I ғᴇᴇʟ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜʀɢᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍʏ ɴᴏɴ-ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ I ғᴇᴇʟ I ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜱᴀʏ ɪᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴜʀɢᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴀꜱ ɪғ I ᴡᴇʀᴇ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ. Tʜᴀᴛ ʟɪғᴇ—ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴇʟꜱᴇ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ—ɪꜱ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ. Tʜᴀᴛ ғᴀᴛᴇ ɪꜱ ᴄʀᴜᴇʟ ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ. Tʜᴀᴛ Nᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ (ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ Dᴇᴀᴛʜ) ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴡɪɴꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ’ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ. Tʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ᴡᴇ’ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ꜱᴏ ɢʟᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴀꜱᴋ ᴛᴏ ɪᴍᴍᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏ: ᴡᴀᴅᴇ ꜱᴛʀᴀɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ɪᴛ, ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇꜱꜱᴘᴏᴏʟ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴋᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴏᴘᴇɴ. Aɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅꜱᴛ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ᴅʏɪɴɢ, ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇ ʀɪꜱᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱɪɴᴋ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɢɴᴏᴍɪɴɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴄ, ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ɢʟᴏʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴘʀɪᴠɪʟᴇɢᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ Dᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ’ᴛ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ.

Overall, I'm quite disappointed. The Goldfinch just didn't live up to the hype for me (Don't kill me). I absolutely loved the characters and the plot. Most of the time, the writing style was amazing, poetic and enchanting. However, I found the story so boring at parts that I was literally skipping whole pages. I found the author often went off on tangets, and gave details that just weren't necessary. Unfortunately, these huge descriptions dragged this book down for me. Saying this, there were paragraphs within this book that were just beautiful. The last couple of pages were stunning, if only the whole book was written like that! I'm infuriated and conflicted because I loved so much about this book, but there were just so many descriptions that just weren't needed and sucked out the fun when reading it. I'm mad, but also happy because this was beautiful, but only if you block out the hundred or so pages of description that could've been deleted and it would've made no difference to the plot. I don't blame the author, I blame the editor.

3.5 Stars ☆☆☆.5