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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
Bardzo, bardzo dobre. Tak dobre, że może znów podejdę do "Snu numer 9", który mnie zmęczył i uśpił. Napisane z rozmachem, błyskawicznie wciągające, przyjazne czytelnikowi, proszące się o ponowne przeczytanie. Tak dobre, że zapaliłem w moim kościele świeczkę w intencję rodzeństwa Wachowskich i Tykwera, żeby tego nie spieprzyli, bo na razie z trailera zrozumiałem, że to film o Tomie Hanksie zakochującym się w Hale Berry po wielokroć, w różnych epokach. Co jest też bardzo ładne, ale nie o to przecież tu chodzi.
A very good book! The writing style was very interesting, and it was a neat way to structure a story. My only complaint is that the middle chapter, the narrator's dialect is really annoying to read. I would have enjoyed something closer to traditional English, but with new words scattered through.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Stories 3-6 were entertaining, which might be the most insulting thing I could say about a book like this. But the connecting threads were tenuous at best, and you can literally get the "big idea" of the book by reading the last page and a half (start with "My recent adventures have made me quite the philosopher...") so that's the best I can say.
A quick Reddit search reveals that someone wrote their *entire* college thesis on David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. I mean, damn.
Reading this book feels like an achievement, along the lines of Infinite Jest (but much better than that). I’ve always had the impression that Cloud Atlas was a really challenging, looong book with several different stories that fit together like Russian nesting dolls.
And it is—all of those things. You start in the 1800s and vignette your way through a few different plotlines into some distant unnamed future, then back again the way you came. Each character discovers or has some relationship with the previous character’s thread—except the final future segment, which is like the apex of a pyramid.
I could see how one might roll one’s eyes at this structure, like it’s gimmicky. One of the characters even makes a meta-reference to this critique, as if to defend himself in advance.
But *I* thought it was masterful. When I finished I just sat there in awe at what this writer was able to achieve. I was seethingly jealous and wide-eyed wowed at the same time—and if you’re a writer too, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
Reading this book feels like an achievement, along the lines of Infinite Jest (but much better than that). I’ve always had the impression that Cloud Atlas was a really challenging, looong book with several different stories that fit together like Russian nesting dolls.
And it is—all of those things. You start in the 1800s and vignette your way through a few different plotlines into some distant unnamed future, then back again the way you came. Each character discovers or has some relationship with the previous character’s thread—except the final future segment, which is like the apex of a pyramid.
I could see how one might roll one’s eyes at this structure, like it’s gimmicky. One of the characters even makes a meta-reference to this critique, as if to defend himself in advance.
But *I* thought it was masterful. When I finished I just sat there in awe at what this writer was able to achieve. I was seethingly jealous and wide-eyed wowed at the same time—and if you’re a writer too, you know exactly what I’m talking about.