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Nilam Shukla

Beautiful and Entrancing

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 21 juni 2018

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‘What’s wrong with him?’
‘I could tell you it’s his heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.’
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The Shadow of the Wind written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and translated by Lucia Graves, was an absolutely beautiful book to read and savour. I am in such awe of the flowing, vivid and rich details in this novel, and I must applaud Lucia Graves for her skill in her translation.
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The Shadow of the Wind is hard to define to one specific genre; although it is classed as historical fiction I personally felt that it was more of a bildungsroman, with a crime thriller twist to it. The story follows Daniel Sempere from a young boy, as he first enters the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and chances upon a novel written by Julien Carax. He then embarks upon a journey throughout the years to uncover the truth about the author. Through this journey, we watch Daniel and those closest to him experience loneliness, forbidden love, prejudice, and lost friendships. Barcelona is shown to be a perfect gothic backdrop to this, and I loved visualising all the descriptions.
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Whilst Daniel was my favourite character, it was Fermin Romero de Torres who I found the most entertaining, as his humour really cut through the more somber chapters. He was always so eccentric and crude but he surely had a heart of gold and was just loveable.
Fumero the main villain of the book, was one to really despise. He was an awful and malicious character, whom I loved to hate!
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I did find that in the middle of the book the story did start to drag a bit, the pace slowed down a bit too much for my liking. However, I didn’t mind too much as I think my favourite aspect of this book was the rich writing that was full of similes and metaphors, which were incredibly perfect. I seriously could have included so many quotes in this review. There were so many descriptions about books and the readers enjoyment of them. This is definitely a book for all book lovers

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Samantha Jayne (ABookHaven)

Beautiful writing

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 21 augustus 2018

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Within the first 6 pages of this book, I fell in love. Like this doesn’t usually happen to me, I don’t usually fall in love with a book or writer that quick, it usually takes a lot longer than it did. Within 6 pages I had fallen madly in love with this, I think it was definitely the writing, something about it, I don’t think I can explain the feeling with this book. I wanted to devour it all at once and then I also wanted to save it. I did manage to drag out the reading of this book, a little. But honestly the whole writing it was perfect, I think I can only describe it like that. As you can tell I’m totally fangirling over this, I had to take a few hours break so I could like gather thoughts, a few hours later I’m still fangirling. It was so perfect. I just wanted to make a note about Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s writing, I am in love.

The book is set in parts as well as chapters, the parts give you an idea of the date that that part of the story is set in as it does span over a few years from Daniel being a child to going into teenage adult times. It also covers the time span of Julián and his story, so it does make it clear and there are ways you know when certain things happen for example when a character tells a story you know it is a story. As I said there is little signs of changes of time and topic or plot within the story. So it makes it easier to recognise.

As the blurb said it follows Daniel as he tries to discover the story of the author who wrote The Shadow of The Wind by Julián Carax. The story was complex, but not confusing, everything was explained and worked out through the story. The plot was so amazing and it draws you in, and you just want to turn the page over and over and before you know it you have finished the book. I have loads of things I want to say about this book but I also don’t want to put spoilers in, so I may have to do a video review and fangirl the heck out of this book.

Daniel, I immediately connected with his character especially his love for that book because I think we all have that love for a certain book so I definitely got where he was coming from with that. He was such a charming character and it was very interesting watching him grow up from a child to a teen slowly starting adulthood. His interaction with different characters completely showed what kind of person he was. Like when he goes to see Cara (Who is blind) sits and reads with her and he just does nice stuff. Always seems to get punched for it like.

Julián, he is I would say the other main character in this story and he is such an enigma and he is so fascinating and I love it. I think along with Daniel I fell in love with the man from him. Like he was so amazing and there is so much I want to say because I don’t want to spoil it. (So that’s all I can say about him because spoiler)

I loved all the characters in this book and I thought that they all had a nice part in the book and I liked them all well except the certain person who did the certain thing to a certain person. (See the spoiler problem?)

I can’t really say anything else about this book I may have to do a spoiler review on youtube. Would you all like that? Would you like to hear more about my thoughts on this with spoilers? Let me know!

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Micky - bookphenomena

Tapping out after book one

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 8 augustus 2020

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What a trudge this read has been and what a read of contradictions. On the one hand this plot had so much potential and it regularly ignited my interest, but each time it did, it was followed by long chapters of dull description of something. The characters of Daniel, his father, Fermin and Julian were interesting but I can't say that I liked any of them but Daniel. I don't really get why Daniel pursued the intrigue for as long as he did, why he became obsessed by Julian Carux.

I hated how all the women were written in this book. They were all unfortunate creatures of some description, lacking in depth of character. This was in complete opposite to the depth of character most of the men had. Hmmm. Too much focus on voluptuous breasts...if this was a romance or whatever, this might have been in context, but it wasn't here.

As if the pacing wasn't difficult enough, the way that the reveals came, in a letter (all tell and no whow). In the kindle edition, this was formatted as a book within a book...Chapter 1 this drove me crazy. The twists were somewhat clever but I'd lost my give a damn about 40% prior, so it didn't have the same shine.

Lots of people love this book, I don't know why it missed the spot but in my opinion it could have been shorter with the bore edited out. I have no compunction to continue with the series and if I never hear of Lain Courbert again, it will be too soon. I am reassured that most of my book club also struggled with this one, so it's not just me.

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L. Hurst

A winner

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 8 september 2018

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I came across this book by chance in a charity shop and the premise of a library of forgotten books is what prompted me to read it. I'm so glad I did - it's a book unlike anything I've ever read before. The author's evocative descriptions bring the images alive in my mind and the story just absorbed me from the start. I couldn't read it fast enough. Have now also read the two sequels and am really looking forward to the last book "The Laberynth of the Spirits"!

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BookLover2323

Gothic masterpiece.

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 1 juli 2017

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This book has definitely earned its place as a literary classic.

Gothic, beautifully written, filled with mystery, intrigue and characters that you simply can't put down.

This is a detective story that you never know who is actually being hunted 'The Devil' or the author. A young boy who is obsessed with a book and therefore a story, a history that is unsolved and he must be the one to unravel it. Set on the streets of Barcelona against backdrop filled with corruption and dark alleys this book is one that every fan of Gothic literature must read and trust me, you'll go back for more and more.

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Luke

Simply phenomenal

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 17 juni 2019

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This is, without a doubt, up there with one of the best books I've read. It's not the usual genre I go with but the blurb highly intrigued me and I simply could not stop reading (and listening) to this book.

It is is written in such a way that it is almost poetic. It has also taught me a lot about the city of bafcona both geographically and historically and makes me want to return to the feature-rich city.

The story itself keeps you hooked with every word. With the way you love certain characters and dislike others, you're vying for the future of all the characters that are being written about at the time.

If you're looking for a book with a bit of mystery, intrigue, character, romance and that is wonderfully written, do not miss this book!

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Paul T.

Good, but slow.

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 4 september 2019

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I'd never heard of Zafon until recently, but he has a huge reputation. It's easy to see why in this atmospheric mystery / romance. He presses a lot of buttons. Beautiful descriptions, deep characters, intriguing scenario, and a powerful evocation of a time and place - in this case, Barcelona, in the years after the Spanish Civil War. And some marvelous touches of humour.

Yet, in spite of all these positives, it didn't quite work for me. Mostly, I think, due to the pace which was, shall we say, measured. I can appreciate a slow-burner, a plot that develops and deepens in its own time and refuses to be hurried. But this one just didn't seem to have any urgency at all. Only at the very end did it pick up a bit, ending in one of the few action scenes of the novel - which was not the best part of it either, leaving me somewhat confused about the characters actions and motivations.

Perhaps as a result of the pacing, the entire book felt overly long to me. I also had trouble keeping track of the plot and the characters, having to constantly remind myself about who fitted in where.

So, in summary - good, but not brilliant, and for all it's positive points, I was never really absorbed by it.

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Four and a Half Stars- Recommended- A Modern Classic

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 14 september 2018

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This book is extraordinary, at times. There’s a masterful use of language from the author. The book peters out, a little, in the last quarter- hence four and a half instead of five stars. The darkness of the plot reminded me of ‘The Woman In White’ and I can understand why books by this author are best sellers and why he’s renowned in Spain.
The simple idea of a boy, Daniel, growing up after the WW2 is cleverly complicated by a gothic like storyline which develops beautifully. It all starts with a book Daniel chooses from the ‘Cemetery Of The Forgotten Books’. Daniel turns detective and is determined to find out more about the author. Daniel is, of course, maturing to adulthood along the way.
I’d describe this as a modern classic. It will keep your thought processes going and gives a good insight into the people of Barcelona from 1945 onwards.

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Stephanie Murray

Love and terror, heartbreak and joy.

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 6 februari 2017

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For some odd reason, never having heard of Zafon, I ordered this book and as I am slightly obsessive, I also ordered all his other books, and THANK GOD for that ,,, on finishing the Shadow in the Wind I cried and clutched the book to my chest, not wishing to leave this dark and mysterious Barcelona and the characters therein. At night I dream of the labyrithe and the Aldaya house and wander through dark wet Streets in search of the characters. Film has nothing on books, the imagination has so much more scope than mere production design. I do hope that they do NOT make movies of his books, I dont see anyway how it could be possible without omitting most of the story. I didn't think that anyone wrote like this anymore. Thank you Segnor Zafon for you amazing imagination.

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Vin

A book about a book

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 16 juli 2020

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A book called Shadow of the WInd about a book called Shadow of the Wind and is set in Spain during and after the Civil war (with some scenes in Paris). The title is a bit Barbara Steele, but don't let that put you off. Let the glacial pace put you off. I bought this after reading an obituary for Carlos Ruiz Zafon; I had never heard of him or this novel. In fact, his obituary was more interesting than this book. The plot, I won't go into because other reviewers have covered it. There are elements of gothic, magic-realism, post-modernism - really a grab-bag of styles. Basically, Daniel finds a copy of Shadow of the Wind and over the years his life mirrors that of the author. It is all very tricksy. The central mystery of who is buying up copies of the book and burning them is easy to figure out. Fumero, the sadistic police inspector, is the one character of any note; the rest are paper thin. There is some poignancy in that the fictional author of the Shadow of the Wind never learns why the central love affair was doomed, although the reader is told. If you know Barcelona, or you are planning to visit, there is a walking guide around the locations of the story at the end of the book There are also suggested discussion points for a reading group. I finished it and I can honestly say that of all the books I have read, this is one of them.

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