This really felt unfinished to me. Nothing was resolved.

Sin duda alguna, de los mejores libros que pude releer en este año.

Zafón eres eterno ❤️❤️

protejan a fermín

The shortest of the series, thus book focuses on Fermin and his back story, which in Zafon's signature style, ties seamlessly into the tapestry that is The Cemetery of Lost Books. We learn about how Fermin became imprisoned with David Martin and the foreboding Salgado. We also learn where Mauricio Valls fits into the narrative.

The interconnectedness of these stories is impressive and Zafon's writing is a joy to read. A highly recommended series.

I really enjoyed tapping into Fermín’s backstory, and I am looking forward to see how this series ends! This one felt a bit rushed, given that it is much shorter than the other novels (like Zafón was pressured by publishing), but the length of the final book seems like it makes up for it!

Like many other reviewers of this title, The Shadow of the Wind is one of my all-time favorite Gothic tales. I read it and was immediately hooked on CRZ and couldn't wait for future stories.

Much like The Angel's Game which came out a few years ago, The Prisoner of Heaven continues to expand the tangential stories surrounding the characters and events from Shadow/Angel. It's a bit like Kieslowski's film trilogy, Three Colors. Each story is distinct and stands independently, but when combined you can better see the inter-relatedness and experience "ah-ha!" moments of understanding how one character or event impacts others over space and time.

My only problem with this literary model is that it has been years; many, many years, since I read Angel and Shadow and I would have preferred to have those stories a bit fresher in my mind while reading Prisoner (because I'm one of those folks who likes to pull all the parts together for the chin-rubbing "ah-ha!" moment).

Fermín Romero de Torres é um dos meus personagens favoritos e adorei revisitá-lo. Mas a intriga soube a pouco, como se fosse um prefacio da história em si. Queria mais.

The third (chronologically released) in Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s gothic Barcelona series, and Fermin Romero de Torres wants to reclaim his identity so he can marry Bernarda. As he reveals to Daniel Sempere, his closest friend, why this is required he reveals just how their lives became entangled back in the Shadow of the Wind.

This is fiction at it’s best, seductive enough to draw you in, interesting enough to keep you going and easy enough to glide through like you’re swimming through melted toffee. Barcelona during the 50′s is wonderfully depicted again as the Sempere book shop see’s intrigue amongst it’s collection, as well as a nativity scene and an Italian cousin.
Fermin and Daniel are once again the main protagonists, and there is a faint, but growing shadow as Daniel realises what Fermin’s revelations mean to him and his life, as returning characters hover around them like moths to the light.

It states at the beginning that the trilogy of books so far, including The Angels Game, can be read in any order, and independently. What I did enjoy immensely was the way that this tied into the trilogy. It is set chronologically after the story in Shadow, but before it’s epilogue. Julian Carax is mentioned a few times and it recalls that adventure, but it is the way that Ruiz Zafon links to The Angels Game which is really fascinating and creates an almost circular, layered connection rather than a straightforward linear one.

What this feels like though is the Empire Strikes Back of the series. It seems slightly shorter than Shadow, and The Angels Game, and there is no ending as such, the Epilogue screams that there will be a fourth (and apparently final) instalment. I will be reading that as soon as it comes out (in paperback anyway) and I can see if I can beat the record I set with this book, which I started on Tuesday evening and finished on Wednesday evening.

(blog review here)

Me gustó que nos dejaran conocer la verdadera historia de Fermín y que vaya a cuidar el cementerio. Tengo la esperanza de que David Martín siga vivo; me quedan muchas dudas de lo que haya pasado con la Cristina que le había devuelto Andreas Corelli, ¿La había imaginado? ¿En realidad nunca se la devolvió o eso pasa después de que huye de la prisión? Tengo muchos problemas contando los años.

Cuando Sempere hijo confunde a Sofía con Isabella sufrí mucho.
La promesa de Fermín me rompió el corazón.
Amo cuando llevan a un personaje por primera vez al cementerio, me emociona mucho.
La inscripción en la tumba de Isabella es hermosa.

Pobre Daniel.