A review by ria_mhrj
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
2.0
Oh, reading slump. You are wreaking havoc on my Goodreads stats.
When my book club chose The Goldfinch to read this month, I didn't expect it to be the book to shake me out of my reading slump. Having read The Secret History, I knew Tartt is perhaps not my kind of writer so I started the book from a biased place, kind of expecting it to not be my cup of tea. But even still, this book was a slog and I gave up after about 200 pages. I even tried listening to the audio book, but my measly progress was too dispiriting.
She has a nice writing style, fluid and quickly establishing the character of the first person narrator. But damn is she bleak. Just not the book for me to be reading right now.
When my book club chose The Goldfinch to read this month, I didn't expect it to be the book to shake me out of my reading slump. Having read The Secret History, I knew Tartt is perhaps not my kind of writer so I started the book from a biased place, kind of expecting it to not be my cup of tea. But even still, this book was a slog and I gave up after about 200 pages. I even tried listening to the audio book, but my measly progress was too dispiriting.
She has a nice writing style, fluid and quickly establishing the character of the first person narrator. But damn is she bleak. Just not the book for me to be reading right now.