hanbran 's review for:

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.0

A readable book with enough intrigue and humor to keep me interested to the end. I wouldn't call it "Gabriel Garcia Marquez meets Jorge Luis Borges meets Umberto Eco" (the story's a little flat and contrived), but I enjoyed it for what it was. Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars.