tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post4420316980957932423..comments2023-09-07T10:40:00.762+01:00Comments on Stranger Worlds: THE GOLDFINCHEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-6685771368002833462015-10-29T20:55:43.522+00:002015-10-29T20:55:43.522+00:00Uh-oh. That wasn't my intention, I swear. (Tho...Uh-oh. That wasn't my intention, I swear. (Though it may have been Donna Tartt's ...)<br /><br />Yes. Both. <br /><br />OK, you expressed beautifully what I was trying to express. I absolutely love the sense of age in the book. I know I quoted it once, but I'm quoting it again: "time didn't actually correspond to the standard measure but instead meandered along at its own sedate tick-tock, obejying the pace of his antique-crowed backwater, far from the factory-built, epoxy-glued version of the world."<br /><br />The whole idea of The Goldfinch is of a painting that's lasted five centuries, through two explosions, and has touched lives throughout all that time; a thread that unites humanity from one year to the next. That's the incredible thing about art -- paintings, but also books and music -- that it can speak to one generation and then another. When I read and love Pride and Prejudice, I can imagine other teenage girls in every decade for two hundred years reading it and loving it and falling for Mr Darcey. And isn't that quite something? Of course, that kind of thing isn't ultimately going to be a substitute for faith in the living God -- and despite its uplifting note, The Goldfinch was still in the end lying in the sphere of life without Jesus -- but it was still incredibly powerful. I couldn't recommend it highly enough.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-3536246355667414672015-10-29T20:48:54.445+00:002015-10-29T20:48:54.445+00:00No choice at all!No choice at all!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-31072443968107099652015-10-29T20:47:53.270+00:002015-10-29T20:47:53.270+00:00I knooow, it's inspired to me to right my own ...I knooow, it's inspired to me to right my own based-on-a-painting novel! I want to write about art, it's all I want.<br /><br />YOU MUST!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-6799060916013076982015-10-29T20:46:56.227+00:002015-10-29T20:46:56.227+00:00Thank you, Irene! :)Thank you, Irene! :)Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-57455690849501183332015-10-29T20:46:09.882+00:002015-10-29T20:46:09.882+00:00I knooow! I love the painting so much. It's gl...I knooow! I love the painting so much. It's glorious. <br /><br />The book is WONDERFUL. I didn't shelf it for *too* long -- only a few months -- but I know that it is difficult to get round to everything!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-31217588995897825742015-10-29T20:44:37.497+00:002015-10-29T20:44:37.497+00:00It is long, not hard to get through, though; I was...It is long, not hard to get through, though; I was so hooked right from the start and I couldn't get enough of it! It would be nice on audio, though. FIND IT, READ IT, LOVE IT!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057480293595295502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-91643956659349212102015-10-29T05:08:05.996+00:002015-10-29T05:08:05.996+00:00Okay, I want to cry now.
This books sounds so be...Okay, I want to cry now. <br /><br />This books sounds so beautiful and so soul-touching. The words. I love words.<br /><br />But really that whole last bit you wrote just gets me. Everything antique and nostalgic. Everything lost and unfound, whether it's been lost to another time or lost in the rush of people and not noticed amongst them all. And then the fact that individually everyone is lost in the rush and somehow that connects and makes us all one. All of that. Those are the things that always hit me hard. I don't even know why. <br /><br />If I find it, I'll have to read this book.a.n.g.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03667996517318905980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-60297566617292533112015-10-27T19:48:46.416+00:002015-10-27T19:48:46.416+00:00I really should read The Goldfinch - after that re...I really should read The Goldfinch - after that review it sounds like I have no choice! :)Lauren Stoolfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777860030600932061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-9464633830486924592015-10-26T15:15:28.182+00:002015-10-26T15:15:28.182+00:00Ooooohhh..... The art is prrreeety. Also really c...Ooooohhh..... The art is prrreeety. Also really cool that this is what the book is inspire/based around.<br /><br />Will definetely add this to the reading list asap. It certainly sounds like a very worthwhile read - and I trust your book recommendations!Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856023025145731520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-29959690019268177772015-10-25T20:46:32.660+00:002015-10-25T20:46:32.660+00:00Great post dear! Have a wonderful weekend:)
irene...Great post dear! Have a wonderful weekend:)<br /><br />irenethayer.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569341705371319685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-70403360451616708942015-10-24T05:27:52.350+01:002015-10-24T05:27:52.350+01:00That is such a pretty bird! The book sounds very g...That is such a pretty bird! The book sounds very good as well. I'll have to go investigate. It might be one of the books I have where I just shelf it and forget it, but I definitely need to get around to it.Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556918179614420990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797055056494841024.post-41502487003906799672015-10-22T10:34:44.110+01:002015-10-22T10:34:44.110+01:00ohhh I've heard such MIXED things about this b...ohhh I've heard such MIXED things about this book. Like I'm a billion percent curious, but iI've heard it's really long and hard to get through. 0_0 I feel like I WILL try it one day because I'm too curious (and your review makes it sound aaaamazing) but I want it on audio!! I really need to go see if my library has that option....*dashes off*CG @ Paper Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14954615708675952085noreply@blogger.com