I have so many thoughts and feelings about this book.
This was another one that I read in August last year (to be clear we're talking 2015; SO LONG AGO). I read it while I was camping with my family (and running back and forth to work from the campground) and I believe I read it in a little more than a day.
This is the first installation of The Cemetery of Lost Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and takes place in Barcelona in 1945. This was a time of political strife for Spain and it was interesting to see how Zafón brought that out in his writing. Primarily, though, this is a book about books; a book about loving books; and a book about how to foster that love for books in small children. As always I'm not going to say any more than you can read on the back cover, in fact I'm going to say a lot less because that's all you're going to hear from me about the plot.
I loved this book; and I feel that if I read it again I would still love it. Zafón has a superb talent for creating characters with unimaginable depth and telling a story so rich that you can barely out down the book. I give it a 10 out of 10.
Unfortunately I don't think this is a book for everyone. All of my bookish friends from goodreads loved it dearly, which I expected. However, a friend that I lent it to here, after hearing me rave about this book, found that it was only a lukewarm experience for her. That being said, we often disagree on books. I would recommend this novel to anyone who loves books and wants to find a new way to fall in love with them.
This was another one that I read in August last year (to be clear we're talking 2015; SO LONG AGO). I read it while I was camping with my family (and running back and forth to work from the campground) and I believe I read it in a little more than a day.
This is the first installation of The Cemetery of Lost Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and takes place in Barcelona in 1945. This was a time of political strife for Spain and it was interesting to see how Zafón brought that out in his writing. Primarily, though, this is a book about books; a book about loving books; and a book about how to foster that love for books in small children. As always I'm not going to say any more than you can read on the back cover, in fact I'm going to say a lot less because that's all you're going to hear from me about the plot.
I loved this book; and I feel that if I read it again I would still love it. Zafón has a superb talent for creating characters with unimaginable depth and telling a story so rich that you can barely out down the book. I give it a 10 out of 10.
Unfortunately I don't think this is a book for everyone. All of my bookish friends from goodreads loved it dearly, which I expected. However, a friend that I lent it to here, after hearing me rave about this book, found that it was only a lukewarm experience for her. That being said, we often disagree on books. I would recommend this novel to anyone who loves books and wants to find a new way to fall in love with them.
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