The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Winner of The 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, and old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate. It is being adapted into a film to be released in late 2019.
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Readers say *The Goldfinch* is a richly detailed, emotional novel with superb writing and complex characters, praised for its exploration of art, loss...
I'm on the fence with this one. I loved parts of it, but others just seemed to go on forever with no real purpose for all the wordiness and unnecessary character inner dialogue. Yes, it was pretty, gritty and whimsical, but a bit tedious to read. I did find myself skimming/scanning over a few chapters.
I like that the book did not follow the traditional rainbow and butterfly storylines. It made you think and ponder. Many people love the tiny details- I found myself skipping many of them. I thought the author showed her hand a bit at times and most parts were very predictable. I didn’t dislike the book but I would recommend it to a friend nor did it change my life.
I enjoyed the story well enough, but I had a lot of house cleaning to do while listening to it, and that made it easier to get through a story that could've been told with about 30% fewer words.
Expectations were high due The Secret History. This book did tend to drag on in some parts and the character was not as compelling to follow as Richard Papen but still a great book nonetheless. You mostly realize how good it was only once it has come to an end
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