piburnjones 's review for:

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4.0

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This prequel to 'Shadow of the Wind' holds many of the same pleasures: gorgeous writing, mysteries to unravel, and a deep love of books and storytelling. I found this one darker than 'Shadow,' though. Where Daniel's defining characteristic tends to be curiosity to the point of nosiness, David Martin is a more desperate man with a host of personal demons, including his strange employer. But perhaps the most significant departure is that everything in 'Shadow,' no matter how eerie or how strangely coincidental, could theoretically happen in the real world. In 'Angel,' there clearly seems to be a supernatural element at work...