4.39 avg rating — 2,862,677 ratings

"Haunting and captivating, a book I read in middle school and want to come back to time and time again. Extra points for being based on real world events, turned into captivatingly written fantasy."

4.39 avg rating — 4,041,163 ratings

"The only BookTok book I've read and rated 5 stars. A great page-turner and the characters are very well written."

4.15 avg rating — 1,016,511 ratings

"Haunting and brilliant. Tartt became an immediate favorite author of mine after reading this."

4.31 avg rating — 3,414,947 ratings

"a childhood classic; as iconic as the Harry Potter series in my opinion."

4.15 avg rating — 2,403,306 ratings

"Read and analysed this for school. Not a personal favorite book of mine but a stunning piece of writing that I think everyone should read at least once in their lives."

4.39 avg rating — 121,482 ratings

"A lesser known children's book that still makes me emotional in my adult years. A meaningful message crafted into a short and brilliantly sad story."