A review by allo_leo
Marina by François Maspero, Carlos Ruiz Zafón

5.0

I first read Marina during the summer, and even the heat, the sun, could not take me out of this book's gloomy atmosphere. I got genuinely scared at one point, which might be explained by the fact that I was 12, but I like to believe that the general creepiness of the novel is solely to blame! However, Marina is more than horror : it's also beautiful, touching and deeply tragic. It is one of my favourite books ; it made me want to learn Spanish so that I could read Carlos Ruiz Zafón's original prose!