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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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Apr 24, 11

bookshelves: to-read-again, for-sharing-at-blink
Read in April, 2011

Once more, Zafon takes his readers to a thrilling ride into a web of stories. And any ride with Zafon is guaranteed to be breathtaking.

In the Angel's Game, Zafon has again exhibited his specialty in leading his readers into a series of intricate stories. He makes sure his readers enter that labyrinth of events so engrossed that they would hardly feel that they have been sucked into it. But great Zafon makes sure that his readers come out of it safe. He really has that talent of giving little unexpected twists here and there while ending the whole story with one big unforeseen twist.

The ride through the whole book is something to be cherished. He successfully puts his readers under his spell -- playing with their emotions through his sarcastic humor, manly ego, proud wit, writer's vanity, and pure friendship.

There is so much wisdom in Zafon's words, through Sempere the bookseller: "Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it, and of those who read it and dream about it."

Am sure Angel's Game, Shadow of the Wind, and even The Prince of Mist will be the content of my dreams for quite a long time.

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Quotes Yzobelle Liked

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“I discovered that seventeen-year-old girls have such huge verbal energy that their brain drives them to expend it every twenty seconds. On the third day I decided I had to find her a boyfriend -- if possible, a deaf one.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“I don't suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don't trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It's a sure sign that they don't really know anyone.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“I'm not talking to anyone, I'm delivering a monologue. It's the inebriated man's prerogative.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.' - Senor Sempere.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game


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message 1: by Kwesi 章英狮 (new) - added it

Kwesi 章英狮 Niyay, I liked Zafon!


message 2: by Yzobelle (new) - rated it 5 stars

Yzobelle Liked? Not anymore? ... What's his best book for you?


message 3: by Kwesi 章英狮 (new) - added it

Kwesi 章英狮 I mean like, very sorry. I only read The Shadow of the Wind.


message 4: by Yzobelle (new) - rated it 5 stars

Yzobelle Oh ok. Got anxious for a while. I thought he has failed you. ;) ... Try Angel's Game and Prince of Mist. Don't compare the plot with Shadow of the Wind though. Since it is what you have read, it sets the standard high. But I promise you, his writing style will consistently make you melt. :)


message 5: by Kwesi 章英狮 (new) - added it

Kwesi 章英狮 I have a copy of Angel's Game but I don't have the time to read it, too thick for me and I promise you that I can't finish it in one sitting.


message 6: by Yzobelle (new) - rated it 5 stars

Yzobelle That's fine. You don't have to. It's actually better to let his words linger in your head. :) Take it easy and savor him.


message 7: by Kwesi 章英狮 (new) - added it

Kwesi 章英狮 Wow, I can't eat or smell him to savor all about him. Kidding. Haha. Thanks.


message 8: by Kwesi 章英狮 (new) - added it

Kwesi 章英狮 Does the book have any connection to the first one?


message 9: by Yzobelle (new) - rated it 5 stars

Yzobelle Yes, Kwesi. It actually is the prequel. But it was published 7 years after Shadow of the Wind.


message 10: by Kwesi 章英狮 (new) - added it

Kwesi 章英狮 Aaaa, ok.


message 11: by jzhunagev (last edited 24 de Abr 23:51) (new) - added it

jzhunagev I'm itching to read this one since it's been a year when I read Shadow of the Wind.

Nice review, Yzobelle! ^_^


message 12: by Yzobelle (new) - rated it 5 stars

Yzobelle Thanks! Yes, please take time to read it. Don't compare much with Shadow of the Wind. Just enjoy his humor and exquisite language! You'd love it.


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