5 stars 
 "...This is a story about books." 
 "About books?" 
 "About accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of the pages of a novel so that he could burn it, about a betrayal and a lost friendship. It's a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind." 
 Even though this took me ages to finish, I can't rate this anything less than 5 stars. A must-read for all booklovers out there.