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Cari lettori, quando ho inziato ad avventurarmi nel cimitero dei libri dimenticati, mai avrei creduto di conoscere dei personaggi che mi rimarrano imrpessi nel cuore e sopratutto non avrei mai pensato di imbattermi in una storia così intricata e coinvolgente. Se non siete ancora entrati a contatto con questi romanzi vi consiglio caldamente di procurarveli tutti e quattro e leggerli in sequenza per assorbirne tutto il fascino e la narrazione!

Deary me, oh my, I need some air here.

This book is definitely not what I was expecting. The Prisoner of Heaven is completely different from The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game. There ain't no thriller story with a detective protagonist chasing a mysterious character that is tangled with another thousand plots and elements, but The Prisoner of Heaven is not less complex for sure, as it linked everything perfectly and concisely.

It is much more intimate and character focused, though not as lyrical as The Angel's Game (which makes sense, since David is much more of a poet than Daniel). I confess I was a bit bored in the begging, but the last half of the book is pretty exciting and emotional and got me absolutely in love with Daniel and Fermín friendship (if I wasn't in love already), as well as Isabella and David... relationship.

Now the bad part. The way I see it, the whole plot of the mysterious buyer in the beginning ended inconclued. Of course it was the ignition point to crucial information and book development, but his story itself seemed finished in a hush and filled with loose ends that won't be tied in The Lybirinth of Spirits I guess...? At least it doesn't make sense to drag it to another book.

As always, Carlos Ruiz Zafón completely failed to let me down.

This was definitely not as good as Shadow of the Wind, and I don't think I liked it as much as the Angel's Game. It was surprisingly short, and not much actually happened. It seemed more like the prologue to a longer book + an extended flashback to things that happened between the other two.

Another wonderful book in this series/cycle/labyrinth. I'm glad, however, that I knew this wasn't the last book before I read it. Knowing there is much more story to be told made up for the comparably quick story and short length. If I wasn't salivating for "The Labyrinth of Spirits" before, I am now!

Great continuation in the Daniel Sempere series, I finished it in two days!! Cannot wait for the next edition!

Cannot. Freaking. Wait.

Amazon's US pub date: June 19, 2012.

3-3.5/5stars

This was definitely more interesting than The Angel's Game but not nearly as good as The Shadow of the Wind. It was very entertaining and gripping and made me want to keep reading, and I enjoyed that it followed the same characters from book 1 and also wrapped everything up from that book and book 2. I loved Carlos' writing style, but this book just simply wasn't as incredible as the first unfortunately.

This is the book that started my current thread - I realised there were more in the Cemetary of Forgotten Books series so had to start from the beginning to remind myself and catch up. The top review wasn’t favourable that it was short and rushed so I didn’t have high expectations but it was wonderful to have the characters of the first book back, and a little of the second. Looking forward to the chunky fourth. Not sure you could say that’s rushed!

I'd like to give this a 3.5. I loved the narration, the prose, the characters. The torture and misery of the prison was difficult, but helped me understand wartime Spain better. I loved the city, Barcelona, a city I love. My main hesitation is that it felt like a part of a series - like there was information I didn't know from books before and that the story was unfinished. But I liked it enough to be totally caught up and obsessed with listening to the rest of the series!