A review by brynpemery
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This isn’t the right book for me - I was fairly turned off by a lot of the more old fashioned tropes and attitudes toward women (
serious Madonna vs Whore dichotomy going on here, and how does everybody get pregnant immediately and also immediately know it?
) and some of the later revelations at the end of the book were just…gross. It is a good adventure story, and if you’re in the market for a literary mystery it definitely delivers. 
One last spoiler-y comment: this is just phantom of the opera but with books
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