Anyone reading "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt?

[PasadenaTrudy]

I'm not too far into it and enjoying it. It's a lot to take in for me, I have to read it in short spurts....

[gollygee]

1. I read it

It's very good but I was going through some rough stuff when I read it and might have preferred a more uplifting book at the time. Still, it's really really good.

[Paladin]

2. I'm on the library waiting list for it.

Looking forward to getting it, I've enjoyed her other books.

[Mz Pip]

3. About half way through

I'm enjoying it. Though I did put it down for a couple of weeks. There's a sadness and emptiness that I needed a break from. I love her writing. She can really bring a sense of place and mood to life.

I loved her first novel, The Secret History. very unpleasant characters in that book but they were also compelling in a way that made the book impossible to put down.

[PasadenaTrudy]

4. I haven't

read any of her other books, I'll look at The Secret History. I keep putting Goldfinch down too, not sure why completely..I read Life After Life in the mean time and loved it.

[Paladin]

5. Got it. Started it. Really enjoying it.

Beats the hell out of trying to wade through "Dissident Gardens."

[womanofthehills]

6. I'm listening to it - half way through

I love it. I particularly enjoyed the relationship between Theo and Boris.

I've been listening to all my books lately. I live in a rural place and it's a long drive for groceries, etc. so I love Audible. I was so into the book the other night that I cleaned my whole house while listening to it.

[TBF]

7. I had hoped to enjoy it -

but I found the main character very unlikable and not very believable as a coming of age type hero. I did however like Boris - I would read a book about him.

[Mz Pip]

9. My feeling, too.

Theo was so annoying sometime that I wanted to slap him. The drugs, the fraud. Ugh.

We're discussing tomorrow in book club. It will be interesting to hear what the rest of the group thought.

[shenmue]

8. I just started it

Looks good so far.

[Paladin]

10. My wife and I both enjoyed it a great deal.

Which is saying something, because our fiction choices are often different.

Those of you who gave up on this novel might give it another try. It's beautifully written, and the ending is genuinely gratifying.

[tweeternik]

11. Yes! Finished it last week.

Very well written. Long read ... but, stay with it. I had to read it a little at a time. You can do it!

[Paladin]

12. Glad you liked it.

[Little_Wing]

13. Devoured it in about 5 days

I cried like crazy through the last 20 or so pages. It was such a unique conglomeration of places and people, shocking and tender, psychedelic and utterly sobering. I avoided reading anything about it beforehand and wasn't expecting to like it, for some reason. But damn, that woman can write like a house on fire. I've put her earlier novels on my library waitlist as a result.

[Paladin]

14. You'll enjoy her earlier stuff. She's a great writer. (nt)

[Kablooie]

16. For me it was too long and frustrating.

Plot points were telegraphed but the writer didn't seem to know it and kept writing as if she was holding you in suspense.
There were some interesting characters and situations but nothing quite felt complete.