A Book by Donna Tartt
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A Book by Donna Tartt

How do you even start a book review of The Goldfinch?

I barely knew how to start reading the book, and I’ll explain that in further detail in a moment. Should you even write a book review of The Goldfinch? I don’t mean to start by blowing so much smoke up the book’s, or Donna Tartt’s backside, but when you read a book like that I think you go through some sort of change, and maybe even a large one if you’re paying close enough attention.

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A Book by Tiffany Daniel
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A Book by Tiffany Daniel

Tiffany McDaniel debuted with this book. I remember reading Gillian Flynn’s, Sharp Objects, and thinking how tasty her sentences were with tone for salt and story for pepper. Just resonated with me. I admired it. Tiffany McDaniel writes every sentence like a poem. Her sentences are like a rich dessert, not like a salty steak, and the story starts to go down just like a cheesecake too rich to finish… but you must.

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