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The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch: A Novel
by Donna Tartt
disappointing (11/23/2013)
Pretentious, empty characters, endlessly plods on with irrelevant detail. Badly written - why use 10 words when 200 will do. Theme - read the last 2 pages and skip the rest - life is awful, art's the rainbow in the sky.
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