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A review by noshinswag
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
1.0
Abandoned at 31%:
I actually cared about the story for the first 10% of this book, but it went downhill pretty quickly as it delved into boring and tedious subplots.
I usually give books a chance even if they start to bore me, but this one actively made me uncomfortable. The excessive objectification of women and a persistent theme of horniness just wasnt for me. I'm fine with content of that sort if the book employs satire or if the author takes a clear stance against it, but this book did neither. Its one of those books where the author's perspective is unmistakably male-centric. Not a single woman in the book had dimension or depth.
I actually cared about the story for the first 10% of this book, but it went downhill pretty quickly as it delved into boring and tedious subplots.
I usually give books a chance even if they start to bore me, but this one actively made me uncomfortable. The excessive objectification of women and a persistent theme of horniness just wasnt for me. I'm fine with content of that sort if the book employs satire or if the author takes a clear stance against it, but this book did neither. Its one of those books where the author's perspective is unmistakably male-centric. Not a single woman in the book had dimension or depth.