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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt…..yay or nay?

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt…..yay or nay?

Peggy #review

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Nat

Yes ?

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Victoria

Yay

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Kelly

Loved it!

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Karen

Nay nay nay

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Karin

@Karen – i agree Karen – a big nay from me

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Earleen

NAY!!!! At least 30-40% too long!

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Ronda

Yay if you like challenging, wordy but well written books.

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Cassiek

Well written? In what way?

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Billie

I LOVED it ?

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Cassiek

Hated it, worst book I ever read. Writing was completely unreadable in the last 50 pages. The story was interesting but the book was the worst for me. Just don’t understand how anyone could call it well written.

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Hanlie

I loved it.

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Lynne

Yay

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Helen

Yay?

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Sarah

Most definitely yah – beautiful writing

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Cassiek

In what way was it beautiful? Page after page describing vomit? Or the last 50 pages which consisted of incoherent babble with no sentence structure? What I am missing here.

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Sarah

I find that whatever I read of hers I am immediately “there “ . Not all of the situations /topics are beautiful in themselves -as in all good books/life, vomit being a perfect example,but for me her writing is so detailed and precise that it doesn’t matter I can still describe it as beautiful

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Cassiek

I am happy for you, glad you got something out of it. I am really struggling to understand though. I couldn’t even tell you how it ended because the last 50 pages were just rambling words. I keep thinking its a big joke people are playing on me, saying they like this book. It was so bad, poorly written, boring, not even remotely plausible and the characters were so awful. I’ll stop, guess it is beyond me, sorry…

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Sarah

@Cassiek there’s been a few books like that for me too – lots of people raving about them and me thinking- I don’t get it, what am I missing lol. We’re all different

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Cassiek

I guess you are right, ty…

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Sarah

@Cassiek hope you enjoy your next read more x

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Samantha

I’m currently reading it.. it’s very wordy.. I had to just go with it the first 20 pages or so and then I decided I really liked it. It’s a challenging read for me.. but something about it has got me wanting to read it more and more!

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Stephanie

I loved it!

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Sheri

I loved parts…really challenging ending but I was determined to finish.

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Ann

I thought it was a wondeful book.

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Amanda

It was not my favorite but it was a good book. Very lengthy and in my opinion could of been about 400 pages shorter

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Rachel

Ok

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Belinda

It is terrible. Makes no sense. Stupidly long sentences. It’s awful

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Belinda

And then the lecture at the end!

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Cassiek

I am with you, the worst book I ever read. I think some people pretend to like it because it won awards.

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Eve

Loved it

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Jeanette

Started out yay but ended up nay!

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Lucy

I absolutely loved this book

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Bella

One if my all time favourites

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Nina

Yes yes yes! I loved it!!! Stayed with me for days after I’d finished x

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Denise

I enjoyed it, but my favorite is Secret History

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Laurie

Loved it.

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Siobhan

Yesyesyes

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Paige

Nay Nay Nay

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Alison

It’s a long book but in my opinion, worth the journey

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Carol

Yes drags in parts but worth reading

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Rhonda

Nayyyy

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Elaine

Fantastic!

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Soraya

Yay

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Paula

Yay. Worth reading for the concluding chapters

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Amy

I love this book !i still remembered after years

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Judy

I liked it, but thought it was too long

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Melissa

Most fave book ever

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Sylvia

Loved it

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Sara

Yes

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Rebecca

Yay! ?

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Molly

It was the worst book I ever read…I slogged through about half of it and couldn’t read anymore.

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Wendy

I loved it although I found some of the drug stuff really depressing. Found all the art and furniture info fascinating.

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Judy

Long, but on the whole, pretty good!

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Swati

Nay?

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Rani

Nay. Total yawnfest!

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Roine

Loved it

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Debby

Yay, but it’s mixed reviews on that one.

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Karen

I loved the writing style but found the ending disappointing. Glad I read it though.

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Vicki

Nay

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Suzanne

Nay

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Patty

Nay Nay Nay!!!! Good grief all that time spent reading it and that terrible ending.

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Nan

Horrible book about horrible people.

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Cynthia

I couldn’t get into it.

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Carol

yay…all the way!

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Marna

Excellent!

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Linda

LOVED LOVED!!

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Ashley

100% yes

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Karen

????

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Karen

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Karen

??

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Kay

Yay

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Holly

It’s a nay for me.

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Anne

Nay for me

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Jess

Yay!!

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Samantha

Yay!

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PeggyQuestion author

Thank you all. I’m gonna give it a shot.

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Lorie

Yes for me.

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Tricia

It was a nay for me ?

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Shirley

Nay.

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Susan

Yes

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Patty

Nay

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Rachel

nay]=

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Avis

Nay

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Liz

Nay too long winded

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Liz

YES.

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Marla

Yes

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Ann

Nay

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Diane

Nay

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Rebecca

Huge nay.

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Linda

Nay!

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Kimberly

I am almost done but still struggling. I hope it has a good ending

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Cassiek

It doesn’t…

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Letty

Yes!!!

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Ragini

I have struggled with this one. Tried it twice and have given up atm. Too many good ones to read.

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Sarah

Nay

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Esther

Yes!!! A great read.

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Donna

Loved it, couldn’t put it down!!

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Beth

No…too long and I felt like I needed to take a shower after every time I read it.

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Kathy

YES!!!!

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Sydny

Good read

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Cissy

Yay

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Natalie

Nope ?

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Carolyn

No. I read it,but didn’t like it!

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Alaura

Nay

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Julie

YAY!! One of my favorites…very long but such a rich story…I started reading it & about 200 pages in I thought I’d never finish, I just read at night-so I got the audio book & WOW! Literally the best reader-I could not stop listening! The story is just so interesting…give it a try

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Natasha

Loved it.

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Chip

Excellent. But a hard read.

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Judy

I loved this book. I even bought a copy or print of the painting. The story stayed with me.

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Noreen

Yes defiantly it’s a curious novel but enjoyable

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Joanne

Brilliant! A must read!

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Necla

Loved it! Great book

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Holly

Yay ❤️????

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Tania

Nay !

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Diane

No

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Emma

Nay… Gave up on it

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Sharon

I was SO disappointed with this book

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Anne

Gave up on it also. Nay from me.

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