It has been so long since I took part in readathons and book clubs, so when I saw The Dark Academics book club pick for the month of July, I just knew it was the perfect chance to pick up this book.
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🕯The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
G O O D R E A D S | S Y N O P S I S
Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love – and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.
The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph – a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate.
Hopefully I will get to this book. I have been wanting to read it for such a long time but have constantly been putting it off. Have you read it before and if so, did you enjoy it?
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