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Akilah
Mar 28, 2018 marked it as abandoned  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: must-read-2018, 2018
This book is beautifully written and narrated (audiobook), but I'm over an hour in and bored out of my mind. ...more
Carla
Dec 07, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: not-own, spanish, 2018
Eis um livro que me conquistou às suas primeiras páginas. Como não o fazer quando descreve tão bem aquela sensação de descobrir 'o nosso livro'? De descobrir aquele livro que nos marca tão profundamente, que nos muda, aquele livro que nos alerta ou desperta para a importância da literatura, que nos arrebata de tal forma que passamos o resto da nossa vida de leitores a tentar reencontrar a mesma emoção em outros livros...

Não, não precisou de muito para me convencer que Carlos Ruiz Zafón é um escr
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Dana Berglund
Apr 06, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
The opening of the book hooked me, had me clamoring to inhale it. The descriptions, the richness of the setting, and the curiosity of our narrator made for a gripping beginning. Eventually I started to get bogged down in those details, in the alleys and shops of a city I have never seen. The characters and intrigue multiplied, and I got lost among them. By the (long awaited) denouement, I was invested again, and ate up the ending. It was worth the near-slog through the middle.
Plus it's a book ab
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Jess
Easily distracted, supremely susceptible to red herrings . . . . I'm not a good reader of thrillers. And, despite its book-based plot and complete rootedness in place, this one was take-it-or-leave-it until the final third, when it got really, really good. ...more
Janine
Sep 17, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I've never really read something that I considered a mystery cause I didn't consider it my genre, but this book is definitely a mystery and I really liked it. I loved the way the book flowed through the mystery. I love how a book discovered in a mysterious library called "the cemetery of forgotten books" can impact the main character Daniel's life so much so that from pre-teen to twenty year old he is engrossed in the mystery of finding the man behind the book, the man that wrote the book that t ...more
HannaH
Jul 23, 2009 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
This was a frustrating read, mainly because I loved the book at first. It was captivating both plot and language-wise and very "meta" in its discussion of book-collecting. THEN...the ending just fell apart and disintegrated into hurried, easy-way-out summary by a dead character. Come on now...disappointing. ...more
Jill
Mar 11, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: did-not-finish
I made it more than 100 pages into this book and just couldn't keep going. The atmosphere was interesting, but the characters and story were less compelling for me. The theme of antique books and mysteries surrounding them makes this a logical choice for readers of DaVinci Code, Rule of Four and similar books. ...more
Lianne
Mar 16, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites, 2011
Really beautifully written (and translated). I was completely engaged in the world and characters of this story, and alternately laughed, had chills, jumped from fright, and wanted to write down quotes. Loved it.
Christian
Oct 11, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Megan
Dec 22, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Megan
Aug 28, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
Maria
Dec 28, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, 2011
Kate
Feb 09, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lisa
Sep 02, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Julianne Dunn
Nov 15, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Martha
Sep 15, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Bethany
Jan 10, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Adriel
Mar 17, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
taeli
Apr 13, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Rac
Oct 27, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Bekah
Sep 09, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Cherie
Feb 14, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition