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Brian
Mar 16, 2011 rated it really liked it
(4.5) I don't use the term page-turner often, but I think it's apt here

Gripping. I had trouble putting it aside, and really only did so when I couldn't stay awake any longer (it's been a very long week at work...). I recommend you pick a time to read this when you have hours on end to devote and will be able to find the time to finish it off without the rest of your life catching up with you. Mary-Beth agrees: she said she played hooky from work (in a lab, so it's doable) for half a day to finis
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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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Margaret Pinard
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p443 nuria recounting julia's discovery of daniel--perspective loop!

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p191 Fermin, "the seducer's code' p274 stupidity of julian having sex carelessly when they're so clse to freedom--too much of Fate p377 revelation of incest way too late p386 incomprehensible death of jorge aldaya's father on way to buenos aires, jumping to suicide with sharks
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Sophie
Feb 19, 2010 rated it it was amazing
An amazing read, absorbing and beautifully written.
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Jun 17, 2010 added it
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Sara
Dec 30, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Erin
Feb 03, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jeff James
Apr 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Jun 16, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Oct 29, 2012 marked it as to-read
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