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Alison Pezanoskey-Browne (Editorial Intern, The Open Bar): Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch revolves around young protagonist Theo who visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his mother to view the Fabritius painting of the title, but instead becomes one of the victims in a terrorist bombing of the museum. In the aftermath of the attack, the painting comes into Theo’s possession, and the novel follows him, and the painting, into his adulthood. From New York to Las Vegas, back to New York and then
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Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Why are you reading this review when you should be READING THE GOLDFINCH?! The characters, the story, the writing...it's all wonderful.
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Engaging plot, but too long, too depressing, and too many loooonng descriptions of drug use.
Dec 10, 2013
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