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Book Review of The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch
Author: Donna Tartt
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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A trainwreck of a book. Some parts were great, some deeply depressing and too far out . But, I can see how she won the Pulitzer Prize for it. A Dickensian novel, yet darkly funny. A very talented author but 720 pages was too much.