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As we are doing reviews as a matter of logic there are less books left to talk about and it is happening with John Katzenbach's books which have become a routine in my blog, in fact I think I have 2 or 3 left, I'm not sure. Be that as it may we will not stop talking about them and that is why today I am with another of his titles.
All of Katzenbach's books always revolve around the same theme, which is none other than murder, chases, intrigue and a lot of psychological terror, and with The Shadow there will clearly be no exception to that rule. So let's see what this enigmatic character brings us today.
- Sinopsis // Synopsis.
To give context to this story we must move to Berlin in 1943 where there was a man who nobody knew, no one had seen his face and therefore no one knew what he looked like, it was only known that he was known as "Der Schattenmann" or "Der Schattenmann" or The Shadow. But who was he? - Well, he was a soulless and extremely evil Jew whose job was to inform on his own blood with the Gestapo, because yes, he collaborated with this oppressive body.
He was never heard of until the late twentieth century in the city of Miami when suddenly the existence of a retired policeman, Simon Winter, changes completely and takes a 180-degree turn when a woman neighbor arrives at his door, totally paralyzed and horrified with fear, asking for help for something she had just seen.
Sophie, a holocaust survivor, believes and is convinced that she has seen a ghost from that dark past, The Shadow. Winter doesn't know whether to take the old woman's word for it and apparently doesn't think much of it, but that all changes the next morning.
The next day and to everyone's surprise, this helpless old woman, after reporting what she saw, was found strangled with her eyes full of pure terror. It was something strange because the residence where she lived was a quiet place that was not known for this type of atrocities, especially not to an elderly woman.
For the police of the city of Miami everything seems to indicate that it is just another murder, one more of the pile but Winter is convinced that it is not so, in fact he is the only one who suspects the existence of the exterminator of Jews and is more than convinced that this murderer is going to kill all the survivors of the holocaust living in Miami.
Y es en ese preciso momento cuando nuestro ex policía sale del retiro para hacerle frente a esta maquina de matar y tratar de detenerlo antes de que sigan ocurriendo más hechos que lamentar.
And it is at that precise moment when our ex-cop comes out of retirement to confront this killing machine and try to stop him before more events occur.
- Opinion.
The first thing to say is that The Shadow is a thriller entirely of action because throughout its pages we find a lot of psychological suspense accompanied by chases to find the clue to the murderer. Another thing I liked is the preamble and the historical context that Katzenbach gives in order to "understand" and know where and why this being acts as such.
The book does not pretend to give a class of universal history nor much less give reflections of life, the author only used certain facts as a basis and ready, I think they give a little more support to the story. As always it is a very fast read where at times it stagnates and becomes predictable but in general terms and as with all John Katzenbach's titles it is a book that as you go along, the faster you want to finish it.
The main character is the typical person who reaches a point in his life where he doesn't care about anything and who has lost all interest in living until out of nowhere one more reason to live falls from the sky and proves that he still has a lot to offer. These undertones in the personalities and in the minds of Katzenbach's characters is undoubtedly one of his great hallmarks.
Anyways, a book that entertains and that will surely keep you on the edge of your seat with the situations that will be presented throughout its pages. I recommend it if you are a lover of this type of stories, clearly; and if not, also to try new things.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos leemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡Hugs to all, see you next time!
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