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The Angel's Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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bartalker's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

kindasjulia's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

brynebo's review against another edition

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3.0

I ADORED Shadow of the Wind. It is one of my favorite books of my literate lifetime -- while a mere 25 odd years may not seem overly complimentary in the grand scheme of things, I assure you that my library and Borders Rewards cards have been worn thin during that time. Anyway, I read about the pending release of Angel's Game here on Goodreads a couple months ago and had put myself on the hold list at the library within the hour. Unfortunately, this series second is not nearly as good as the first. Not that they typically are. Nonetheless, it is still an entertaining dose of intrigue even if it does fall a little flat in parts. Of course, any comparison to Shadow is a hard sell.

antiheroofmydystopia's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

A pesar de que terminar el libro se me hizo un poco difícil y la trama es genuinamente complicada, he amado este libro hasta más que el primero. Se podría decir que es difícil de entender y lo es, pero es su mayor fuerte en realidad, no hay que tratar de buscarle la realidad a todo. Esta es la realidad.