Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Ms. Tartt is no doubt a gifted writer. Where is her editor?! It's pretty shameful. So after a writer as a few bestsellers to her name, she's untouchable to editor's suggestions? There are countless instances in this book where the writer says something absolutely brilliant, but then proceeds to tell you what she just said in the most banal prose you've ever heard. It's unbelievable. How could an editor not see that and say, "You've got a masterful book here, just lose the tiresome reiterations." What a missed opportunity this book is.