Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch

Yesterday, I was removed from the hazy world of The Goldfinch. Though the book is quite lengthy, it felt like it wasn’t long enough. Don't get me wrong, the ending was satisfying, I just wanted to remain in the rich work that Donna Tartt created.

The main characters personify different attitudes toward life. Each of them exhibits the unique charm of their perspective, allowing it to grow so that it becomes a part of us, as we nod in understanding, if not consent, even as their defects of character become startling. 

Theo is our narrator. He begins his story as a teenager, full of frustration because he is being punished for smoking at school, even though he wasn’t the one holding the cigarette. Little does he know that he is about to move into a world where this is his least injustice. On their way to see the principal, he and his mom duck into a museum, where a terrorist's bomb kills his mother.