Carlos Ruiz Zafon never disappoints me when I'm looking for a good story!!!

Si no cuentan los días que estaba en exámenes, sería el libro que he leído más rápido en estos días. Sí, la universidad quita tiempo.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, aunque es su primera obra si no me equivoco, es capaz de crear un escenario tan creíble para el lector. Toda la vida admiraré su prosa. Además, en este libro, introduce algo de suspenso que, evidentemente, está muy bien planteado.
Le iba a dar un puntaje de 3.5 porque sentí que los momentos del bote fueron más largos que los de suspenso. Sin embargo, el epílogo es hermoso.

Estupendo!! Me atrapó sin poder respirar. Ideal para todo público jóvenes y adultos. Que pena que se nos haya ido!!! La aventura de sus personajes no te dan tregua. Página, tras página es una avalancha de acciones impensables. Se lee súper rápido.

Qué rápido se lee esto!

Crime fiction, eerie, spooky and Spain. Cross posted to general feed, PBT Horizons, and PBT Fall Flurries.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, who is known as the spectacular author of the Shadow of the Wind Series, and Marina, is my author of the year. The Prince of Mist is one of four other titles he has penned, and it appears that like Marina, they may all in fact be Young Adult books. This one, that was just over 200 pages, happens to fit the October bill for numerous challenges all at once, not to mention my personal author of the year challenge.

It was dark, fantasy, and young adult - three genres that are each iffy for me all on their own. I don't like to be scared out of my wits, never have. This one is eerie, and haunting. Its hard to say therefore that I liked it. But I didn't not like it. Zafon has a way with words, and I was certainly drawn into his story. It was engaging. And yet so far, my least favorite of his works. Yet there was something about it.... mist swirls, leaving one chilled and spooked.

First of all, this book is labeled YA but it reads like a middle grade book. Other than one scene in which the main character spies on his sister and sees her making out with a boy, the whole book is written for a younger audience than YA. And btw, I'd probably call it 2.5 stars.

And yes, as some of the negative reviews say, this book is full of plot holes. Big ones. Things that should have been explained, but never are--like how the statue garden came into existence. It drove me NUTS that I never found out.

That said, the concept is actually pretty cool. And I did like/connect with the main character. The others not so much, but yes, the main character, which is important.

FYI--the way I rate books, 3 stars means the book was "okay" and that I did finish it, but it wasn't a story that really impressed me. So, you notice I dropped the rating for this one a little lower, even though I did make it to the end. My big gripe was that the plot had SO much potential--opportunity for the main character to really sleuth things out--but basically it was him going from person to person and being told stories, but incomplete ones and he would get frustrated then go back and ask the person for more information. The only thing he actually did discover truly on his own was something I had figured out very early on (and, btw, created another big plot hole).

Anyway, the reason I bumped this to 2.5 stars is that it actually would probably be a good book for a middle schooler who likes kinda spooky stories but is struggling with reading comprehension. Because this book lays out the information in a very "telling" instead of "showing" way, it might help kids who would otherwise get lost in an intricate plot.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon is an author that is well known for The Shadow of the Wind. A book I have been shying away from for years because I am afraid I might not like it. And as such I have not read anything by this author. But when I found The Prince of Mist I decided I could certainly give it a try first. With not even 200 pages it is a short read. And while this is considered more for children, it is a great introduction to his writing for adults as well.

The start to this book is somewhat slow, but is used to set the mood. There is such a creepiness weaved throughout the writing of this book that interested me as to where it would end up at. The cat, the clock, the small statue yard behind the house. In itself not too weird, but the way it was written and described gave off a creepy vibe.

The characters were likeable but didn’t stand out too much. The mood of the book and the story were more present. Regardless the characters were well written. They weren’t one dimensional either. Perhaps in a book that was longer there could have been more time taken for some of the relationships between them all. The ending of the book I rather liked. There was not a huge high point but I liked how the ending wasn’t your typical happy ending.

If you like creepy stories and short reads this is certainly a great book for you. I’ll remember it fondly.

É mais um 4,5 do que um 5.. mas é impressionante como este autor mexe comigo. sempre que leio Carlos Ruiz Zafon lembro-me como é importante ler bons autores!

Me gustó mucho, no sabía de que iba el libro y la verdad es que me enganchó rápido.
Es muy sencillo de leer y si te pones lo acabas en el día.
La trama me encantó

4,5

n   —Este otoño cumpliré setenta y dos años y, aunque me queda el consuelo de que no los aparento,cada uno de ellos me pesa como una losa a la espalda.
La edad te hace ver ciertas cosas. Por ejemplo, ahora sé que la vida de un hombre se divide básicamente en tres períodos. En el primero, uno ni siquiera piensa que envejecerá, ni que el tiempo pasa ni que, desde el primer día, cuando nacemos, caminamos hacia un único fin. Pasada la primera juventud, empieza el segundo período, en el que uno se da cuenta de la fragilidad de la propia vida y lo que en un principio es una simple inquietud va creciendo en el interior como un mar de dudas e incertidumbres que te acompañan durante el resto de tus días. Por último, al final de la vida, se abre el tercer período, el de la aceptación de la realidad y, consecuentemente, la resignación y la espera. A lo largo de mi existencia he conocido a muchas personas que se quedaron ancladas en alguno de esos estadios y nunca lograron superarlos. Es algo terrible.n

3.5

Buen libro. Tiene sus errores, el inicio es bastante lento, el final se me hizo largo, pero tiene ese toque Zafón que tanto me encanta.

Tiene bastante el espíritu de La sombra del viento. Las últimas páginas son para sufrir. En resumen, me encantó.