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Jo Reason
Oct 12, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 4-star-reads
This is one of the few books I have reread, there are so many out there on the market to take the time to reread, but this is one of those few worth it.
This is such a delightful book, so well written, so many detailed descriptions throughout and well researched. The characters are loveable as you follow through their life during a number of years. You understand them and get to know them well. I enjoyed the “following” of Julián Carax, it didn´t surprise me, ( not that I remembered it from my f
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Alina-Diana Välinen
After many months of reading - a few pages here and there so it would last longer:) - I finally managed to finish this wonderful book. I am extremely grateful to my cousin for giving me as a present the Spanish version of it. I loved it, and even if I was a bit disappointed by the end, Zafon's writing is so special that I forgive him anything.

Every book that is about books, people who love books or people who write books, is special to me, so it comes as no surprise that I was immediately stric
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hisham
Jun 25, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: my-library
4,5*
The list of suggested books at the end of the book - like The Name of the Rose, The Dumas Club, or Great Expectations - is pretty self-explanatory. A great literary mystery hunt that is satisfying all the way to the end.
Elline
Sep 20, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: to-buy
Krittika
Nov 23, 2011 marked it as to-read
Przemek Jaślan
Jan 20, 2012 rated it it was ok
Shelves: long
Brady
Jan 23, 2012 marked it as to-read
Anakin Skywalker
Feb 21, 2012 rated it liked it
Chelsea
Jun 22, 2013 marked it as to-read
Olga
Oct 21, 2013 rated it it was ok
Shelves: series
Linda
Jan 28, 2014 marked it as to-read
Kjersti
Feb 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
Michael
Nov 30, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Cameron Maveal
Feb 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
Rita
Dec 17, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Jana
Apr 06, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favourite
Mark Smeltz
Dec 28, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: assorted-fiction
Amal
Mar 22, 2018 marked it as to-read
Vicki Guiltner
May 30, 2018 rated it liked it
Sravya
Sep 03, 2019 marked it as to-read
Ramya
Jun 19, 2020 marked it as to-read
Gabriela
Aug 29, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lj
Dec 05, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own
Tobit
Jun 29, 2021 marked it as to-read