Review: Interesting Premise
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
I believe this is a sort of prequel for the trilogy about the Cemetary of Lost Books by Zafon.  Since I haven't read them yet, I really can't comment on how successful the story is at this.  As a short story one finds it includes plague, a shipwreck and a dragon, as well as plans for that Cemetary.  It is all tied together just fine but has a fantasy feel to me because of the inclusion of the dragon.  Having read reviews of the other books, I'm not at all sure why the dragon was presented as it would appear it doesn't factor into other books of the trilogy.This book also includes an excerpt from Prisoner of Heaven, which I enjoyed reading.  It did pique my interest into reading more from this author.  I agree with another reviewer that thinks the translator must have done a really good job as everything flows so smoothly and appears to capture what I've read said by others about the author's florid prose.  All in all, I would say it is worth reading to become acquainted with this author's style of writing and to see if the trilogy is something one wants to add to their list of reading selections.