Honestly, our book club picked 'The Goldfinch' and I was the only one who didn't hate it

Tbh, everyone in my group said it was too long and the main character was annoying. I read it over three weeks and actually liked how messy the story felt, like real life. Ngl, the whole debate got pretty heated when I said the ending in Amsterdam worked for me. Has anyone else been the only person in their club who liked a book everyone else trashed?

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the_jessica13d ago

Feel that so hard. Got totally roasted in my group for defending "The Catcher in the Rye" last year, like everyone called Holden a whiny brat and I'm over here thinking he's just a sad kid? Sometimes you just connect with the messy one.

scott.alex13d ago

Right? Like, he's not whining for no reason, he's a kid who watched his brother die and now everyone around him feels fake. He's trying to find one real thing to hold onto, and failing. That scene where he keeps asking the cab driver where the ducks go in winter, it's not random, he's just desperate for something to make sense. People miss that he's just scared and alone.

aliceharris13d ago

Holden's brother Allie died of leukemia, not something he watched happen. The book says he was in the hospital when it happened. Still a kid dealing with a huge loss though.