by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
What can I say? Thisreally isn't right up my alley, but my mother-in-law highly recommended it and I love that woman, so I gave it a try. I shouldn't have. I liked parts of it - mostly the writing. Zafón has a way with words. He lets them flow, makes them run through you, paints pictures in your ...
In the words of Vicky Pollard: Yeah, but no, but yeah, but no, but yeah, but no, but. That’s pretty much it really. Go watch Young Sherlock Holmes instead. Same general idea and much better. This book never seems to take off. And heaven forbid you actually ha...
It has become pretty clear to me that I will enjoy pretty much everything Zafon writes. Whilst occasionally his plots do appear to go a little bit 'everything and the kitchen sink' towards the end, I generally always enjoy myself reading his work.The Midnight Palace is one of Zafon's early works, or...
I flew through this book,( originally a YA work, I believe) and thoroughly enjoyed a 'ripping yarn' of gothic mystery and suspense set in Calcutta, India. Twin babies are rescued from a pursuer bent on killing them; one is deposited in an orphanage , the other with its grandmother, where they remain...
I flew through this book,( originally a YA work, I believe) and thoroughly enjoyed a 'ripping yarn' of gothic mystery and suspense set in Calcutta, India. Twin babies are rescued from a pursuer bent on killing them; one is deposited in an orphanage , the other with its grandmother, where they remain...
I waffled back and forth whether this was not quite as strong as my other four star ratings, or much stronger than my other three star ratings. It falls somewhere in between, but I'm giving Zafon the benefit of the doubt here. This is clearly early work, before he became the master of prose American...
Another creepy Zafon story....Officer Peake struggles to save two newborn babies as he rushes through the streets of Calcutta, followed by a dark presence, an evil. While he gets the children to safety, he loses his own life to a monster. 16 years later, we meet one of the babies - Ben, who has li...
My disappointment in this book can be described in three words: Insufficiently explained superpowers.
This title will be released on June 2, 2011.
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