"Well, this is a story about books.''about books?"'About accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of the pages of a novel so that he could burn it, about a betrayal and a lost friendship. It`s a a story of love, of hatred, and of all the dreams that live in the s...
From Amazon: Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one b...
Loads of people recommended the Shadow of the Wind to me, but when my former housemate Mariola bought it for me in England, I didn't read it immediately. School reading dominated my life at the moment and I really wanted to take some time to immerse myself in this novel's Barcelona. I felt like that...
I originally picked up the Shadow of the Wind after it being highly recommended to me, and I was drawn to it for it's bookish theme. A secret library, a book surrounded with a mysterious history, and a little independent bookshop in Barcelona. If there's one thing I can't resist, it's a book for boo...
A book about books. Absolute perfection. :)I fell in love after 10 pages. His writing style is gorgeous and captivating. I felt myself get lost inside his world of words. His storytelling was incredible. I loved the way he would intertwine all these people's stories to make one amazing journey. I fe...
When I don't know how to start a review, I usually go with "I liked this book. This book was ok." and so on. I am going to start in a similar fashion, but please imagine the next proposition spoken in a tone of awe, while the said speaker melts away with happiness. I loved this book. I will try to r...
I had The Shadow of the Wind in my to-be-read list for many months, when I finally picked up this book and began reading the first few pages I knew this would become one of my all time favorite novels. The characters are intriguing and seductive, you feel you know them, you are rooting for them, an...
In The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón interweaves the threads of different stories into an intricate pattern forming the whole of the novel. Several plots are running side by side or one within the other, but they are all well balanced and the story gowes smoothly despite all. The story revo...
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