If you like Dickens ...

I liked the "Goldfinch" very well liked because he reminded me of the stories of Charles Dickens, but just in a modern form. Ultimately, the story of Theo is told from the moment when he loses his mother in an attack on a New York museum, until he is in his mid 20 and has spent the intervening years in order, more or less to self-destruct. Assistance is provided mainly drugs but also its environment. That sounds up to this point not to a particularly alluring story, but "The Goldfinch" has a special atmosphere that I really enjoyed. This is especially the New York of the Upper Class and the antique shop of Hobie, in which Theo is ultimately under. This store is also sprung back like a Dickens novel. Just as the girl Pippa, the Theo worships, since he saw it just before the stop at the museum. Ever All figures are pretty good and come out of them there are a lot of these many pages. I understand that some would have liked to cut the book, and perhaps would have 100 pages less actually done him good, I just mean that it is not about to present action and therefore vorwärtszueilen quickly. While taking the book at the end of some of its momentum, but ultimately that was not the goal of history. It just goes to Theo's life and his struggle with his own guilt and the vagaries of life. And such a life takes time. Linguistically I liked the book also. It is written very tightly. A little thriller is attending, some humor, a lot of art. I recommend this book therefore gladly.