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Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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themeadowofashtrees's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

_sierrakristine's review against another edition

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5.0

Este libro me llevó por una montaña rusa de emociones. Aventura, misterio, amor y desamor, tristeza, y me dejo pensando en la vida. ¡Me encantó!

crimsoncor's review against another edition

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3.0

I don't know, I'm apparently in the minority who didn't love this. Love The Shadow of the Wind. This felt very similar, but (pardon me) a pale shadow. I'm sure this is supposed to be a momentous and tragic young love at the center of the story, but it just really didn't do it for me.

tatibri's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

royal_tea's review against another edition

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4.5

SO CHILLING!!

I thought because this was marketed as a YA novel that it wouldn't be so dark... but wow. Very interesting themes regarding death and disease.

I really enjoyed The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, but didn't enjoy his YA novel The Prince of Mist and so I went into Marina with pretty low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised when I found myself speeding through this book! Especially towards the end it became very gripping. Ruiz Zafon has a way of making characters' back stories mesmerising. Long monologues usually bore me, but those written by him seem to be the exception.

I always enjoy reading characters that are neither 'good' nor 'evil' but have aspects of both light and darkness within them. I also found the ending very fitting.

I highly recommend Marina to those who want a fast-paced mysterious macabre read.