The Shadow of the Wind
Oct. 13th, 2022 07:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearI picked up The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon at a holiday rental cottage last week and decided to give it a go. As I progressed through the early chapters, it started to feel familiar, though it's not in my reviews catalogue, which started the year after it was first published, so I'm not sure...
Anyway, I started out really enjoying the story of Daniel being taken by his father to the Cemetary of Forgotten books and finding one called 'The Shadow of the Wind', which he was then entrusted to look after.
The mystery behind the book's author and the mysterious stranger who is willing to pay a lot of money to be able to burn it was quite intriguing. However, the representation of, treatment of and attitude towards women in the book rapidly became oppressive. It wasn't just certain statements and actions by specific characters, but the corroboration or exacerbation of those statements and actions by others, including other female characters and the protagonist.
So, after 135 pages, I decided to call it a day and read something else.
Anyway, I started out really enjoying the story of Daniel being taken by his father to the Cemetary of Forgotten books and finding one called 'The Shadow of the Wind', which he was then entrusted to look after.
The mystery behind the book's author and the mysterious stranger who is willing to pay a lot of money to be able to burn it was quite intriguing. However, the representation of, treatment of and attitude towards women in the book rapidly became oppressive. It wasn't just certain statements and actions by specific characters, but the corroboration or exacerbation of those statements and actions by others, including other female characters and the protagonist.
So, after 135 pages, I decided to call it a day and read something else.
