Death is the mother of beauty

Amazing ending, terrible narrator!!!

Before I start the real review, I need to say this: NOT ALL WRITERS ARE GOOD AUDIOBOOK NARRATORS! Listening to the audiobook of this book was the worst part of the experience for me. It was like she is reading the most boring newspaper EVER.

But about the book:
I started this one with high expectations, and soon I found myself disappointed. The pace was too slow for me, there was no actual cliffhanger there and it was very descriptive. So, for someone like me who is not interested in classics and is used to fictions with good and bad sides, the book was somewhat boring! 
However, after a while, I could see the writing style. It was a diary like, written by a highly unreliable character (which the author did a fantastic job in showing it). There was no actual "good and righteous" character in this book. It wasn't about solving a murder mystery. It was simply about a murder.

What are the dead, anyway, but waves and energy? Light shining from a dead star 

One of the most interesting thing about this book is how confused I was after it! The line between fantasy and reality is a blur. I still don't know what exactly happened and if Richard's dream at the end was real or not.
I think I just added one start just for the ending!! the moment that Henry killed himself and the story was finished, I finally understood!! Donna Tartt did not mention anything about the characters and their actual thoughts and feelings throughout the story, which was actually quite helpful for this ending. You don't realize what is real to each character, you will never know the reason behind their actions, and I really enjoyed that.

Overall, not being a fan of detailed descriptions of actions and surroundings, I still think the book was too long for such a story (22 hours!) but I am glad I did not drop it and finally finished it. Totally worth it!
        

          راستش دلیل محبوبیت زیاد این کتاب رو نفهمیدم :/
بنظرم داستان خیلی جاها زیادی کش دار شده بود و حوصله سربر، جوری که خیلی صفحات رو فقط روخوانی کردم که جلو بره.
نمیدونم شاید سبک این کتاب خیلی مناسب من نبود، همه چیز خیلی یواش پیش می‌رفت و من همش منتظر اون شُک بزرگه بودم که وادارم کنه کتابو بخونم و بخوام بدونم که خب بعدش چی میشه؟ 
برای من متاسفانه داستان خیلی یکنواخت بود و اون دو ستاره رو برای ۱۰۰ صفحه آخر کتاب میدم که یکم هیجان گرفته بود، ولی در کل این کتاب، کتاب من نبود😕
        

          *Too long for what it was*; 
and what it was in the second half was very close to a high-school Netflix series. (You know the type you might have watched one, and then waste your time on another one, because they're basically the same just slightly different in cast and title)
The first half was worth reading, though. [How I hoped to have a mentor like Julian in my life:)
        

          Didn't get the hype
        

          جوری که این کتاب خون من رو در شیشه کرد-.-
        

          Death is the mother of beauty

Amazing ending, terrible narrator!!!

Before I start the real review, I need to say this: NOT ALL WRITERS ARE GOOD AUDIOBOOK NARRATORS! Listening to the audiobook of this book was the worst part of the experience for me. It was like she is reading the most boring newspaper EVER.

But about the book:
I started this one with high expectations, and soon I found myself disappointed. The pace was too slow for me, there was no actual cliffhanger there and it was very descriptive. So, for someone like me who is not interested in classics and is used to fictions with good and bad sides, the book was somewhat boring! 
However, after a while, I could see the writing style. It was a diary like, written by a highly unreliable character (which the author did a fantastic job in showing it). There was no actual "good and righteous" character in this book. It wasn't about solving a murder mystery. It was simply about a murder.

What are the dead, anyway, but waves and energy? Light shining from a dead star 

One of the most interesting thing about this book is how confused I was after it! The line between fantasy and reality is a blur. I still don't know what exactly happened and if Richard's dream at the end was real or not.
I think I just added one start just for the ending!! the moment that Henry killed himself and the story was finished, I finally understood!! Donna Tartt did not mention anything about the characters and their actual thoughts and feelings throughout the story, which was actually quite helpful for this ending. You don't realize what is real to each character, you will never know the reason behind their actions, and I really enjoyed that.

Overall, not being a fan of detailed descriptions of actions and surroundings, I still think the book was too long for such a story (22 hours!) but I am glad I did not drop it and finally finished it. Totally worth it!
        

          4.5