Comments on: Book Review: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

By: mg

mg — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:06:17 +0000

I had no expectations about The Angel’s Game as I had not read Shadow of the Wind, but a friend who loved Shadow had started reading Angel with the proverbial Great Expectations so I picked up a free copy with other purchases. So in my case, it was not “bias robbing us of pleasure” as one reviewer has said. The characters were utterly one dimensional and there was little in the writing to make me care about what happened to most of them, including the narrator. There were loads of loose threads and unanswered questions at the end and although I stuck with it to the end, it was out of simple curiosity, not enjoyment. Glad it was a freebie. Now I need to read Shadow of the Wind as an antidote as many people seem to love that book.

By: leo

leo — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:12:21 +0000

this was my first Zafón book and i loved it…
as for ur disappointments i guess bias robs us of pleasure.

By: Brewster

Brewster — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:26:08 +0000

Here I find myself, having just finished Angel’s game, hoping to find out what it was all about………only to find

By: Hollyberry

Hollyberry — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:34:17 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with the above review. You expressed the dissappointment exactly as I felt it, I too had Great Expectations and they simply were not met but not because my expectations were too great but that simply David was not a character like Daniel. He was so detached that it was almost impossible to sympathise with him, in Shadow, books and writing give the characters life it is their very reason for being but one cannot be left with the understanding of David, that writting is a curse for him. Maybe that’s the point however. Also so many plot twists and mysteries were left un accounted for, the thing I liked about Shadow was that it brought everything together, maybe that was too unrealistic but then it is a fictional story and I enjoyed the manner in which it resolved itself. I finished The Angel’s Game after unfortunately forcing myself to read it believeing that it would get better that I would and could fall in love with city and the characters the way i had done in Shadow, however I was sorely dissappointed. Better luck next time Zafon!

By: edifanob

edifanob — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:36:31 +0000

I also loved The shadow of the Wind and of course my expectations are high.
This is the second review – and it is a good one – I read. And it is the second time that I read about disappointment.
Therefore I lowered my expectations. I will buy and read The Angel’s Game in August. Or shall I abandon? No, I want to read it anyway….

By: Marg

Marg — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:00:49 +0000

Shadow of the Wind is one of my favourite books of all times. I rushed out to buy this one, but now I am not sure that I am ready to read it, just in case I am disappointed with it and it kind of tarnishes my memories of Shadow

By: orannia

orannia — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:05:54 +0000

(((Ana)))

To have such anticipation (from the first book) and for the second to start so well and then fall…you must be feeling rather flat. I’m sorry Here’s hoping that the next book you pick up will be a doozy

By: KMont

KMont — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:54:50 +0000

It’s such a bummer when he books we anticipate the most don’t live up to that anticipation and expectations. Sorry that happened.

By: Bridget Locke

Bridget Locke — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:12:02 +0000

Wow, what a bummer. I think the way you expressed your frustrations & doubts really express how a lot of readers feel when it comes to our favorite authors or books.

I know I’ve suffered that disappointment quite a few times in my life when I’ve read a book that was amazing and all of the others ended up falling by the wayside. I think the hardest thing for me is reading a first book by an author that is stunning and then getting dumped w/ crap after that. *sigh*

I hope, when I get published, that I will be able to keep all of my books consistently great!