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Thank you, Lorrie! I so agree. In addition, the ending tied up the loose ends for me and gave me context for the accounting of all the drunken/drug-laden times in Vegas, which really was the only portion of this book that got a bit old for me. However, once I learned this was basically nothing more than Theo's autobiographical reckonings, a diary, if you will, that made it all fall into place for me...
I thought the last few chapters tied things together. I DID get lost in the Amsterdam story. Too many names!! I thought the ending tied it all together
I think the ending was the point where Theo's character finally developed some self awareness. I thought it was pretty crucial to the book.
Yes, Jason. I also think that to Tartt, most of the story was a buildup to that ending, which was probably her philosophy. She had Theo present it, because after all that happened to him he has the authority to make those sweeping statements about The Meaning of Life.
I didn't think it was the best part of the book, but I enjoyed the ending.
me too. it made me cross eyed a couple times but I could so relate to Theo through out the whole book and thought his existential neurosis was brave for her to try to put into words for him. And i thought it suited his life trajectory perfectly.
My problem with the ending is that I didn't feel like that voice was Theo. It's like the author stepped in and took over. It didn't feel true to his voice in the rest of the book. Plus the book is so plot and character driven. Theo's musings seem too removed from the previous circumstances and the lifeblood of the story.
The voice seemed like Theo's to me. This young man hadn't healed completely from his grief and his ordeal. He had a very nihilistic attitude towards life although I was pleased with the lines he wrote about the possibility of there being a heaven. To me, one could tell that this was a depressed person--the business about it being far better to never have been born--definitely a broken person here. But he had set himself on the right track and I was so proud of him.
Even 1.5 yrs later, I still remember the marked change of voice at the end. Greenheartlife, great comment.
I agree that the last chapter was the best part of the book
I simply ADORED 'The Goldfinch'. I will NOT SPOIL anything on the ending, just how I felt but no spoiling. You mention that you hated the ending. From this and many other reviews that I have seen, I truly believe that all these LIkes and Dislikes go back to the way the book was approached. Don't take me wrong. I believe that the way of approaching a book is not a good or a bad one. They are simply different. I ended up approaching it in the first place from the writing-style, that was what captured me in order to buy my kindle sample. How I felt about the magnificent way in which the author expresses the ideas of THEO. From that appproach the ending is almost irrelevant to me, as I was not so much interested in the story but I was mesmerized by the mastery in blending, creating, expressing ideas and putting them into sentences. And from this point of view what I loved the most was precisely the ending. All those reflexions, this inner-monologue he has was, for me the most important of all, what remained in me. Now, approaching it only from the story (again, not good or bad, just different), yes, I agree, the ending was somehow abrupt, but still, this is one of the books that I have loved the most in my life (I first read it in English, bought the movie, bought the kindle Spanish version, bought now the hard-cover, too much beauty to miss). I am re-reading it in Spanish to experience the writing in my mother-tongue. How much of an admirer I am? LOL
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Thank you, Lorrie! I so agree. In addition, the ending tied up the loose ends for me and gave me context for the accounting of all the drunken/drug-laden times in Vegas, which really was the only portion of this book that got a bit old for me. However, once I learned this was basically nothing more than Theo's autobiographical reckonings, a diary, if you will, that made it all fall into place for me...
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I thought the last few chapters tied things together. I DID get lost in the Amsterdam story. Too many names!! I thought the ending tied it all together
I think the ending was the point where Theo's character finally developed some self awareness. I thought it was pretty crucial to the book.
Yes, Jason. I also think that to Tartt, most of the story was a buildup to that ending, which was probably her philosophy. She had Theo present it, because after all that happened to him he has the authority to make those sweeping statements about The Meaning of Life.
I didn't think it was the best part of the book, but I enjoyed the ending.
me too. it made me cross eyed a couple times but I could so relate to Theo through out the whole book and thought his existential neurosis was brave for her to try to put into words for him. And i thought it suited his life trajectory perfectly.
My problem with the ending is that I didn't feel like that voice was Theo. It's like the author stepped in and took over. It didn't feel true to his voice in the rest of the book. Plus the book is so plot and character driven. Theo's musings seem too removed from the previous circumstances and the lifeblood of the story.
The voice seemed like Theo's to me. This young man hadn't healed completely from his grief and his ordeal. He had a very nihilistic attitude towards life although I was pleased with the lines he wrote about the possibility of there being a heaven. To me, one could tell that this was a depressed person--the business about it being far better to never have been born--definitely a broken person here. But he had set himself on the right track and I was so proud of him.
Even 1.5 yrs later, I still remember the marked change of voice at the end. Greenheartlife, great comment.
I agree that the last chapter was the best part of the book
I think if the book was shorter, we wouldn't get the full picture (no pun intended!) however, I do agree it was long and the last page did make me cry
I simply ADORED 'The Goldfinch'. I will NOT SPOIL anything on the ending, just how I felt but no spoiling. You mention that you hated the ending. From this and many other reviews that I have seen, I truly believe that all these LIkes and Dislikes go back to the way the book was approached. Don't take me wrong. I believe that the way of approaching a book is not a good or a bad one. They are simply different. I ended up approaching it in the first place from the writing-style, that was what captured me in order to buy my kindle sample. How I felt about the magnificent way in which the author expresses the ideas of THEO. From that appproach the ending is almost irrelevant to me, as I was not so much interested in the story but I was mesmerized by the mastery in blending, creating, expressing ideas and putting them into sentences. And from this point of view what I loved the most was precisely the ending. All those reflexions, this inner-monologue he has was, for me the most important of all, what remained in me. Now, approaching it only from the story (again, not good or bad, just different), yes, I agree, the ending was somehow abrupt, but still, this is one of the books that I have loved the most in my life (I first read it in English, bought the movie, bought the kindle Spanish version, bought now the hard-cover, too much beauty to miss). I am re-reading it in Spanish to experience the writing in my mother-tongue. How much of an admirer I am? LOL
