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

Ultra misogynystic, the female characters server no other purpose but to advance the plot for the male protagonists. But heck, the book hit me like a tight slap of sadness. Zafon plays with feelings of loss like a master. The ending is a tinge of many colours.

It also used the backdrop of the Spanish civil war to tell a tale about the harmfulness of stereotypes and rumours. It's characters are of many layers, and Zafon uses 'redemption arcs' if you will, to tell you to not judge a book by it's cover. To not believe in what you hear from other and not make presumptions about a person based on first impressions