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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books trilogy written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon has been my favorite find of 2016. The stories are riviting, the characters are complex and engaging, and his wrtiting style has a classical poetic lyricism to it. I flew The Prisoner of Heaven, The Angel's Game, and The Shadow of the Wind in record time. The stories aren't dependant on one another so you can start them in any order and the only real cohesion between them are the visits to characters that we know or know of and their connections to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a bibliophiles fantasy of a secret underground library containing thousands of the rarest books that have ever existed, looked after by a robed victorian figure who walks its sacred halls by lantern light.


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The Angel Game Carlos Ruiz Zafón Lucia Graves 9780385528702 Books Reviews

At some point I think I began to understand what was happening in this book. I'm not sure when the message clicked, but I do know that not everyone will pick up on it. That feeling stayed with me all the way through the last sentence, when I felt the strangest sensation, something like holding up a mirror to a mirror and wishing I was looking at something else but knowing full well that the endless reflection is exactly what I should have expected from David Martin. I know that doesn't seem to make any sense if you haven't read this book. That's fine. If you read it, you might understand what I'm talking about.

Anyone interested in supernatural mysteries (oddly, in general I don't fall into that category) should read this and Zafon's other Cemetery books, without hesitation.
I enjoyed the atmospheric descriptions of Barcelona in the early 20th century, and I found the concepts, philosophical questions raised, and plot setup to be very interesting. But then I felt Zafon "jumped the shark" in the last third of the book, leaving too many loose threads and unanswered questions, with an unsatisfying ending.
After discovering The Shadow of the Wind at a used book store, I eagerly purchased two more Zafon novels. The first I read after Shadow was "The Angel's Game". Shadow of the Wind was a great book. One I really enjoyed - the prose, the descriptions, the atmosphere were amazing. Zafon is a skilled writer.

This book starts off very similar to the Shadow of the Wind; Gothic and beautiful Barcelona, characters that you really connect with and feel for, characters are writers and into books, Cemetery of Forgotten Books and Sempre's make an appearance but then as other writers have said - the last 1/3 of the book sort of went downhill. There was one big similar plot point that was used again from Shadow into Angel - having to do with a disfigured victim of a fire (I wont ruin the plot)that I found too formulaic from novel to novel. I would have liked to have seen another plot device used instead of another fire victim. As soon as the fire issue was raised I knew what was going to happen. That was disappointing. What was a major twist in Shadow became 'not another fire victim' in this book.

Many MANY things were very ambiguous at the end of the book. Was it a dream? Was it the "Angel's Game?" Was he losing his mind? Immortality? How and why? The Angel's motive? Why the angel feels 'remorse' if he is actually Lucifer - or was he and why did he not pursue Martin who made a deal with him? What's up with the doctor? Did Martin really have the brain tumor? You never figured it out and left me unsatisfied with the ending and with the book as a whole. Also without spoiling the ending, raising the little girl into being his future lover was a bit odd too. I was hoping for more resolutions and explanations for all the mysticism in the book. If anyone wants to comment and explain what I missed, that would be great. I'm still trying to figure it out - someone suggested reading the book again and it comes together more. I admit I probably wont read it again though. Rarely do I read books over again - although Shadow of the Wind IS a book to read again in a few years time and enjoy. Shadow earned itself a permanent spot on my bookshelf but this book didn't.

However - the big however - Zafon still is a master storyteller and I am going to start his next book right now and hope its better than this one and there are no disfiguring fires in this next one as a plot point. I think that plot device has been used enough.
This is a novel set in Barcelona before the Spanish Civil War. As I understand it, this is a prequel to "The Shadow of The Wind", which is why I read it. The writing is undeniably brilliant. However the storyline seemed to take a long time to develop and was very intricate. There were times I had to read and reread sections of this fine novel. And although I finished it, I am not sure that I understood it.

Basically, the novel starts out as an interesting story about the life of a young man in Barcelona. It then evolves into a paranormal, mystery, thriller. As stated above, this is a prequel to "The Shadow of The Wind" which I have not read as of yet. That novel was recommended to me and when I saw this is a prequel I decided to read this book first. Perhaps this novel will make more sense after I read "The Shadow of The Wind".

As an American, I really appreciated the setting of this novel in Barcelona. I have never been there. I have been studying the Spanish Civil War and this novel is set before that conflict. I enjoyed the parallel reading that I did about Barcelona and learned a good deal in addition to enjoying this fine novel.

In summary, I am glad that I read this novel, but am not sure I understood it. I am now looking forward to reading "The Shadow of The Wind". Thank You.
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books trilogy written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon has been my favorite find of 2016. The stories are riviting, the characters are complex and engaging, and his wrtiting style has a classical poetic lyricism to it. I flew The Prisoner of Heaven, The Angel's Game, and The Shadow of the Wind in record time. The stories aren't dependant on one another so you can start them in any order and the only real cohesion between them are the visits to characters that we know or know of and their connections to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a bibliophiles fantasy of a secret underground library containing thousands of the rarest books that have ever existed, looked after by a robed victorian figure who walks its sacred halls by lantern light.