My Review of 'The Goldfinch'

What price loyalty if no love back?

There's a whole subgenre of historical fiction that centers on art theft and forgery.

The subject of this fictional story is a real painting. I saw it once. Small canvas, huge impact.

Here's my book review of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

This is a story about art theft and romantic obsession. Main character Theodore Decker is very much the boychik – a young man with more ambition than brains. So it's a coming-of-age story, as well, full of his personal introspection and psychological turmoil.

Be warned – plot spoilers ahead.