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Katili çözmek fazla zor olmasa da, akıcı dili ve bol twists and turns varlığıyla gayet sürükleyici bir hikaye olmuş. Temposu nerdeyse hiç düşmüyor. Simon Beckett'ı seviyoruz artık. Tavsiye edilir.
Aksiyon/gizem ve tarih/sanat tarihi kıvamlarını melekler ve şeytanlar'da mükemmel şekilde ayarladı ve sonra yeteneğini kaybetti kanımca, artık kıvamı tutturamıyor. Yer yer, anladık biliyorsun içini dışını heryerin uzatma, dedim okurken. Meh+
Quest Quest gitmesi yerine bir ana hikaye üzerine serpiştirilmiş questler şeklinde ilerlese daha iyi olabilirdi. Witcher'ın yan görevleri hemen hemen her zaman ana görev kadar merak uyandırıcı olur. Kitapta da aynı şekilde, ama ana görev eksik. Gelecek kitaplara artık..
Kitabın örgüsü serinin diğer kitaplarından farklı değil ama katili tahmin edemediğim tek kitabı oldu. Gözüm başkasının üzerindeydi. Takdir ettim.
Damn, this was creepy. Loved it. What an intense hour this was... Audiobook is delicious!
It was kind of disturbing at first, then it got better. Fast and interesting read if you can stomach some of the stuff.
İlginç. Sanki her hikaye aynı kişinin elinden çıkmamış gibi, hikayeden hikayeye tarzı dili değişiyor çoğunlukla. Çok beğenerek okuduklarım da oldu bitmesini zor beklediklerim de. Arrival > cehennem > kali > babil favorilerim, gerisini yavan buldum daha çok.
Katili çözmek fazla zor olmasa da, akıcı dili ve bol twists and turns varlığıyla gayet sürükleyici bir hikaye olmuş. Temposu nerdeyse hiç düşmüyor. Simon Beckett'ı seviyoruz artık. Tavsiye edilir.
This has great reviews and maybe I will change my mind if I continue but I'm really not feeling it. I'm in a reading slump because of this book. So sorry.
Sonlara doğru hafiften tökezlemeler olmasına rağmen genel olarak neredeyse hiç durmadan ilerleyen müthiş bir kitap. Bayıldım.
I was gonna give this 4 stars because it dragged a bit in the middle but no, in the end it deserves five. Because damn. The Last Thing To Burn is not really my genre. I wouldn't call it a thriller tbh but it is dark, heavy, claustrophobic and very gripping. I will remember this story for a long time.
Katilin kim olduğu tahmin edilebilir olsa bile, yazarın verdiği ipucu/açıklardan değil içgüdü ile tahmin ediliyor. İlk kitaptan daha çok beğendim. Eğer filmi yapılırsa Scott Ashton corey stoll olmalı hala düşüncem değişmedi.
Cross posted at : http://valiewrites.com/2021/02/28/opinion-the-shadow-of-the-wind-carlos-ruiz-zafon/
Ok. I think enough time has passed for me to talk about The Shadow Of The Wind without going on a rant since, oh boy, can I rant about this one. I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.
I first heard about this book in 2020 from Bookstagram and piping hyped. When I finally got my hands on it early January this year. It was magic! If you haven't read it yet, go check it out here on Goodreads. It has a whopping 4.27 stars out of 448k ratings. That should be good, right? Even Petrik gave it 5 stars how bad could it be, right?!
So, I was extremely excited to read this book. And I will not lie the first 5% of the book was magical. I don't know if it was the excitement or the concept, but I loved it. Then it stopped. Saying it has a slow beginning is an understatement. It doesn't pick up the pace like 60% of the book and by then I lost my interest in the story, its characters and my will to read; or, you know, live. It's that dry. I had to hoodwink myself into reading this, so I don't fall into a slump right at the beginning of the year. In the Shadow of the Wind, Zafon writes about love, loss, grief, and regret, but his efforts to reflect all these deep human emotions to the reader (I mean me) fall flat. Or this particular reader has a cold dead heart I don't know.
The plot isn't as ingenious and masterful as the hype around the book made me believe. I was expecting this great mystery in a gorgeous setting with many interesting characters, but even Barcelona is dull. That is an achievement, I believe. The starting point is not bad, not really, it had me hooked at first for sure. It is just wasted. Zafon tries to create this dual storylines that interconnect, but things usually happen by chance rather than intention. It has so many antique tropes it hurts the eyes while rolling them. Love of your life at first sight, check. A villain just to be a villain, check. Supersperm, check. Sexism, check. I felt like dnf'ing the Shadow of the Wind so many times but I didn't hope things will turn around and after all that, to explain everything, came the long letter. A letter that occupied the last 20% if I'm not mistaken. It is as if Zafon was tired of trying to establish a convincing explanation and decided to tie the loose ends by telling everything straightforward.
Of all these tropes, I have to pay special attention on sexism. Oh, the sexism in the Shadow Of The Wind. I'm not someone who complains about slight things and steps away from the book and the author. My discrimination condemn bar is not so sensitive, but this book is something else. Zafon does not write women particularly successfully, does he? There isn't one three dimensional female character in this book and they are not even shadows they are just there for sexuality and sexuality alone. I don't think he's been around women all that plenty or otherwise how is this possible. I'm speechless.
I really feel terrible about this, because I feel like I've missed out on something and I'm not fully appreciating this book. Although it is a beautifully written book, the content feels bloated. I'm actually sad to think like this, but it is how I feel in the end. And the sad part is with a bit more care to actual plot and character development, this could have been one of my favorites of the year. Yet, here we are. Maybe in time I can try Carlos Ruiz Zafon's other works, but for now I'll put away my giant disappointment and move on.
The storytelling in Sleepwalking is again masterful, and Daniel Barnett's descriptions are still very successful in making the reader part of the nightmare he is dragging John and Mariah into, as well as awakening new nightmares in one's mind.
I'm giving this book 4 stars instead of 5 because it spends a lot of time on events and characters that won't make much of a difference in the end, so it drags a bit in the middle. Sleepwalking is the longest book in the series for now, and it's paying the price for it.
I think the star of this story is Marcus, He steals the show and makes a nice addition to John and Mariah's journey.
God, what a dark story. I love it.
The only five stars I gave without feeling a tiny bit of dilemma this year. Great piece of work.
Marvel'ın nihayet tekrar klasik spideye yer vermesi güzel ama sanki ilk sayı biraz sönük Ultimate spidey'nin yanına yaklaşamamış
This man can write an acknowledgements section that bring tears to my eyes. How does he do that!!
Gerçekten çok etkileyici olmuş. Nicedir okuduğum en iyi bilim kurgu. Diziden sonra ümidi kesmeyip okuduğuma çok memnun oldum, büyük bir eser kaçıracakmışım neredeyse.