Yep, I get where your coming from.Jen319164 wrote:I feel this is a cliffhanging adventure of discovering mysteries
The Goldfich by Donna Tartt - Review & Discussion
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I must have read a different bookJen319164 wrote:I feel this is a cliffhanging adventure of discovering mysteries
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I haven't read this book yet, but the talk of how much detail is in this book peaks my interest. While sometime I get fed up with "tedious reading" i relish long descriptive portions of books!gali wrote:I loved the "The Little Friend", but quit "The Secret History". I didn't start this book as yet, but based on your review I won't be in any rush to read it. I don't have patience for tedious reading.Fran wrote:First off let me say I loved The Secret History & The Little Friend but I have to say I was disappointed with The Goldfinch. Not that the story isn't a good one well executed but IMO the book suffers from a lack of editing and could have been about 200 pages shorter. I loved the analysis of great paintings and I really liked the detailing of the coincidences and accidents that dicated their survival for us today.
The book opens in a hotel room in Amsterdam and then moves backwards in time to New York and a major traumatic event that dictates the subsequent life of a young boy, Theo, and everyone associated with him. Following this event there is a description of the disordered condition Theo finds himself in which IMO is one of the most powerful pieces of descriptive writing I have ever read but the rest of the book was in many ways tedious reading and I honestly could not wait to get it finished.
I liked the story, I liked the characters but, for me, the book as a whole package suffers seriously from a lack of editing and for that reason I would give it a 3/5* rating.
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I might when it is cheaper, eh?
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