| oogle_ad_section_start --> | | | | Game, he seemed to have run out of time in |
| I was lucky enough to buy an advanced copy of | | | | writing the novel that in the last ten pages or so, |
| Carlos Ruiz Zafon's book The Angel's Game. It | | | | everything fell apart. I was really surprised about |
| was originally set for release next month, but as I | | | | the conclusion of the story. Everything was really |
| said, I was lucky. If you've read Zafon's previous | | | | going well throughout the book. We are treated |
| book The Shadow of the Wind, you're going to | | | | to the familiar characters from the previous |
| love The Angel's Game, although there are glaring | | | | novel, indulged in all the beauty of Barcelona, and |
| differences between the two books regarding the | | | | let in to Zafon's passions. But during the last ten |
| plot, way of writing, and the way Zafon made | | | | pages, 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's | | | | pages left! |
| Game and The Shadow of the Wind is that you | | | | The ending was abrupt, like someone slapping me |
| can see that Carlos Ruiz Zafon wants people to | | | | hard on the face out of nowhere. Suddenly |
| know about his love of writing in the former, and | | | | everything was concluded in a couple of pages, |
| his love of his audience in the latter. Both worked | | | | the mysteries were solved in a page, and |
| well with him I think, but I must say that there is | | | | everything 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 rich | | | | really felt like I was tricked out of my wits having |
| and personal way of communicating of Carlos | | | | read the ending. |
| Ruiz Zafon to his readers through his novels. That | | | | Nonetheless, the journey was fun although the |
| being said, I find it absurd that in The Angel's | | | | destination was a bit disappointing. |