Teodora’s Reviews > The Goldfinch > Status Update

I've reached the middle of the novel, and so far, I have to say I side with the critics on this. The language is absolutely exquisite, the first 150-200 pages as well, and then it starts to need editing/cutting desperately. It seems as if Donna Tartt got carried away with the beautiful prose she is able to create, and took pleasure in writing and writing, and writing, but the story has started to suffer for that.