Beth F
bermudaonion (Kathy)
Sandy
Stephanie
Trisha
The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
David Martin is a writer in pre-Civil War Spain. When his debut novel is panned, he receives correspondence from a mysterious French publisher named Andreas Corelli. Corelli promises David his wildest dreams – including curing his brain tumor – if he will just accept Corelli’s commission for a very particular book.
After accepting Corelli’s commission, strange things begin happening to David and he becomes embroiled in the story of another man who accepted a commission from Corelli, the lawyer who used to live in Corelli’s own house.
At the beginning of “The Angel’s Game” I felt almost as if I was re-reading “Shadow of the Wind” 20 years earlier and with different characters. However, I think I was just picking up on the similarities of Zafon’s style since I read the two books so close together (within a couple weeks of one another). ”The Angel’s Game” is much, much darker than “Shadow of the Wind.” It also leans more to the paranormal than did “Shadow of the Wind.” While it was very good, it was also somewhat slower than “Shadow of the Wind,” it took much longer for the story to be set up and the mystery to start.
I think “The Angel’s Game” was great and I recommend it, but if you’re new to Zafon, I would personally start with “Shadow of the Wind” and would avoid reading the two books too close together.
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I haven’t read Shadow or this one, but the reviews have been so good I’ve added it to my list. Thanks for recommending I read Shadows first.
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I have Angel’s Game on my ARC-alanche pile, but haven’t gotten to it yet. I think I might have a system for getting through them all… LOL… The pile is now mocking me for saying that, btw.
It definitely sounds interesting
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I have already requested Shadow from my library for the end of July…can’t wait to read it!!
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Thanks for the review. I have both books on my TBR.
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I have Angel’s Game, but don’t have Shadow of the Wind. Sounds like I need to get a copy of it.
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I had the same thought about these books – I would definitely read Shadow of the Wind first! Nice review!
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I had just added this to my TBR list but never added Shadow of the Wind. Good to know that I should get this added to the list and read it first.
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I just finished this about 30 minutes ago. I’ve not read Shadow of the Wind yet, but I found the book to seem long in parts. His writing is fluid, so I wouldn’t use the word slow, but isn’t long and slow six of one and a half dozen of the other? I really liked the ending, though.
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i loved shadow of the wind . looking forward to reading angel,s game.
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