![]() ![]() He becomes attached to a painting by Fabritius called The Goldfinch, which he sort-of-accidentally procures and which reminds him of his mother. It covers several years of Theodore Decker’s life, from the day a catastrophe that killed his mother and ripped his world apart at the age of the thirteen and into adulthood. If you don’t know, The Goldfinch is a bildungsroman and basically a modern Dickens novel (or so I’ve heard as I’ve only read a third of Great Expectations myself). I loved it, but it is by no means a perfect novel (even if my first impulse was to give it 5 stars) and there were times I got a tad pesky and kind of wanted the novel to just be a little bit shorter…but well, I enjoyed pretty much every moment reading this. But also, I can see why some people might not like it. ![]() To start, The Goldfinch definitely deserved the top prize as book of the year, in my opinion. However, its had a fair share of people saying that it’s overrated and not worth reading (from what I’ve read on Goodreads and in published articles). ![]() ![]() It’s very highly acclaimed by many critics and readers. As ever (I don’t know what is wrong with me but lately I’m more and more speechless over particularly brilliant novels) I am astounded as to how I can possibly write a review that truly honours Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. ![]()
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