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Maybe because I'd hyped this up in my head as an amazing lyrical book, it just couldn't live up to it. There were some brilliantly worded sentences, honestly I almost dnf'ed it a couple of times because I just didn't care about the characters.
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As a book lover, a book centric plot is always a particular pleasure.
Shadow of the Wind is particularly unique however.
This line from the summary captures it well: "Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love." The quest was to find more books from the author of a book he finds and loves.
I would also add the word "bizarre" to the above description.
Not a book for everyone ...more
Shadow of the Wind is particularly unique however.
This line from the summary captures it well: "Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love." The quest was to find more books from the author of a book he finds and loves.
I would also add the word "bizarre" to the above description.
Not a book for everyone ...more
I really liked (the audio version of) this book. Unfortunately, it is the time of year when I just don't have the time for in depth reviews.
There was so much to like here, the atmospheric setting, the fact that it is a book about books, the writing - it all just pulled me in and held me.
On the other hand, it was a lot longer than it had to be, and the most obvious thorn in my side, was Daniel's complete disregard for including his father and/or his father's complete lack of interest in this in ...more
There was so much to like here, the atmospheric setting, the fact that it is a book about books, the writing - it all just pulled me in and held me.
On the other hand, it was a lot longer than it had to be, and the most obvious thorn in my side, was Daniel's complete disregard for including his father and/or his father's complete lack of interest in this in ...more
Oct 07, 2015
Allie Ivanova
marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2016
Heather
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
historical-fiction,
mystery,
owned-f,
owned-audible,
owned,
in-translation,
books-about-books
Mar 17, 2016
Eden
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May 01, 2016
Wrenna Walker
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Jul 22, 2016
Brittany
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Dec 31, 2016
Shara
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Jun 06, 2017
Raluca
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really liked it
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Shelves:
my-library,
fiction,
spain,
mystery,
romance,
worth-to-reread,
cloak-n-dagger,
coming-of-age,
intense,
adventure
Jun 11, 2017
Kate
marked it as to-read
Feb 14, 2018
Kristie
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Apr 04, 2018
Jonathan
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Jan 15, 2019
Morgana
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Jul 05, 2019
Vanessa
marked it as murder-mayhem
Dec 21, 2019
Heidi
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Jul 26, 2024
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Oct 23, 2024
Halime
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