Este ha sido un libro que me ha durado menos que un suspiro, puesto que lo empecé un domingo de madrugada y, al viernes siguiente, ya me lo había terminado (y con vacaciones de por medio, he de decir). No soy yo mucho de misterio y demás, pero Carlos Ruiz Zafón no sé qué tiene que me atrapa siempre. Su pluma es impecable, disfruto mucho de todas las descripciones que hace y de las comparaciones y metáforas que utiliza. No es un libro que solo se disfrute por la historia, sino también por cómo está narrado. Me ha tenido en tensión y expectación todo el tiempo, puesto que no paran de ocurrir cosas página tras página.
Tengo muchísimas ganas de leerme “Las Luces de Septiembre” y terminar con el ciclo que él llama “sus cuatro novelas ‘juveniles’”. Sin duda, no descarto leerlo antes de que acabe el año.

This is Zafon's second YA book. He wrote it years ago and tried to capture the essence of the types of books he wanted to read at that age. I think he accomplished that. YA has come a long way since, but I feel like The Midnight Palace Holds its own. I loved that the story took place in Calcutta, a new setting for me. The "mystery" house was one of my favorite turns in the story. The Midnight Palace, like the The Prince of Mist, was reminiscent of Stephen King's IT. If you are a fan of IT, I think you would like this tale of seven friends bound together by circumstance battling a supernatural enemy against astronomical odds. Looking forward to reading Zafon's last YA book and completing the trilogy.

Leer a Zafón empieza a ser una maravillosa experiencia para mi.

Esta segunda parte de la Trilogia de la niebla nos lleva a Calcuta, allá por los años 30 del siglo pasado.

Ben y Shere son dos hermanos gemelos que son separados y no lo saben y llegan a encontrarse para afrontar un terrible y oscuro secreto.

Con una pluma magistral, el autor nos sumerge en un mundo de fantasía muy particular, lleno de secretos y misterios que los protagonistas han de resolver, misterios ocultos en una Calcuta oscura, mágica y magistralmente descrita por Zafón que hace que no pares de leer.

La historia ha sido tan envolvente que me he visto como un protagonista más de la obra sumergido en medio de esa fantasía tan maravillosa.

Es la segunda parte de esta trilogia, juvenil, si, pero que como adulto me ha transportado a mi juventud y he vuelto a disfrutar como en mis años de juventud.

Como no puede ser de otra manera, continuo con la tercera parte.

Muy recomendable para disfrutar de una fantasía épica y magníficamente narrada.

Superba poveste, dragoste, prietenie, sacrificiu elemente cu care autorul ne-a obisnuit la fiecare lectura. Clubul Chowbar a unit personaje frumoase, puternice.

Me gustó que Carlos Ruiz Zafón dejó el libro sin modificar en la edición que leí. Es una historia bonita, se disfruta.

В сърцето на Калкута се спотайва зло, което търси своето отмъщение.

На Бен и приятелите му остават само няколко дни преди всеки от тях да поеме по свой собствен път. Когато навършват шестнадесет години и са пред напускане на сиропиталището "Св.Патрик" започват странните събития. Първо Бен има видения, а след това в дома се появява тайнствената Шиър заедно с баба си. Оказва се, че над нея и Бен е надвиснало изпепеляващо зло, което желае отмъщение и нов живот за себе си. Групата приятели се впуска в дръзки премеждия, но задачата се оказва дори по-сложна отколкото са очаквали.

Прочетете цялото ревю: http://pekazh.com/srednoshtniyat-dvor...

Sin duda me gusta Zafón, todas y cada una de sus historias. Esta, pese a que pasé algo de miedo porque soy una cobarde, no podía ser menos. La ambientación por una vez fuera de Barcelona ha sido fantástica y toda la historia con los chicos y los fantasma de lujo. Una delicia de novela en la que como siempre en este autor hay mucha, pero mucha niebla ^_^

Una historia que engancha con unos personajes a los que se le coge cariño fácilmente y, por supuesto, con fantasía de por medio. ¿Qué más se puede pedir? Ruiz Zafón me ha conquistado. Y después de leer este libro me ha entrado curiosidad por la ciudad de Calcuta...

Обичам си книгите за Калкута и макар тази да не е толкова добра колкото "Песента на Кали" пак ми беше интересна. Злодеят бе страхотен, въпреки клишираното разкритие за него, а героят много симпатичен. Подробно ревю може да прочетете в Цитаделата:
https://citadelata.com/%d1%81%d1%80%d...

*SPOILERS* although to be fair... I don't suggest you bother reading it.

As an admirer of The Shadow of the Wind, I bought pretty much everything Zafon has ever written. Unfortunately, owing to the popularity of his cemetery of forgotten books series, they republished a load of his early YA work with misleadingly stunning packaging.

At first I thought that there must be a translation problem because the writing is so unforgivably explanatory and the dialogue so bad.

Quite frankly, it reads like it's been written by a teenager. The darkness shrouds and blankets things, the stars form a canopy, the snow forms a mantle, the sun.... You get the picture. I don't mind a bit of clichéd weather-describing, but this takes the biscuit.

I was going to give it an extra star for having some atmosphere... But the plot made no bloomin' sense.

In the dramatic climax, the Big Bad starts what seems to be a sinister game of Deal or No Deal.

Oh and the fire monster/ demon /baddie... that's been on fire for 40% of his screentime? That melds himself with the engine of a firey train and storms about in a raging storm of FIRE VENGEANCE... how do you think he is finally defeated? ......... well the protagonist lights a match and.........

Also, it's supposed to be Ian that's narrating, but Ian is only present for a minority of the time and seems to be omniscient.

The dialogue is dodgy.

No character reacts in any kind of realistic way to any situation they meet. They do sometimes explain to the reader in dialogue WHY they aren't behaving in a way befitting of any human being, but I didn't find that helped...

The setting is - as always in Zafon novels - the best bit, the mesmerising misty palaces of Calcutta are luscious. Bringing a mystical setting to life is one of his fortés and in this early work you can see him developing this skill.

Sadly, though, I found the overall effect to be rather pants.

مستوى الكتاب أقل من المتوقع حيث عقد الكاتب القصة بلا داعي

A narrativa deste livro tem a vantagem de ser rápida sem que isso retire realismo ao livro.
Neste segundo volume da "trilogia da Neblina"acompanhamos um grupo de crianças que vivem num orfanato e que criam uma sociedade secreta, Chowber Society, dedicada à investigação de acontecimentos fantásticos.