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The Shadow of the Wind
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Start date
September 1, 2012
Finish date
November 30, 2012

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Gaijinmama
I'll probably add more to this review later. This book is still making me lose sleep days after finishing it, and I need a bit more time to process.
For now: five stars, no question. I love books about books, and this one makes me want to hop on the next flight to Barcelona.
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Kat (A Journey In Reading)
I read this book a couple of years ago and never completed a review of it until now (I know, what was I thinking?).

Let me start off by saying that this was the first book by Zafon that I had read. But something about the first few pages I read set the tone...I was absolutely enamored. How can you not be with things like this written.....

"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book
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Harold
I picked this up on impulse in B&N a few weeks back. The blurb interested me - I mean a combination of Borges, Umberto Eco, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez AND reminiscent of "The Club Dumas".....Got to get it! I'm glad I did. It's simply a good atmospheric mystery and romance that held my interest all the way through although I correctly suspected one aspect of the mystery right from the beginning. ...more
Tien
10 year old Daniel Sempere found a treasure. A book titled ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ by Julian Carax which took him to the wonderful world of words. In seeking to know the author and other books by him, Daniel stumbled onto a sinister world where a man with no face was burning all Julian Carax’s books, a homeless man who is not who he seems to be, a beautiful but blind lady, and a policy inspector eaten by jealousy and power.

At first unknowingly and then unable to resist, Daniel was drawn into t
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Jules
4.5 stars.

Ich dachte nicht, dass ich Der Schatten des Windes so sehr mögen würde. Ich hatte es vor einigen Jahren zum Geburtstag bekommen; meine Mutter hatte es in der Zeit, die das Buch bei mir rumlag, gelesen und, obwohl sie sehr schnell damit fertig war, es für nicht allzu überragend befunden.

Es ist wahr, der Roman hat seine kleinen Fehlerchen - wie zB, dass ich nicht wirklich finde, dass der Protagonist Daniel Sempere sehr deutlich herausgearbeitet ist - aber er hat einen unglaublichen pull.
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Celeste
May 05, 2009 rated it it was amazing
I love, love, love this book. It is my very favorite book. I would recommend it to anyone.
Erin (NY)
I really likes this book. It is a bit atypical of my usual book selections, but a very good piece of literature. I would recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries, although this is not your typical who-donne-it book.
Elizabeth (Alaska)
Mar 23, 2009 rated it really liked it
This was a fun read. Was is Daniel's story, or Julian's? Burning love, dangerous people, secrets to be kept. ...more
Jayme Pendergraft
Nov 19, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2007
Potjy
Mar 05, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Ines
Feb 21, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fiction, own
Sam
Feb 27, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-2006
Natalie
Mar 24, 2009 marked it as to-read
Amy
May 01, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Emilia
May 08, 2009 marked it as library-to-read
Shelves: gothic
Cory Day
Jul 09, 2009 rated it really liked it
Jane
Jan 25, 2010 marked it as to-read
Anika
Apr 12, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Snowtulip
Jul 04, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
AyferS
Nov 17, 2010 marked it as to-read
Jeannie
Jan 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
ColleenPA
Jan 05, 2011 marked it as to-read
Katy
Jan 15, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Dugger
Mar 23, 2011 marked it as to-read
Paula
Jul 24, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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