The Goldfinch

I borrowed this one up from Libby and read it on my Kindle. Actually I wanted to read The Secret History but it wasn't available at that time and this one was, so went ahead with it. Took me 3 weeks to finish it. It's quite a long read but the writing is very engaging and the prose is beautiful.

The storyline seems a bit slow paced but it draws you in at the right times, wherever needed. It's bleak most of the times and the primary characters are unlikeable with their drug addiction and misery. But if you like reading books that have a rich narrative based around art with existential philosophy as the underlying theme, go ahead with it. I could find similarities between this book and Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Well, if you liked that one, Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch might amuse you as well.