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The Shadow of the Wind

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  • 18-01-2005 4:07pm
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    Calina
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    Has anyone read this? It's by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I got it last night and I couldn't put it down, I thought it was tremendous.


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    monaghanbiffo
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    bit late but yeah brilliant book


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    Mrs. MacGyver
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    One of the best books i've ever read. Read it on the train one weekend and couldnt put it down.


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    Faerie
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    Ooh I love it! It's one of those books that I really wish I had written. It's near perfect. I love the gothic atmosphere, the mystery, the love story - it's like a modern version of a great classic. Not in that it's just a classic set in modern times to make it 'relateable' to people, but it's actually a classic of our times, if that makes sense!


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    chuck_d_nun
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    I read this in one sitting, possibly the best book I have ever read! Anyone know of anything done in a similar style to this?


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    Dubit10
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    ok


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    Mrs. MacGyver
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    Just OK? What was lacking in it (just wondering)?


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    Esmereldina
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    I liked it well enough. It was very entertaining to read and some aspects of it I like a lot... like the way he described- was it the graveyard of dead/lost books?
    Overall it was far too melodramatic though... by the end so many thing were happening that it was getting silly, if I remember correctly. It's been about 2 years since I read it though, so the details are kinda hazy in my mind.


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    roberta c
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    i read it a few days ago, thought it was excellent. maybe not brilliant literature, but i couldn't put it down! the story did get a bit far fetched and confusing towards the end.. its still one of my favorites!


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    Chumpski
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    Fantastic book. Loved the whole mystery of who Julian Carax was and what happened to him. Great setting and characters. This guy has wrote a few novels now but as far as i know Shadow of the wind is the only one published in english. Really would love to read more of his stuff.


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    Locamon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 363 ✭✭Locamon


    Calina wrote: »
    Has anyone read this? It's by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I got it last night and I couldn't put it down, I thought it was tremendous.

    Read this some time ago and highly enjoyed it. Very athmospheric and you should make sure you visit Barcelona and some of the places mentioned to really get an extra kick out of it -before or after you read it. I was lucky enough to be half way through it when I was visitng Barcelona.

    Winter in Madrid has a similar athmosphere but certainly not as gothic.


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