The Goldfinch

I thought the essence was brilliant andsome of it was expertly conducted. I qas hookeddrom the beginning, which reminded me of Albert Camus talking about the mother's death. At times, I'd doubt Theo's attitudes, but most of the time I was too engrossed with the great descriptions and other characters' excellent portraits to care. However, to me, rhythm was uneven, with some passages dragging too long, especially towards the last quarter of the book - ans even though I did not see that end coming, I thought it could have been deeper exploited in some of its angles.
All in all, it was worth reading, but I'm not sure it's rhe most amazing fiction woeth prizes and so on.