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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
This is a thriller mystery novel about a novel. It's about writers and being in love with books. There is a lot of mystery and bits of supernatural elements. The Gothic parts are apparent in the mood and the use of buildings especially, which are always huge, dark and gloomy, if not dank, tiny and grimy.
I am almost done with it, but man is it a slog to go through. I found that I no longer care about the main character. I just want this story to end. The journey was more interesting than the destination let's just say. The revelations I feel did not warrant the trouble the characters went through solving it.
I like the B and C plots more, as I think the supporting characters are better people than the main ones.
I think I like the first book more.
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So I just right now finished the book, and surprisingly, I liked the ending. It dipped at the part I was talking about earlier, and I still think that the plot wasn't resolved satisfactorily. Nevertheless, the Epilogue pulled things back together.
I still think the main character is unlikeable, and that's the point of that character, which makes him a 'good' character in the sense that his interactions with the other minor characters would be interesting. I hope I am making sense somewhat.
Overall, I am interested now in how things would proceed for that character. So if he still appears in the other books I would probably read those too.
[My copy](https://i.redd.it/sfu0j7je7fv21.jpg)
I am almost done with it, but man is it a slog to go through. I found that I no longer care about the main character. I just want this story to end. The journey was more interesting than the destination let's just say. The revelations I feel did not warrant the trouble the characters went through solving it.
I like the B and C plots more, as I think the supporting characters are better people than the main ones.
I think I like the first book more.
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So I just right now finished the book, and surprisingly, I liked the ending. It dipped at the part I was talking about earlier, and I still think that the plot wasn't resolved satisfactorily. Nevertheless, the Epilogue pulled things back together.
I still think the main character is unlikeable, and that's the point of that character, which makes him a 'good' character in the sense that his interactions with the other minor characters would be interesting. I hope I am making sense somewhat.
Overall, I am interested now in how things would proceed for that character. So if he still appears in the other books I would probably read those too.
[My copy](https://i.redd.it/sfu0j7je7fv21.jpg)
It's probably not as good as THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, really, but I can't help loving it just as much.
I was very confused by this book. I think I need to read the third book to better understand it. Definitely not as straightforward as The Shadow of the Wind was.
El primer punto a resaltar de esta segunda entrega de la tetralogía de Carlos Ruiz Zafón, es la innegable capacidad para usar un mismo escenario, mismos personajes y aún así tener frente a nosotros una historia completamente diferente.
Todo en el juego del ángel es misterio, contrario a su primer libro "la sombra del viento" Zafón no explica mucho, deja cientos de cabos sin atar y misterios inexplicables. El mismo final deja camino libre a la interpretación del lector.
Una historia que habla de demonios y tragedias, la pérdida del alma y la búsqueda del amor eterno. David, el protagonista y narrador, derrocha locura a cada personaje, situación y pensamiento, otorgando así a esta obra un matiz deprimente, violento y sumamente intrigante.
Aplaudo a Zafón porque nunca imaginé que la trama se desarrollaría en torno a un escritor al que le ofrecen hacer toda una religión por alguien que puede ser perfectamente comprendido como el diablo.
Algo que me pareció increíble de la historia es la aparición de personajes enlazados con La sombra del Viento, especialmente de Isabella, a quien, con tan sólo leer sus primeros diálogos, tuve en gran estima. Por otro lado, personajes como Cristina me parecieron débiles, incluso el mismo Patrón misterioso que se acerca a David para ofrecerle un trabajo inigualable, careció de rasgos más fuertes que me contaran una historia más profunda y comprensible.
El juego del ángel es una historia delirante no apta para débiles de corazón o personas propensas a la depresión. Sólo le doy 4 estrellas porque al final, mi alma no quedó contenta, a pesar de que el prólogo es hermoso, es una historia de soledad.
Todo en el juego del ángel es misterio, contrario a su primer libro "la sombra del viento" Zafón no explica mucho, deja cientos de cabos sin atar y misterios inexplicables. El mismo final deja camino libre a la interpretación del lector.
Una historia que habla de demonios y tragedias, la pérdida del alma y la búsqueda del amor eterno. David, el protagonista y narrador, derrocha locura a cada personaje, situación y pensamiento, otorgando así a esta obra un matiz deprimente, violento y sumamente intrigante.
Aplaudo a Zafón porque nunca imaginé que la trama se desarrollaría en torno a un escritor al que le ofrecen hacer toda una religión por alguien que puede ser perfectamente comprendido como el diablo.
Algo que me pareció increíble de la historia es la aparición de personajes enlazados con La sombra del Viento, especialmente de Isabella, a quien, con tan sólo leer sus primeros diálogos, tuve en gran estima. Por otro lado, personajes como Cristina me parecieron débiles, incluso el mismo Patrón misterioso que se acerca a David para ofrecerle un trabajo inigualable, careció de rasgos más fuertes que me contaran una historia más profunda y comprensible.
El juego del ángel es una historia delirante no apta para débiles de corazón o personas propensas a la depresión. Sólo le doy 4 estrellas porque al final, mi alma no quedó contenta, a pesar de que el prólogo es hermoso, es una historia de soledad.
By the end I still didn’t know what really happened. Maybe there’s no “what really happened” in magic realism. But it was wonderfully atmospheric and suspenseful and kept me interested the whole time, so that’s worth a pretty high rating.
I liked it a lot, I wish I had read it right after The Shadow of The Wind, I'd forgotten some things that would have made for stronger connection between the two books. I'm looking forward to Prisoner of Heaven.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I hoped that this book would be an improvement over the first in the series, The Shadow of the Wind. It was not.
While the events are mostly unrelated to the first book (except for the Sempere bookstore), there were a lot of elements that felt recycled - the young man who's poor (and a virgin, which is very important for some reason) but has rich benefactor friends; falls in love with a gorgeous young woman mostly from afar; doesn't have a mother; and gets sucked into a big mystery. Also, it started off with a shrewish woman boardinghouse owner and boardinghouse residents who try to watch the neighbor woman have sex through the window, so that’s... not a big improvement on depictions of women from the first book. At the end, whenCorelli basically gives David a kid version of Cristina (who he... stole from some family? made in his magic lab? this is not explained and it's weird) to I guess raise and then marry (really, really gross), it's creepy and another example of women being mistreated or treated as props in this series.
There were a lot more fantasy/magic-seeming elements in this book compared to The Shadow of the Wind. It also felt a little darker and creepier. The mystery was intriguing enough, but there were several things I didn't understand - like Andreas Corelli's motivations. The whole plot felt a bit chaotic. I'm going to read the third one because allegedly it ties the first two books together and maybe it'll help something make sense, but I'm not looking forward to it.
While the events are mostly unrelated to the first book (except for the Sempere bookstore), there were a lot of elements that felt recycled - the young man who's poor (and a virgin, which is very important for some reason) but has rich benefactor friends; falls in love with a gorgeous young woman mostly from afar; doesn't have a mother; and gets sucked into a big mystery. Also, it started off with a shrewish woman boardinghouse owner and boardinghouse residents who try to watch the neighbor woman have sex through the window, so that’s... not a big improvement on depictions of women from the first book. At the end, when
There were a lot more fantasy/magic-seeming elements in this book compared to The Shadow of the Wind. It also felt a little darker and creepier. The mystery was intriguing enough, but there were several things I didn't understand - like Andreas Corelli's motivations. The whole plot felt a bit chaotic. I'm going to read the third one because allegedly it ties the first two books together and maybe it'll help something make sense, but I'm not looking forward to it.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Incredible! Filled with mystery and intrigue and enough ominous tones to keep you awake at night trying to finish it before dawn!
Incredible! Filled with mystery and intrigue and enough ominous tones to keep you awake at night trying to finish it before dawn!