I loved The Goldfinch! I’ve reread it twice. Such a touching coming-of-age story of two mostly abandoned and abused boys struggling to make sense of their lives and the future. Beautifully written. Phrases that describe the goldfinch in the painting who might try to take flight, but is dragged back to the perch by the chain around his leg. Allegorical for the struggle the boys undertake in this beautiful story.

If you’re considering reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, please do. I experienced this book in such a visceral way, the details are incredible and the story is so vivid. I genuinely could not put this down. Heartbreaking at times, this book is a wonderful journey through Theodore Decker’s wonderful and painful life. I went into this read completely blind and I suggest you do too! It was so suspenseful, wholesome, gut wrenching and so so much more. Definitely the best book I’ve read by far.

A very rough read. Way to verbose and overwritten when describing the drug and alcohol indulgence. The actual story gets lost in all the self analysis and psycho-babble. I’d like a refund of my time!

It was very detailed and frustrating, By the time you got to the point… it was like ehhh. Some parts were really good but then ending was lame.

A great read besides the fact that it was wordy and too descriptive. it could’ve easily been shortened by a few hundred pages.

Existential, nihilistic, adventurous masterpiece

Saw the movie first then read the book. Detailed in ways and lacking in others. Pippa, Lucious, Horst follow ups? Literally skipped through 30-40pages cuz uninteresting detail. Cannot say “So glad I read the book!” Wish I would have left it at the movie

The last pages after Amsterdam were boring and went on for way too long and trying to be philosophical. Keep fiction fiction 3.5/5

Good book, but too much details and I think it can be easily shortened

The beginning of the book and first half were so riveting, but the second half was terrible; boring, wordy, overly descriptive, and made me hate the protagonist. I could not root for such a reprehensible character. The more I read, the more depressing it became.