A review by suvissiin
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A perfect book to get me back into reading. The beautiful world building tool me right into the windy streets of Barcelona. The story within a story of mystery, spooks and romance was so wonderfully written and addictive. If I would critisize something, it would be some of the female characters that were written quite one-dimensionally or objectifyingly. But on the other hand the story is in 1940s-1950s so it doesn’t greatly distract from the story either.
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