The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - A Book Review

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I was lucky enough to buy an advanced copy ofwriting the novel that in the last ten pages or so,
Carlos Ruiz Zafon's book The Angel's Game. Iteverything fell apart. I was really surprised about
was originally set for release next month, but as Ithe conclusion of the story. Everything was really
said, I was lucky. If you've read Zafon's previousgoing well throughout the book. We are treated
book The Shadow of the Wind, you're going toto the familiar characters from the previous
love The Angel's Game, although there are glaringnovel, indulged in all the beauty of Barcelona, and
differences between the two books regarding thelet in to Zafon's passions. But during the last ten
plot, way of writing, and the way Zafon madepages, I started panicking that the story hasn't
the ending.gone anywhere yet but there are only a few
The biggest difference between The Angel'spages left!
Game and The Shadow of the Wind is that youThe ending was abrupt, like someone slapping me
can see that Carlos Ruiz Zafon wants people tohard on the face out of nowhere. Suddenly
know about his love of writing in the former, andeverything was concluded in a couple of pages,
his love of his audience in the latter. Both workedthe mysteries were solved in a page, and
well with him I think, but I must say that there iseverything ended just like that. I don't know if I
something off-putting about The Angel's Game.was asking for too much or much more, but I
Before anything else, I absolutely adore the richreally felt like I was tricked out of my wits having
and personal way of communicating of Carlosread the ending.
Ruiz Zafon to his readers through his novels. ThatNonetheless, the journey was fun although the
being said, I find it absurd that in The Angel'sdestination was a bit disappointing.