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The Midnight Palace (Mist, #2) - Community Reviews back

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Jonathan Davis
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StitchersGirl
StitchersGirl rated it 9 years ago
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 ...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 11 years ago
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...
Amy Reads Books
Amy Reads Books rated it 11 years ago
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...
The House That Books Built
The House That Books Built rated it 13 years ago
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...
June's Room
June's Room rated it 13 years ago
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...
ellaminnowpea
ellaminnowpea rated it 13 years ago
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...
Shelly's Book Journal
Shelly's Book Journal rated it 13 years ago
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...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 14 years ago
My disappointment in this book can be described in three words: Insufficiently explained superpowers.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 14 years ago
This title will be released on June 2, 2011.
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