The Goldfinch
I finished listening to "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt a while ago. For once, either my luck/skill at choosing books, or my agreeableness, has failed me. I wasn't thrilled with this book. It definitely had its moments, but it also lost me a lot of times. I had trouble identifying with the protagonist. And the whole thing was much longer than I think it really needed to be. That said, I'm sure there are many people that will enjoy the story. I'm simply not one of them.
The author does have a way with words:
But sometimes, unexpectedly, grief pounded over me in waves that left me gasping; and when the waves washed back, I found myself looking out over a brackish wreck which was illumined in a light so lucid, so heartsick and empty, that I could hardly remember that the world had ever been anything but dead.
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