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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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prettypious's review against another edition

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5.0

Five stars highly recommend! It starts off kinda slow but trust the process you really want to get to the end.

mitskacir's review against another edition

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2.0

This book was about twice as long as it needed to be, circling around the same story told in different snippets by different people. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough meat in the story to warrant the retellings. Characters' motivations were tenuous, and I often didn't understand the reasons for their actions. I suppose I would call this a "boy's book" - not because it would or would not be enjoyed by boys or people of other genders, but because of the sensibilities of the themes and tropes: you have male heroes rescuing their beautiful love interests; the lovable sleezebag whose penchant for pinching butts is amusing in a "it can't be helped!" way; to counter that, the prostitute with a heart of gold; the fact that all the women were love interests, with little to no personality, whose main purpose was to drive the passion (and therefore plot) of the male characters (this could happen in a variety of ways: men falling madly in love with them, men being rejected by them, men being jealous of other men because of them, men getting them pregnant and other men punishing them for it, men driven mad by their deaths, etc.); etc. Super struggled to get through this book.

finjaae's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

rociirodilla's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

luciasimmons's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

karensbooks's review against another edition

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5.0

Min nå værende blogg, hvor du kan finne flere reviwer (bare på engelsk) http://karenschoice-books.blogspot.no/

Vindens skygge er en helt fantastisk bok. Skildringene i boken er vakre og helt utrolige. Handlingen i boken er veldig god, den fortryller deg og lokker deg inn i en verden som du aldri vil ut av.

Boken inneholder flere side karakterer, side karakterer er karaterer som er med i historien og som hjelper hovedpersonen til å løse gåten, men som kanskje ikke er med i boken mer enn et kapittel. Man skulle trodd at slikt forvirrer en, men man holder ganske godt styr på hvem de forskjellige folkene er.

Boken er romantisk, på Romeo og Juliet måten, altså forbudt kjærlighet. Noe som gjør boken veldig søt. Vindens skygge er også skummel, jeg klarte ikke å slutte å lese på visse steder.

Boken er bygget rundt et mysterie, som hovedpersonen prøver å løse. Selv sitter jeg og prøver å løse mysteriet, men når alt blir løst viser det seg at det er en helt annen løsning enn den du hadde trodd.

Carlos avslutter boken fantastisk, akkurat slik jeg ville at boken skulle slutte.

Jeg gir defor boken en 5'er.