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Book Review of The Shadow of the Wind

The Shadow of the Wind
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Read this for my online book club The Reading Cove. I read the first 150 pages then had to skim to end. While it had some good philosophical lines re: life, reading, and books, it was way too long, overwritten, and became progressively boring. Daniel's narration rambled, and I eventually lost interest. Though it was an interesting premise (Daniel's finding this book by an author who someone's trying to destroy the works of), by the wrap-up it felt like the author just didn't want to stop writing. I know many enjoyed this one, but it fell very flat for me.