Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

De nevelprins by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

  • Started on: 2011-02-26
  • Finished on: 2011-02-27
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

I read The Prince of Mist because I loved The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel’s Game. From comments on LT I knew this book was different, being Zafón’s first and a children’s book. I think those are the reasons it didn’t quite speak to me.
The story takes place during WWI in Spain, in a little coastal village and is a horror story. For me the story moved too fast, there was no real development in the characters or the mystery itself. A lot wasn’t explained, and taken for granted.
But, it was still a Zafón story, so it had something supernatural, something magical. I can see how his later novels came from this. In the end it was enjoyable. Three out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2011-02-26
  • Finished on: 2011-02-27
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

I read The Prince of Mist because I loved The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel’s Game. From comments on LT I knew this book was different, being Zafón’s first and a children’s book. I think those are the reasons it didn’t quite speak to me.
The story takes place during WWI in Spain, in a little coastal village and is a horror story. For me the story moved too fast, there was no real development in the characters or the mystery itself. A lot wasn’t explained, and taken for granted.
But, it was still a Zafón story, so it had something supernatural, something magical. I can see how his later novels came from this. In the end it was enjoyable. Three out of five stars.