“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy held me captive, staying up all night immersed in its pages, awakening the next morning with a lingering sense of melancholy. Stephen King’s works, especially “The Shining,” share that unique ability to make you eagerly anticipate the next page, constantly wondering what twist awaits.
I’m reading The Goldfinch rn for the first time, and I’m enamored with the writing/prose. It’s beautiful sentence after sentence.
Really??? Because I’m reading now The Secret History and I feel like it doesn’t rise up to what I’ve heard about Donnas Tartt writing. Maybe I have my expectations to high after everything I’ve heard about The Secret History. But I do plan to also read The Goldfinch and Little Friend sometimes soon
I have never read The Secret History (not yet at least). But maybe her writing has improved since her first book. Will have the read TSH and let you know how I feel!
Her prose in TSH is every bit as exceptional as it is in The Goldfinch.
I preferred Goldfinch to Secret History. For some reason most people’s preferences seem to work the other way around, but maybe you’re like me and will love Goldfinch and not like Secret History very much.
Listening to the audio book version which Tartt narrates really elevated the experience for me. (Read the book first and didn’t love it) Her accent is just perfect to listen to
Yes! One of the best books I have read in the last few years. Especially the last 100-150 pages had me riveted all night, I couldn’t put it down. Loved it so much!