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wingedcreature 's review for:
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
I started off really liking the book and being really interested in what was going on. I did lose momentum with it by the end of the book, and I basically finished it just to say that I finished it. Which is unfortunate because I really wanted that to not happen. I think I may have to re-read it at another time, because I liked it enough to give it the attention it deserves.
It is a really interesting mystery, and I love that it's a story within a story. You have Daniel finding a book, and then he starts discovering more about the author and his story, and it is such a cool (but also slightly dangerous) thing to try to figure out. I also like that it takes place in the 1940's in Spain- something about the time period and place add to the mystery of what was going on, and I don't know that it would have worked nearly as well in another time and place.
It also reminds me that I really need to read more translated works- if I hadn't have looked for translated books, I certainly would not have come across it, and I'm glad I did.
My Rating: 3 stars. It started off really well, but I just sort of lost interest and had trouble focusing on it. I do plan on re-reading it, though, when I'm more able to focus.
It is a really interesting mystery, and I love that it's a story within a story. You have Daniel finding a book, and then he starts discovering more about the author and his story, and it is such a cool (but also slightly dangerous) thing to try to figure out. I also like that it takes place in the 1940's in Spain- something about the time period and place add to the mystery of what was going on, and I don't know that it would have worked nearly as well in another time and place.
It also reminds me that I really need to read more translated works- if I hadn't have looked for translated books, I certainly would not have come across it, and I'm glad I did.
My Rating: 3 stars. It started off really well, but I just sort of lost interest and had trouble focusing on it. I do plan on re-reading it, though, when I'm more able to focus.