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Book Review of The Shadow of the Wind

The Shadow of the Wind
kdurham2813 avatar reviewed on + 753 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1


A story about books and the pursuit of the real life drama behind the author. A joy is shared for the love of reading and how books can change ones life a lesson that I loved hearing again. Divided into sections, it made this chunkster easy to tackle. My favorite section was towards the end which was a diary of sorts written to Daniel to help him understand the life and times of the author he was investigating Julian Carax. Throughout the books there were holes and they were mostly filled in by this section.

A large cast of characters that took awhile to nail down made for some difficulties. I took to post its to help keep everyone and their relationships straight. At times, it was truly hard to remember how they were all related. I am sure that no one could have been cut to make it easier, but I definitely needed some help.

I definitely enjoyed this read. It was out of my usual genre leant to me by a coworker, I was glad to take a break from my usual and read this one.