longed for a spine-tingly, succinct answer to reward me for the long journey I'd just been on, which I'd stayed on for the conclusion. Even if the answer was "there is no answer", putting it succinctly would have carried more weight for me at this point.
This really became apparent for me at the end, the summing up, the lessons learnt. It meandered so much I became lost as to what point Theo was making. The pointlessness of life? But the joy of life? It felt like the sort of long rambling conversation you might have when you were drunk, and as by this time we know Theo is writing this I longed for a spine-tingly, succinct answer to reward me for the long journey I'd just been on, which I'd stayed on for the conclusion. Even if the answer was "there is no answer", putting it succinctly would have carried more weight for me at this point.