Search Results for: donna tart

“Twelve years after Robin’s death, no one knew any more about how he had ended up hanged from a tree in his own yard than they had on the day it happened.”

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Kate Stover

Even though I am not normally drawn to murder mysteries, I read this novel because Donna Tartt demonstrates how a writer can successfully break the rules. None of her characters are likeable; instead, they are suffering, or damaged, or limited, … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Best Books of 2014

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Tony Herman

No blog about books would be complete without a year-end “best of” list. For me, the best are “books that I am most likely to read again.”  For fiction, I predict that I will turn to Donna Tart’s The Goldfinch many times in the years to … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, memoir, non-fiction, poetry | 1 Comment

“We can’t chose what we want and what we don’t want and that’s the hard lonely truth.”

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Kate Stover

At 771 pages, this is a long novel.  Is it worth it?  Many of the 57 commentators on the Kirkus review didn’t think so.  However, I love the way Tartt develops big themes.  And she has sentences that are works of … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment