I thoroughly enjoyed this last book in the series. Very complicated web of stories that I wouldn’t be able to reproduce. I feel I should go back and read the whole series again to fully appreciate them.

Some people have Harry Potter books, I have my Cemetery of Forgotten Books and Fermin. The writting, the humor, the characters, the plot - pure perfection. I am really sad that this is the final book in the series, deep down I hope that will change :( . Couldn't put down this book, 800 pages was nothing, I wanted more...

Instant masterpiece. Reading The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is just like putting a jigsaw puzzle together--the more you read, the more you get a whole new perspective on the lives of the characters. Passionate leading and supporting characters that are all equally meticulous and obsessed with literature. Even the setting itself--Barcelona, beautiful and gloomy, is just as majestic as any of the characters in the series. Perfect gothic environment.

​This book was too freaking long. This book was freaking amazing and not nearly long enough! For the first 250 pages or so, I just could not get into this book. I was cursing the author and publisher for such a lengthy book. Too long, too much information. 805 pages?? -- Could we really not edit it down a bit? Would it hurt something to leave out some of the characters' stories or details of their lives? Would the reader curl up and die if a few of the descriptions and back stories were left ou...

I suppose you could read this novel as a standalone piece, and the same could be said of the other three books in this series. But to me that just doesn’t make sense. Equally nonsensical to me is the author’s assertion that the books can be read in any order. Really? I’ve read many series in random order and sometimes that works just fine but occasionally you come across one that relies quite heavily on a pre-knowledge of prior events or of characters who have graced the pages in an earlier epis...

I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/petrikleoAn absorbing literary masterpiece embedded with every range of emotions.“Tell our stories to the world, and never forget that we exist so long as someone remembers us.” To express how much I loved The Labyrinth of the Spirits, and the entirety of The Cemetery of the Forgotten Books, is a challenging task that I never predicted would ever happen to me, but attempt it I shall. I think it’s a seriously missed but redeem...

The gothic universe created in The Shadow of the Wind, and the following alleyways forged in the sequels culminate in this finale, where all the threads connect to illuminate the horrors, secrets, and terrors of the harrowing and heartbreaking years of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship that overturned democratic rule, aided and abetted by the Catholic Church. I loved The Shadow of the Wind and the universe it established with The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, but the following two b...

So write what has never been said. Let your heroes do what no one has doneZafon responds to us denouncing: Have you ever met someone who did or wrote what was not written yet? I write your life: as a readerThe circle of labyrinth is closed.. and every writer leaves a part of his soul lost forever between his lines; destinies are intertwined and ends intertwine between vengeance and poetic justice؛ sacrifice and eternal friendships;We leave the cemetery of the forgotten books. With  three authors...

It’s hard to know exactly what to say about a story that’s about stories that are, in turn, about stories. Ruiz Zafon’s magical (if occasionally frustrating) Cemetery of Lost Books quadrilogy defies easy categorization. Is it a thriller? Well, it’s certainly suspenseful. A mystery? It’s got unanswered questions in droves, and people trying to tease out answers. A romance? It’s got passion aplenty, and meet-cutes galore. Historical fiction? Intricate details of the Spanish past abound, and Barcel...

[4.5 stars] What a bittersweet moment: ending a series you adore, especially the follow up to a book you love with your whole heart. There's no way a book like that can live up to what you've conjured in your mind, but Zafon came close. At times it was a bit overwrought and dragged slightly, but I loved the conclusion and any time it connected to the other books in the series. Re-reading this series will absolutely reward itself, and I imagine I might even enjoy the different installments more u...

| | blog | tumblr | ko-fi | | From the blatant sexism pouring through each page to its bloated plot, The Labyrinth of the Spirits offers an inadequate conclusion to what I considered to be an entertaining series. If anything this disastrous farewell has made me reevaluate the whole Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. I vaguely remember finding the female representation in these books to be somewhat questionable. The women are passive, mere love interests. So, initially I was pretty excited to

Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s “The Shadow of the Wind” is arguably my favourite book (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... I have multiple editions, and every time I see it at a used bookstore, I buy it and give it to someone because the sight of this book alone on a shelf makes me want to find it a good and loving home. Every time a new installment of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series came out, I ran to the bookstore to get a copy and locked myself in to devour it. To say that my expectations an...

It's always a pleasure to read one of Zafon's books! I enjoyed being back in the atmoshpere of his gothic Barcelona full of mysteries and twists and turns you don't see coming! I met favorite characters from the previous books and was happy to meet new characters which I loved during this story! This book had it all and made me laugh, cry, angry and emotional while reading it. Zafon is an excellent storyteller and once again he proved it in the last instalment of The cemetery of forgotten books