Reception
The Canadian Press's Maclean's Magazine placed The Angel's Game as number one for their top ten hardcover fiction books for the week ending July 7, 2009. Marley Walker called it "Zafon's ambitious new historic melodrama." USA Today praised The Angel's Game as "a multi-layered confection that combines undying love, magical realism, meditations on religion, the importance of books and a love affair with the vibrant city of Barcelona."
Andrew Reimer said, "Here is more of the same from the author of The Shadow of the Wind " which "is bound to make his fans whoop with joy." However, he also added, "the climax of this new tale is a bit of a mess, with too many twists and turns and perhaps a few too many corpses."
Aravind Adiga of The Age complained that there was "plenty that is ludicrous, cliched and schematic," but explained that "overs of Barcelona will enjoy Ruiz Zafon's skillful use of that city's architecture--Gothic and Modern."
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