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A review by ivyeori
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
5.0
That existential monologue at the end... wow. I couldn’t even begin to read anything else for 3 days and just had to process it all. Also a quick disclaimer kinda thingy - this will only be a review based on my own emotions etc throughout!! There are tons of better reviews if you want to know more about the book in its entirety.
I literally want to cry and at the same time erase my memory so I can read this again. It is 100% worth the long read! It really helps you get attached to *all* of the characters. To be honest, I recommend reading this book without reading reviews or spoilers or even a synopsis really. It proved to be the most effective book I’ve read so far despite me being very meticulous about what books I buy and read.
The book on a whole thoroughly explores grief - and shows how choices (not necessarily good ones) can be influenced
by that, even if the person is at the time unaware. So far I haven’t read a book that embodies grief as well as this one has, and it left me with a heavy feeling once I finished it. There was one particular scene in which Theo - in a feverish dream - saw his deceased mother staring at him in his mirror. Donna Tartt portrayed that gut-wrenching yearning so well that it overwhelmed me to tears.
I cried again once I finished reading it because I wanted to read it again for the first time, but at the same time I felt so exhausted from just reading about Theo’s life journey that I almost felt like I was full on a meal.
Overall, the book provides the same bittersweetness that there is in any life story - in all of its messy not-all-good but not-all-bad glory.
I literally want to cry and at the same time erase my memory so I can read this again. It is 100% worth the long read! It really helps you get attached to *all* of the characters. To be honest, I recommend reading this book without reading reviews or spoilers or even a synopsis really. It proved to be the most effective book I’ve read so far despite me being very meticulous about what books I buy and read.
The book on a whole thoroughly explores grief - and shows how choices (not necessarily good ones) can be influenced
by that, even if the person is at the time unaware. So far I haven’t read a book that embodies grief as well as this one has, and it left me with a heavy feeling once I finished it. There was one particular scene in which Theo - in a feverish dream - saw his deceased mother staring at him in his mirror. Donna Tartt portrayed that gut-wrenching yearning so well that it overwhelmed me to tears.
I cried again once I finished reading it because I wanted to read it again for the first time, but at the same time I felt so exhausted from just reading about Theo’s life journey that I almost felt like I was full on a meal.
Overall, the book provides the same bittersweetness that there is in any life story - in all of its messy not-all-good but not-all-bad glory.