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La sombra del viento (El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #1)
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***CrÃtica en inglés viene más abajo /// English review below***
Encontré este libro en una lista de "los mejores" del siglo 21, o algo asi, y pues sà resulta que es bastante genial. Desde hace rato que no leo una novela que me cautiva como hizo esta, con personajes y narrativa que casi me obligan de continuar la lectura. No querÃa dejarlo, y leà más de 200 páginas en un dÃa para terminarlo ayer.
Hay muchas personas que han ya descrito la trama de la novela, y lo impresionante de diseñar un cuento dentro de otro cuento, etc. Sin tener mucho tiempo para entrar en tales detalles, solo digo que los unicos otras novelas que me han envuelto asi en los ultimos 5 años son Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell y The Overstory.
Pero todavÃa muy largo jejeje... si se cortara como 100 páginas habrÃa sido perfecto.
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I came across this book on a list of "best" books of the 21st century or some such, and yeah turns out it's pretty great. It's been a while since I've read a book that captivated me like this one, with characters and story that almost force me to keep reading. I literally didn't want to put it down, and even read more than 200 dense pages (in my 2nd language) to finish it yesterday.
Plenty of folks have already described the plot and the impressive construction of a story within a story, etc. I don't have time to get into all those details, but I'll just say that that only other novels that have so engrossed me in the last 5 years were Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and The Overstory.
All that and it was still too long lol.... cut about 100 pages and it woulda been perfect.
Encontré este libro en una lista de "los mejores" del siglo 21, o algo asi, y pues sà resulta que es bastante genial. Desde hace rato que no leo una novela que me cautiva como hizo esta, con personajes y narrativa que casi me obligan de continuar la lectura. No querÃa dejarlo, y leà más de 200 páginas en un dÃa para terminarlo ayer.
Hay muchas personas que han ya descrito la trama de la novela, y lo impresionante de diseñar un cuento dentro de otro cuento, etc. Sin tener mucho tiempo para entrar en tales detalles, solo digo que los unicos otras novelas que me han envuelto asi en los ultimos 5 años son Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell y The Overstory.
Pero todavÃa muy largo jejeje... si se cortara como 100 páginas habrÃa sido perfecto.
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I came across this book on a list of "best" books of the 21st century or some such, and yeah turns out it's pretty great. It's been a while since I've read a book that captivated me like this one, with characters and story that almost force me to keep reading. I literally didn't want to put it down, and even read more than 200 dense pages (in my 2nd language) to finish it yesterday.
Plenty of folks have already described the plot and the impressive construction of a story within a story, etc. I don't have time to get into all those details, but I'll just say that that only other novels that have so engrossed me in the last 5 years were Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and The Overstory.
All that and it was still too long lol.... cut about 100 pages and it woulda been perfect.
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