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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Muy disfrutable,
By Walter Landesman (Uruguay) - See all my reviews
This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)
El nuevo libro de Ruiz Zafón - el Juego del Ángel, en verdad me cautivó. El final puede ser discutible, acelerado, con no todas las respuestas a todas las posibles preguntas, pero las primeras 640 páginas ( de las 666) son fascinantes, disfrutables de leer, de gran imaginación, y de alguna manera te hace sentir en una Barcelona de comienzos del siglo xx.
Intriga, misterios (más lineales que en La Sombra del Viento , donde uno llevaba a otro y era como un juego de damas chinas), una atmósfera mágica, extraña y de a momentos cuasi mística. Realmente muy interesante y de lectura muy recomendable.
23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Let's discuss the contents and not so much the binding ...,
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This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
I read "La Sombra del Viento" (Shadow of the Wind) in one sitting, and thought it to be one of the best books I've read in the last 10 years. It took me just three days to finish this one, which is supposed to be a sequel, but you can perfectly read it independently of The Shadow. I don't want to be unfair with this one, cause I loved the other one so much. It is a good book, kept me going and interested, and found some parts very catching. I am not giving it 5 stars cause I was a bit dissapointed with the end, I felt the author had already written too many pages and some editor told him "that's it, you have to end it". Nevertheless, I strongly recommend it.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A prequel to La Sombre del Viento,
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This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
This is the parallel story of 'La sombra del viento' or The Shadow of the Wind. David Martin, a writer is given a task to write a book about a new religion. The 'boss' Andreas Corelli, offers a fortune for the task. Just like in the first book, the words that are written turn into a web that mixes reality with the imaginary. The Sempere character is also in the book and again there is a love triangle which includes the 'Cemetery of the forgotten books.' Mr. Zafon creates a great adventure of intrigue, romance, and tragedy through a labyrinth of treason and secrets, where the mystery of the written word, the passion and friendship create a wonderful masterpiece.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
¡Me encantó!,
By LB "Lubumba" (Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Una vez empiezas esta novela, es difícil parar de leer. El libro está escrito en un lenguaje sencillo y de acción rápida - de una sorpresa a la otra. La descripción de Barcelona y sus alrededores pone al lector en el centro de la acción. El lector sigue el personaje principal a través de sus desventuras e intrigas para culminar en un final que, lejos de explicar el misterio, deja muchas de las historias sujetas a la interpretación del lector. Este libro lo deja pensando y atando sus propios cabos. Merece una segunda lectura.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very well done,
This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
This is quite possibly one of the best books I have EVER read. Very well written, and very moving with every scene that attempted to invoke it. His style is fantastic, and this book made Zafón one of my favorite authors of all time, adding so much flavor to our current literary scene. Don't get me wrong, I loved La Sombra del Viento also. This one was incredible to say the least. Someone else mentioned on here that this is a sequel. This is actually a PREQUEL to La Sombra del Viento, as according to the Epilogue, Daniel Sempere is born, and someone important to him dies a little later (I won't spoil it).
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
el artista de la plumilla,
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This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Zafon es un maestro de la descripcion y un genio de la personificacion. El da vida a los objetos que coexisten en los alrededores del personaje principal, es este caso Martin. El autor es capaz de crear a Martin, que existe como ser humano y que cambia a traves de los sucesos y aventuras que estan a su camino. Si has leido la Sombra del Viento, este libro te va a fascinar ya que toma algunas cosas prestadas como el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados y la libreria de Sempere e Hijos la cual tiene un parte muy importante en este relato. Para mi Zafon es mas que un escritor, es un artista que crea un mundo visible en mi cabeza, a traves de la escritura.
Creo que una de las cosas menos celebradas en la escritura contemporanea es el final. Muchas veces he visto peliculas o leido textos que son excelentes pero el final es debil. El Juego del Angel tiene un final donde la felicidad y la tristeza son uno. Zafon es capaz de empezar y terminar el libro con fuerza, determinacion y especialmente claridad. Reir. La interaccion entre Martin y Isabella es muy graciosa. Mientras leo me causa risa ver como este par de personajes de desenvuelven ironicamente conviviendo bajo el mismo techo. Andreas Corelli y su sonrisa lobuna cuativan la atencion del lector con sus misteriosas apariciones. Puedo decir que Corelli me da escalofrios. Barcelona. Zafon y su descripcion de Barcelona en las primeras decadas de 1900 traen a la vida a esta ciudad obscura y gotica. Me encanta como Zafon empieza sus capitulos describiendo no solo la ciudad pero el clima; La lluvia, el frio, el lago congelado, la nieve y las nubes negras que traen encuentros inesperados y estrafalarios a Martin. Este libro lo tiene todo, amor, pasion, aventura, accion, misterio, comedia,terror y sobre todo historias encima de las otras las cuales Martin explora.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Skeptial at first - fascinated at last,
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This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Without having red his first adult novel (and best seller) I sat with a bit of skepticism to read "El Juego Del Angle" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. To my surprise and delight I found a story of dark mystery, so well written, I had trouble putting down the 667 page volume I carried everywhere for a week. I found, that Spanish cordiality and humor I so much love of the culture in every page. . . . Kudos Zafon for a great piece of fiction.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
nightmarish barcelona,
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This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Very similar and very different from La Sombra del Viento. The romantic location is the same, but where the other book was a gothic mystery, fundamentally rational and with a coherent and satisfying solution, this is a totally irrational story, a fantasy book. Good in its own way, but a deception nonetheless.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classico Zafon,
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This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Zafon mantiene el suspenso en este tomo, en su forma clasica de tejer un cuento. Lo unico que encontre un poco desconcertante es la tendencia de Zafon, en este libro, a comenzar los capitulos con descripciones del ambiente que, en ciertos momentos, resultan repetitivas. "El Juego del Angel" captura al lector, aunque no con la misma intensidad de "La Sombra del Viento". Sin embargo, lo recomiendo a los lectores que disfrutan de la forma lirica en que Zafon usa el lenguage.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
So far, so good..,
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This review is from: El Juego del Ángel (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
If you liked El Sombra del Viento, you'll like this too. I enjoyed the former tremendously, and it really boosted my desire to continue reading in a second language. I like Zafón's style of writing. For a person like me who is teaching herself Spanish, his writing is very straightforward, and his choice of words good for me.
The story so far is interesting, mysterious, and already a bit on the weird, supernatural side. I like it! |
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