Review: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
This is my second attempt at Donna Tartt. My first attempt (The Little Friend) failed miserably early on, but I liked the writing somewhat and everyone said that Tartt was a great writer, so I decided to give it another go. I did finish this one, but only because I had spent so much time on it, that I felt would be wasted if I gave up. But I was actually quite uninterested in the story by the end, and just wanted it to finish already! Tartt can write really well and atmospherically (is that the word?) if she wants to with vivid descriptions, but boy, can she also just drone on and on! At several points I could not understand how this book could be so long, because for pages on end nothing much would happen plot-wise. She would just harp on about this or that without advancing the plot. When something finally did happen it was usually quite quick and the aftermath and the thinking about it would take up many more pages than the actual event. For example (SPOILER!) the murder in the...