The Prince of Mist: Carlos Ruiz Zafón

I didn't enjoy this book at all.  I found the translation didn't read fluently, and were the names given to the character in the book the original ones?  They sounded for the most part rather British.  More than that though, I simply couldn't believe in the story at all - yes, I know it's a fantasy, but for me, it simply didn't hang together.  

On the plus side, there is descriptive writing that is atmospheric and involving: I can feel the stinging rain and the wind in his account of a storm, and clearly see the buildings he describes.  But this strange adventure that involves few adults is a sort of Super-Scary Enid Blyton Famous Five adventure.  Maybe that's why I didn't like it