That sounds like my thing." All rights reserved. I saw the word "prince" in the title, and a price of a few dollars and figured, "Why not? Unfortunately, instead of its usual enigma, it has deteriorated into a more Spanish marvel comic version of Percy Jackson and Sea of Monsters. All the familiar themes of his later books are here. Excellent book. Max makes friends with a boy on the verge of adulthood, Roland, who lives in the lighthouse with his guardian, and who also forms an attachment with Alicia. The Prince of the Mist is one of my favorite books. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. Good storyteller. I have heard about Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s The Shadow of the Wind but I dodn’t really have the need to read it. This was Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s very first novel! Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Any young reader will enjoy The Prince Of Mist, but it is particularly enjoyable for fans of Zafon, as it gives an insight into the early ideas and preoccupations that eventually led to his most successful novel, The Shadow Of The Wind. Until Alicia tells him about strange dreams involving a clown statue and a fenced garden. I started with hope and it was dashed as the Prince of Mist appeared in his full monstrous form - its descriptions, movements and words border childish. I have read everything he has written. Max and his family have moved to a small village on the coast to escape their war-torn city life, however, as… He wrote it in 1992, but it did not get translated into English until 2010. Those who love Zafon could not help but purchase and read this purely out of admiration of his work, absolute thirst for more of his style and sheer curiosity. This one will, though I would venture to rate it PG-13 for adult situations. Kept my attention. So cheap! Love: Roddy Doyle’s pub crawl chats aren’t much to talk about, €100,000 cash prize for first Northern Irish author to win the International Dublin Literary Award, Dolly Alderton: ‘I wanted to reflect the reality that getting older has been incredibly complicated’, Publishers blow whistle on foul play as Brogan's book shared on social media, 'I've never really defined myself as being gay or straight'... Jacqueline Wilson on why 'coming out' is easier later in life. Fighting such a beast reflect poorly on the intended heroes and heroines. I started with hope and it was dashed as the Prince of Mist appeared in his full monstrous form - its descriptions, movements and words border childish. First published on Wed 30 Oct 2013 15.00 GMT. Max discovers a garden full of statues of circus performers with a strange clown in the center and his father finds old home films that show some strange images of the same statues. The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - review 'This book was beyond captivating!' I would recommend this book to teenagers, as some of the scenes and characters are a bit on the scary side. Beyond the house Max finds an overgrown garden protected by a metal fence, and on its every spike a six-pointed star.