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"It was almost midnight when we reached the front door of Bea's house [...] The night porter hung about, smirking at us, obviously indifferent to my first whispered exchange at the front door. To him, experienced in such matters, it must have seemed a string of cliches and banalities." (182-3)
Not just the porter, Daniel. Me too. I just could not get into this book.
Perhaps the audiobook version is partly to blame, in which a bittersweet piano tune starts up in the background every time the main c ...more
Not just the porter, Daniel. Me too. I just could not get into this book.
Perhaps the audiobook version is partly to blame, in which a bittersweet piano tune starts up in the background every time the main c ...more

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. ...more
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. ...more

I enjoyed this far more than I expected to. I had heard good things, but it's a mystery -- not my usual fare. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the mystery really didn't matter. To the point that I was page-turning and enjoying right to the end, even though I had the mystery more or less figured out about 1/3 of the way in. This is one that meets my litmus test for mysteries: they aren't about the mystery.
Daniel is a great character. He's a realistic adolescent boy (alternately pompous and ...more
Daniel is a great character. He's a realistic adolescent boy (alternately pompous and ...more

I was mesmerized by both the plot and the lyrical prose of this book. The translator must have been a poet. I recommended it to a friend, who so disliked it, he won't take any more recommendations from me. He said it was something his "mother would read." I guess that is a bad thing. So, if one has a Y chromosome, one may not appreciate this book -- but it is a flaw on the reader, in my opinion, not the author
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This was a fun read. Was is Daniel's story, or Julian's? Burning love, dangerous people, secrets to be kept.
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Mar 24, 2009
Natalie
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Oct 31, 2009
Heather (DeathByBook)
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May 22, 2010
Jennifer N.
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