A review by ullsi
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

5.0

Wow, what a journey. Donna Tartt is a master of exposition: even though the places in the book are well-known and (in the case of New York) maybe too often featured in pop culture, she captures facets of them that feel fresh and different and describes them in a way that really, actually, made me feel like I was there. Theo’s first-person narrative of his life drew me in from page one, and by the end he felt like someone I’d known my whole life.

This book is, to me, a great example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts – some of the chapters rambled on a bit, making me wonder where they were going, but together, they create an awe-inspiring story that will stay with me for a long time.