Review (Part II) – The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

I finally finished The Goldfinch, so here is the promised Review – Part 2 (see Part 1 HERE). To get right to the point: yes, it is a book worth reading. Which is saying something, given the length and the parts that drag. That said, I still don’t know it won the Pulitzer. In the …

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Review (Part I): The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

So I'm halfway through The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. And since it will probably be another few weeks till I can get it finished, I thought I'd post a mid-point sorta-review. Thumbnail plot sketch: boy loses family and is uprooted. Search for identity and belonging. Sort of a modern day orphan train story. Also, boy …