WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
“The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind….Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction.” — Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review
Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his … that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don’t know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.
As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love—and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate.
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HIGHLY overrated. It was slow to start and then it was as if the author got tired of the story and just filled the pages.
Provided a window into a number of worlds. Explored the power of relationshipships and secrets.
One of the few books I thought was a waste of time reading.
The book is much better than the movie
A modern masterpiece.
This book is long….very good… but long
It deserves the award it won.
Was a dark but interesting read. I didn’t want to go see the movie after reading it, but glad I read it.
The best book I’ve ever read ~ and I read of lot! Haunting, because the story stays with you long after finishing the last page.
I did not like it at all. Did not like the characters, the writing, nor the vulgarity. This was a book club selection and it is the only book I have not finished as a club member. HORRIBLE.
Different.
771 pages and I never wanted it to end. Tartt is a mesmerizing author. This novel is brilliant, tragic, unsettling! The Goldfinch has all the ingredients necessary to keep the pages flying through your fingers. A tarnished, imperfect, damaged hero who suffers and claws his way through a life not of his choosing. A mystery of art theft, with a …
Boring and difficult for me to finish.
Wonderful. A big fat book that you don’t want to end.
Really didn’t live up to the hype – difficult to follow.
Too long. Needed to be edited more.
Tartt’s prose style, both immersive and protracted stands in contrast to much of contemporary writing which favors the crisp and concise. All of that aside, her perception is remarkable.
Brilliant. One of my favorite books. Such a shame the movie was nothing like it.
Interesting, but hard to follow. Exciting twist.
I cannot believe this became such a popular book. I was slow and very strange.