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

2.0

Mixed feelings about this one. Took me so long to get into it and found myself wishing for it to be over multiple times. There are so many characters introduced that it gets very confusing to follow on who is who, who is related to who, and who does what. I also think that this book was way too long and it did not need to be. It just kept going and going on and I thought it would never end. I also listened to the audiobook version and whenever a chapter was going to end or something exciting was about to happen, there's music that would come on and is the same volume as the reader that makes it so hard to hear what is being said and that soured my experience of this book even more.

I did like the story overall and was curious what would happen but only because the book dragged on for so long. This could literally be cut in half and it would be a much better read.