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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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beaureads's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I enjoy Zafon's writing. His dialogues are sharp and his character development is strong. I enjoy reading about writers - even if, in this case, the story is a stretch of the imagination to say the least. We visit again the Cemetary of Forgotten books and when our protagonist takes a supporting cast member later in the book, I began to wonder if we would be seeing Zafon's next book about the book this character bonds rescues. It was a love story with murders galore and characters who are eternal (or, if not, who transcend ageing). Kind of reminds me of Huis Clos by Jean Paul Satre. "L'enfer, c'est les autres" except, in this case, it is never ageing when everyone around you does.

chantalmelser's review against another edition

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2.0

Over de top! Het eerste deel had de charme van het nieuwe, dit verliest zich in gothic. Een film in de stijl van Dan Brown zal binnenkort wel eens te verwachten zijn, is vast nog boeiend ook, maar het derde deel van de boekenserie laat ik aan mij voorbijgaan. Geen interesse meer.

denz292's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

kelleydoesbooks's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

krdegan's review

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1.0

I'm almost halfway through and every time I pick up this book I feel like I'm reading a story where a bunch of people are contributing a few pages at a time, but they can only see the last sentence written by the person before them. When each has a turn, s/he continues the thread s/he was working on the last time, but nothing actually makes sense when it is all put together. I'm only 46% done with the book, but it is time to move on.

kyms's review against another edition

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4.0

The Angel's Game is a story that happens before Shadow of the Wind yet is second in the series. Reading after Shadow makes sense.

David Martin is a serial story writer for a newspaper. He has had a rough childhood and is starting to figure out life and love. Along comes a dark character, with an even darker proposition. Martin, at the crossroads.

This book is full of romance, Gothic mansions, books, writers, wit and murder. What's not to love? Ok. I would have loved less murder.

The Angel's Game, the second Zafon book that I have read, has elevated him to my new favorite author. Wonderful!