Donna Tartt has to be one of the most skilled writers of our era. She has a way of evoking the strongest of feelings with the most mundane objects. I never thought I could be put in trance by the description of a candle or a desk, but I was. She's also able to probe the depths of depression and anxiety like few others can.
I didn't see Theo as the anti-hero that so many others did, mainly because he suffered through a major tragedy at a vulnerable age, and was consequently raised by an inferior parent. To call it Dickensian is appropriate in that sense. Judging by the reviews here (Goodreads), I think a lot of readers have been too hard on him.
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