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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771 pages

Average rating: 7.3

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kelatta
Jan 13, 2024
8/10 stars
I really enjoyed this one. The scene of the young boy returning to his apartment to find his mother not there brought you straight into the experience of a child's despair more than anything I've ever read. The protagonist's persistent teetering on the edge of destruction was remarkably sustained throughout the book. It surprised me at every turn. But in the end I felt it took just a little longer than it needed to resolve. It was the book you...read more
Anonymous
Dec 27, 2023
2/10 stars
Absolutely no reason to read this book. So dull. Enough said!
margardenlady
Dec 27, 2023
4/10 stars
Finally done. I feel like I won the battle. Honestly, there were some really well crafted ideas and passages in this, but why in God's name did it have to be 771 pp? I don't care about the details of Theo's drug addiction, nor his life as a swindler in the art and antiquities world. Even his relationship with his fianceé and so many other characters really didn't move the story line forward at all.
After all that complaining, the final secti...read more
melbeesue
Oct 16, 2023
6/10 stars
This is the second Donna Tartt book that I have read, and it is another weighty dramatic tome. It is well-written, but I'm perplexed because I can't honestly determine if I liked the book or not. I'm on the fence. I liken this book to a movie that is made well, but it's a one time viewing for me. I won't forget the story, but I don't need to put my heart through it more than once. It's heavy and weighs on me.

One thing I am sure about is that thi...read more
Jo Finnerty
Sep 21, 2023
10/10 stars
Loved it! Long but listened on 1.5 speed so 24 hrs 🙂

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