Reviews

Die Erben der Erde: Roman by Ildefonso Falcones

aniastef86's review against another edition

3.0

Bella storia, ma a tratti troppo dispersiva con le spiegazioni storiche. Le tragedie dei personaggi ai limiti del fantozziano fino a un happy ending che, per coerenza, non avrebbe dovuto esserci. Ma per rimanere in tema, le vie del Signore sono infinite, no? Resta il fatto che non regge il confronto con "La cattedrale del mare", per niente.

littlewestfall's review against another edition

5.0

Con un protagonista humilde que no duda en pelear por su merecida felicidad, Los Herederos de la Tierra ha conseguido ponerme los pelos de punta en más de una ocasión. Ha sido una lectura que he disfrutado mucho y que no dudaría en repetir pese a su longitud. Con unos personajes magníficos y una historia que me ha tenido en vilo, leer este libro ha sido una de las mejores decisiones que he podido tomar este año.

Reseña: http://prettylittlehuman.blogspot.com/2016/09/resena-los-herederos-de-la-tierra-22.html

yadeg24's review against another edition

5.0

Excelente como siempre.

forfatter_torben_mathiassen's review against another edition

2.0

Sikke en skuffelse. Den markedsføres som en fortsættelse til Havets Katedral, men den har på ingen måde den samme dybde eller spænding som dens forgænger. Jeg kæmpede bravt med at læse den til ende og var aldrig rigtig fanget af historien.

piikuri's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

misshonky's review against another edition

2.0

Confieso que no leí en su día "La Catedral del Mar", y después de haber leído este libro, que es su continuación, tampoco lo haré. Y no porque no lo haya leído con gusto y me haya enganchado hasta terminarlo bastante rápidamente, pero la cantidad de datos históricos y la forma en que los mete en la historia no me ha gustado. Hasta el punto de saltarme páginas enteras de datos e información puramente histórica, algo que nunca hago cuando leo y que no me gusta nada. La historia me ha mantenido interesada, aunque tampoco me convence la forma en que describe a algunos de los personajes (malos muy malos, buenos demasiado buenos).

manang's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

phouweling's review against another edition

4.0

Beautifully written historical novel, set in 14th/15th century Barcelona and its surroundings. Unfortunately, the story often gets too long winded when the author writes about the political and religious developments at the time.

paginetta's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

booking_along's review against another edition

3.0

i was so excited when i saw that this book was coming since i really enjoyed “the cathedral...”

sadly this book was not as good as the first one in this “series” since this book felt even longer and dragged out than i already felt the first one was.
(it’s not rally a series since we follow a new character throughout his life and the only connection is that he knows the main character and his family of the first book, so if you haven’t read “the cathedral...” yet or are more interested you don’t have to to understand and enjoy this book - it just gives you a better background for a few characters you meet throughout this book)

that doesn’t mean it’s a bad book at all, just that i wish the author wouldn’t get so overly focused and fixated with specific historical moments and get completely lost on describing them for pages and pages.

i also didn’t love how, especially at the first 200-300 pages what could have been a beautiful childhood friendship be made into something sexual. i don’t enjoy that anyways by especially not if it’s basically between kids between the age of 10 to 14.

i get that that’s the time where sexuality starts to from and that sometimes people to get crushes or even actual deep feelings for those that are constantly around them but st he same time i also don’t think it’s necessary to always describe and write about this things in a book that is mostly about historical events.

maybe that’s just me.

all in all i wish it would have been at least 200 pages shorter (which would have still made it 720+ pages so clearly still long enough to tell a life story!) and with that left out a good amount of the scenes i found either completely unnecessary or dragging BUT all in all a good and readable historical fiction with great information about barcelona around 1390.