I just didn't connect with any of the characters and the story just didn't interest me. I love Carlos Ruiz Zafon's other works, this one however was a disappointment to me.
Set in Calcutta in the 1930s, The Midnight Palace begins on a dark night when an English lieutenant fights to save newborn twins Ben and Sheere from an unthinkable threat. unfortunately the actual storyline was just too weak to sufficiently hold my attention. A dark mystery lurks in the heart of Calcutta in this young adult novel from bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated from the original Spanish by acclaimed translator Lucia Graves. But as the novel unfolds, there is more to their history than meets the eye and they are lured by a shadowy figure from the past into a final showdown in the ruins. This was excellently narrated by Dan Stevens and I enjoyed listening to him.
Want to Read Rate it: Book 3 The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafn 3.83 21,003 Ratings 1,592 Reviews published 1995 133 editions It was an unforgettable summer. Their father was an engineer and writer who died in tragic circumstances at the inauguration of Jheeter’s Gate station. The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafn 3.63 25,447 Ratings 1,882 Reviews published 1994 144 editions In the heart of Calcutta lurks a dark mystery. Then Aryami Bose turns up with Sheere, Ben’s sister, and tells them the story of the parents they never knew. They have formed a secret club, The Chowbar Society, which meets each week at midnight in the old ruin they have christened The Midnight Palace. Sixteen years later we meet the boy, Ben, and his friends. Inside his overcoat he is sheltering two newborn babies – twins, a boy and a girl. Lieutenant Peake pauses for breath outside the ruins of the Jheeter’s Gate station knowing that he only has a few hours to live. The book begins with a chase through the streets of Calcutta in May 1916. A mesmerising story of a secret society and a labyrinthine railway station with a dark past.
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