Marina / Marina (Vintage) (Spanish Edition)

El libro atrapa, es facil de leer y realmente te mete en la historia. No es mi genero favorito pero disfrute leerlo

I picked this up to practice Spanish. I loved shadow of the wind from zafon. It took me over a month to finish. Maybe it was the Spain dialect or the authors florid vocab. Definitely not an easy book to read in 2nd language, but enough meaning and style came through to make it stay with me.

Me parece una novela excepcional. Si trama lo mantiene a uno pendiente de.lo.siguiente que.siempre es sorpresivo e inesperado. Toda ella en una prosa espléndida

Marina, by Zafón is one of those stories that when started wakens the curiosity and keeps one reading. It is written in excellent Spanish, and Zafón takes the reader into a fantastic world of intrigue. Marina is laden with mystery which leads the reader to live alongside the protagonists and actually visualize what is taking place and where everything is occurring. The vivid descriptions of the Barcelona of olden times gives the reader a historical view of what once was and how great it was.I do recommend a good command of the Spanish language if Marina is read in Spanish because no translation will do it justice. It is a great read.Muchas gracias al Sr. Zafón por brindarnos unas historias repletas de intrigas y misterios las cuales nos llevan a otro mundo sin igual.

I didn't read it but she told me it was good, so if you're interested it should be good for you too.

I am not fluent enough in Spanish to write this review in that idiom, so perhaps I am not the best judge, but I find It difficult to choose a star rating. This is, by the author's own definition, a novel for juveniles and I am waaay toward the end of the age spectrum.I read this book because I very much enjoyed his adult novels. His writing is on that same high level but the structure probably would make this book more difficult for teens: there are very, very long passages of narration by a sole character, many OMG WHY would he do THAT moments, and the magical reality is too strained to carry me along as it did in his later books. But then, paradójicamente (love that word in Spanish) I read it through...twice.Zafon's writing magic drags you along despite the flaws. I still cared about the characters, the descriptions of a bygone Barcelona, and the examination of the ultimate paradox of life/death. Zafon writes a not-so-good novel better then the best-of-the-rest so I'll waffle and give it three ***.

This is a great book in Spanish. I have limited Spanish, but I have read maybe 10 books in Spanish. I read this several years ago and it is my favorite. Fairly easy for an English speaking Spanish student to read with a little help from a Spanish/English dictionary. A good story. I bought this copy to re-read it.

Zafon tiene ese"yo no se que" que no te deja dejar el libro hasta la ultima pagina. Leer el español de el es una golosina- No recuerdo haber leido otro autor que me haya magnetizado con el idioma como el- no me pierdo ni una palabra-

This book has all the good ingredients: a little bit of science fiction, crime, adventure, friendship and love. I particularly enjoyed the different ways that love is explored in this book.

Great reading, easy and entertaining

This author's books are great for people trying out reading a Spanish novel for the first few times. The stories are gripping and the language is not too complex.

A very good way to learn Spanish. I'd say it's "A Level" standard. The story is intriguing although clearly aimed at young adults, in the same way Phillip Pullman is in English. Likeable and useful.

I loved this book. I like the way the author writes. So descriptive that the characters are so alive in your mind. I have also read The Shadow of the Wind which I also enjoyed, but because Marina is written in Spanish I had to take more time to read it, as there was a lot of vocabulary that I didn't know, so I seemed to take in every word. Fantastic practice for anyone learning Spanish