tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post6565184775624948606..comments2024-02-05T18:44:00.439+02:00Comments on Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews: Today's release - "The Angel's Game" by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMihai A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-5978373993363333742009-10-09T13:50:26.349+03:002009-10-09T13:50:26.349+03:00"The Angel's Game," by Carlos Ruiz Z..."The Angel's Game," by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is the kind of book where you can hear men's shoes scuffing across a wood floor in an empty mansion filled with candles and secret passageways. Where some people take long lunches filled with wine and cheese, and when they settle in with a good book, the spine creaks. Anyway, if you have time, take a visit at my <a href="http://www.sheeparcade.com" rel="nofollow">Free Games</a> website.alfinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-56486281546344494062009-06-03T18:39:44.796+03:002009-06-03T18:39:44.796+03:00I think you are right Barbara, there is a tough co...I think you are right Barbara, there is a tough competition for the best books.<br />I also think that there are many authors like Zafon that deserve to be read in every language :)Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-8217350218908577262009-06-03T17:41:57.798+03:002009-06-03T17:41:57.798+03:00With the competition of getting books published, t...With the competition of getting books published, the stories have to be top of the line.<br /><br />I eagerly await your review.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-72492489177364588052009-06-02T13:08:22.124+03:002009-06-02T13:08:22.124+03:00Liviu, thank you for sharing your thoughts on the ...Liviu, thank you for sharing your thoughts on the novel :)<br />I would like to read in Spanish as well, but I am just at the beginning level with Spanish. Maybe someday I'll be able to read in Spanish too.<br />And "just" excellent I think is enough for me in this case :)<br /><br />Cindy, I can recommend enough "The Shadow of the Wind" if you didn't read it yet :)Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-38377168400937814592009-06-02T06:22:51.985+03:002009-06-02T06:22:51.985+03:00This looks really good. I'll have to add it to my ...This looks really good. I'll have to add it to my to read pile :)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10285417085465806153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-21940552262716453232009-06-02T00:04:42.740+03:002009-06-02T00:04:42.740+03:00I read this one in Spanish too last year and overa...I read this one in Spanish too last year and overall I liked it a lot, comparable to Shadow of the Wind, maybe a bit more. <br /><br />The book is much more overtly fantastic and considerably darker.<br /><br />I would urge anyone who has not read SoW to read Angel first and then SoW.<br /><br />The prequel setting takes away part of the suspense since (if you read SoW) you know what will happen with a bunch of characters and while the suspense is gone on re-read anyway, here I got the feeling that the necessity to match the later events of SoW constrained the author somewhat.<br /><br />Also the SoW structure gets repeated here and that is another minus, since the first time (two similar couples separated in time)it was original, here it is a repetition.<br /><br />IF Angel's Game were to have been the first book in the series, I would have had no qualms calling it a masterpiece; this way, it is "just" excellentLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-43618894910040019302009-06-01T18:08:14.672+03:002009-06-01T18:08:14.672+03:00Adele, indeed they are. And reading pile is growin...Adele, indeed they are. And reading pile is growing even larger with each day :D<br /><br />Ben, I believe so too. And Larry, who recommended me Zafon in the first place, says that this one is even better :)<br /><br />Michael, I usually don't make pre-orders. I don't know exactly why, but I tend to go with titles already available :)Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-66011067901368693562009-06-01T16:41:21.539+03:002009-06-01T16:41:21.539+03:00I have to buy lists for every month. I have a lot ...I have to buy lists for every month. I have a lot of pre-orders. Anyway I hope to get the book within this year. <br />Anyway I look forward to your review.<br />OnSaturday I received my first hardcover for a long time. Normally I don't buy hardcover due to price and space. But I couldn't withstand to buy <B>NIGHTS OF VILLJAMUR</B> by Mark Charan Newton. I read 120 pages so far and I really like it.ediFanoBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129248787624088717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-2603165329866377852009-06-01T15:34:11.433+03:002009-06-01T15:34:11.433+03:00This is going to be a great one. I think rather th...This is going to be a great one. I think rather than reading it right away I'm going to have to save it for a special day...Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126093513818104194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-15333813407372810652009-06-01T14:22:48.065+03:002009-06-01T14:22:48.065+03:00So many good books this year!So many good books this year!Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12876050775872445521noreply@blogger.com