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.

The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

  • Started on: 2013-06-22
  • Finished on: 2013-06-23
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism

This is the third book in the ‘Cemetery of Forgotten Books’ series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, which takes place in Barcelona during the Franco years. This is a sequel to ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ taking place a year later, where we find out more about Daniel Sempere’s friend Fermin Romero de Torres and the relationships between these people and the history they share.
While the book is in the same style (and universe) as the previous two, it still didn’t grab me and enchant me like the others. The story was good, and gives more background into especially Fermin, but it wasn’t as magical. Three out of five stars, and it leaves me wondering if this is it for this series.

  • Started on: 2013-06-22
  • Finished on: 2013-06-23
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Magical Realism

This is the third book in the ‘Cemetery of Forgotten Books’ series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, which takes place in Barcelona during the Franco years. This is a sequel to ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ taking place a year later, where we find out more about Daniel Sempere’s friend Fermin Romero de Torres and the relationships between these people and the history they share.
While the book is in the same style (and universe) as the previous two, it still didn’t grab me and enchant me like the others. The story was good, and gives more background into especially Fermin, but it wasn’t as magical. Three out of five stars, and it leaves me wondering if this is it for this series.