Hard work sometimes but fantastic

I found this book a little hard to follow - why? because it refers back to all the other 3 books and put my many unanswered questions to bed but even though I listened to them all in order and quite recently too, I struggled with who everyone was sometimes.

However this book and story really grabs you from the first and you just want to keep listening while it grows.

I enjoyed all the books - Daniel Weyman is as always fantastic with his Narration and I loved the character of Fermin the best.

I dont know what drew me to this series but it is well worth the listen.

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Amazingly intricate and beautiful

Loved all of it. An entrancing and captivating story that kept me reading and wishing it wouldn’t end.

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Fantastic last book of the series

What an emotional, enthralling series. The books need to be read in order to follow the various characters. Their stories are pulled together in the last book. May Carlos Ruiz Zafron, RIP June 2020. Adiós

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The incredible Carlos Ruiz Zafon

What a fantastic book. It was the last in the series started with The Shadows of the Wind. So sad that Carlos Ruiz Zafon passed away at such an early age. His books will most definitely not end up in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. I consider all four books as one and this last book of four brings the storey of The Sempere Family, Julian Carax and not forgetting Fermin Romero de Torres to a brilliant ending tying up all loose ends. It also includes Zafon’s own storey (I think) as writer of this excellent work of words put together as a dramatic symphony. I look forward to a re-visit to Barcelona.

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Glorious!

If you are listening to this book you are presumably already a convert to this extraordinary and captivating series. Be awsured this episode does not disappoint. A life-affirming and life-enhancing experience. I cannot recommend highly enough.

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Masterpiece

This concludes the Cemetery of forgotten books series and wraps up loose ends satisfactorily. But it is a great book in itself and Daniel Weymans performance brings it to life with his interpretation of the author’s wonderful characterisations. The alarming sort of Barcelona under Franco and the recriminations of those caught up in it - A lesson from a great author

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Enthralling

While I was sceptical of the setting and the time period is not something I usually listen to, I was enthralled by the story and couldn’t wait for every episode. Thank you for improving by drive times between job sites.

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As good as Shadow

Welcome to the cemetery of forgotten books. Masterful storytelling, beautifully read. Time to visit Barcelona l.

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Fourth intallment delivers despite minor flaws...

This is the fourth in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, and I was an immediate a fan of the audiobooks from the first.

Fans of the series will note this is the fourth narrator as well, and while Daniel Weyman does a good job I found he didn’t provide the varied voices of the previous narrators which disappointed me. With a raft of characters to vocalise, I could only pick out about three different voices. In some exchanges I lost who was speaking between a man and a woman.

Although a longer story by quite a way than the previous stories, this still held its own and was in keeping with the previous books - adding in new plots as well as continuing the previous three books - however contained far less in terms of twists and surprises, or 'other-worldliness'. At this point I should say it not necessary to have read the others but it would be most beneficial if you have, and ties up every loose end I could think of without being contrived; which was great but may have constrained the writer somewhat.

That said, the writing remains beautiful and takes you away to a different time and place, nothing was too obvious and the characters we have loved through the previous trilogy grow with us while new faces are introduced. It kept me entertained for nigh on 28hrs so must be doing something right and I'm looking forward to others by the same author, but feel this series can be put to bed now, wonderful as it was and I thank the author for delvering time after time.

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complex and compelling

such a complex story brought to life by excellent narrator. probably best to have read the first 2 parts of the story The Angel's Game and Shadow of the Wind before attempting this marathon listen. cant waitcto listen to the final episode.

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