Though Theo goes through many challenges in Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch—including drug addiction, art theft, and antiques forgery—the novel’s plot intends to capture a slice of the contemporary American experience.
Thinkers are often what makes a story interesting, though they’re best for long, decades-spanning novels. Though Theo goes through many challenges in Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch—including drug addiction, art theft, and antiques forgery—the novel’s plot intends to capture a slice of the contemporary American experience. Theo’s incredible depth and harrowing wit provide the melody to this musical and introspective story, as do the Thinkers of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Ulysses by James Joyce, and Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.