I was told some time ago when I made a thread about this book

>>9156588
It's just middle brow lit. It's quite cosy, gothic and pleasant to read but it never set out to change your world view.

The sequels a fucking travesty though.

>>9156588
That's what I suspected when I saw it recommended in a thread a few days ago. I didn't judge it only by its cover (although that works too), but just look at that title: doesn't it scream pompous balderdash? As ridiculous as the phrase "pompous balderdash" sounds, I'd much rather read a book named exactly that than this tawdry piffle (sorry, I'm reading Nabokov's collected criticism and he keeps talking like that).

>>9156762

Sometimes things get lost in translation. In context of the lingo used by the Spanish it probably doesn't sound as ham fisted.

I enjoyed it as a 16 year old, though that doesn't mean to say I'd judge someone for enjoying it at a more mature age. Some stories capture us, others don't. After all, there is a reason it is such a wildly popular book.