Category Archives: Donna Tartt

And I’m spent…. Final thoughts on Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. (by Jill)

Posted on December 4, 2014 by badkitty1016

  Finally finished The Goldfinch yesterday afternoon and I’ve been resetting my brain by playing solitaire ever since. No, not the whole time. This book was a roller coaster—it made me feel almost every emotion I can think of at … Continue reading →

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In which Jill decides she really dislikes Theo Decker: Progress report on Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch

Posted on November 29, 2014 by badkitty1016

Since last posting, I’ve read about three hundred more pages of The Goldfinch. Thanksgiving preparations slowed me down quite a bit, despite having two long weekends in the past two weeks. The past couple of days I’ve had more free … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Part I of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch (by Jill)

Posted on November 23, 2014 by badkitty1016

  Donna Tartt’s long-awaited third novel came out late in 2013 and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2014. I read her two earlier novels, The Secret History, and The Little Friend, years ago, and remember really enjoying them, … Continue reading →

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A Review of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch

Posted on May 20, 2014 by lfpbe

What a fascinating enigma this book is. It’s almost eight hundred pages long. Its first-person narrator and its plot are compelling. It’s at times unspeakably sad. It’s not especially well written. It’s about art and growing up and friendship and … Continue reading →

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