A review by dervin01
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

5.0

Carlos Ruiz Zafon is a masterful writer and nowhere is this more evident than in The Angel's Game, his follow up to The Shadow of the Wind. The story of David Martin is rich with historical context, intrigue, mystery, love, and literary prowess. Zafon constructs a world in Barcelona that is so real, you can imagine yourself in every place he describes, from Martin's castle-like home to the Cemetary of Forgotten Books and Sempere's bookstore. He takes the idea of a story within a story to its logical extremes here, as his main character makes his living as a writer and spends most of the book consumed with his greatest work, commissioned by a shadowy figure that only he sees. In the end, the reader is driven to the brink of destruction with David and you are left with the feeling that Zafon is easily one of the greatest storytellers of our time.