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I'll probably add more to this review later. This book is still making me lose sleep days after finishing it, and I need a bit more time to process.
For now: five stars, no question. I love books about books, and this one makes me want to hop on the next flight to Barcelona. ...more
For now: five stars, no question. I love books about books, and this one makes me want to hop on the next flight to Barcelona. ...more


So, I started to read this book in July 2012, moved by all the amazing reviews. I read about 150 pages and stoped; it just didn't hit me.
Yes, the writing was pretty good, but the overall plot was just.. meh.
May 2013, and I decided to give it a second chance. I read it in about five days, that's how addicted I was to it.
Because great books demand the perfect time to be read.
This is fantastic and magic book about another book, and all the lives it changed or affected in some way. Written in a pe ...more

Now here it is November, 2k13 - I just finished reading Prisoner of Heaven, not knowing it was a follow up the Shadow of the Wind.
I think I`ll order this one in again and start at the beginning.
(I loved Prisoner of Heaven)
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I liked this story, but I found it went in and out too much - sometimes I couldn't figure who was who speaking. But it was interesting enough to make up for the confusion.
Like watching a fight on the street - you don't really ...more
I think I`ll order this one in again and start at the beginning.
(I loved Prisoner of Heaven)
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I liked this story, but I found it went in and out too much - sometimes I couldn't figure who was who speaking. But it was interesting enough to make up for the confusion.
Like watching a fight on the street - you don't really ...more


Dec 28, 2010
Shomeret
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Shelves:
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mystery-thriller

May 28, 2011
LindaD
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Sep 11, 2011
Jayalalita devi dasi
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Nov 17, 2011
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