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Although Donna Tartt really does write wonderfully hypnotically, and I love that, this book went nowhere and took forever to get there. I had read about 300 pages when I started thinking, am I going to have to read every thought this kid has, for every minute of the rest of his life? And when, god, when, can we get OUT of Las Vegas, ugh, what a BORING setting, and to go on for hundreds of pages, it was just torture, so I started skimming and then realized that nothing ever does happen. Theo grows up to be just like his father, whiny, self-obsessed, incapable, and corrupt. By the time I was done with the book, I didn't want to hear one more word on the loss of his mother. I just did not care anymore. I am SO disappointed. My advice is to read a couple hundred pages in the book store and then decide whether to buy it.