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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Some thoughts I had while reading this:
What the heck is going on?
I can’t understand half of what this one character says.
Do I even like this? Maybe I should just start reading something else.
I may actually love this?
This is incredibly ambitious, and David Mitchell is crazy versatile in terms of writing style and genre, because this is all over the map.
Is this one of the most powerful/profound last few pages of any book I’ve read? Probably.
Overall - a bit complex and difficult at times where it can lose you here and there, but overall a wild ride that makes you think deeply about life and human nature.
What the heck is going on?
I can’t understand half of what this one character says.
Do I even like this? Maybe I should just start reading something else.
I may actually love this?
This is incredibly ambitious, and David Mitchell is crazy versatile in terms of writing style and genre, because this is all over the map.
Is this one of the most powerful/profound last few pages of any book I’ve read? Probably.
Overall - a bit complex and difficult at times where it can lose you here and there, but overall a wild ride that makes you think deeply about life and human nature.
Cloud Atlas is about the reincarnation of a single soul (from author), with many interwoven themes. I liked Somni-451’s narrative best, but Timothy Cavendish’s was hilarious. I also really like how Mitchell has a sense of humor about his story.
Spent the fortnight gone in the music room, reworking my year's fragments into a 'sextet for overlapping soloists': piano, clarinet, 'cello, flute, oboe and violin, each in its own language of key, scale, and color. In the first set, each solo is interrupted by its successor: in the second, each interruption is recontinued, in order. Revolutionary or gimmicky? Shan't know until it's finished.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Absolutely a brilliant approach! Stick with the stories!
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
arduous but alluring. Each chapter is its own short story, stopped halfway through and interrupted by the next. At chapter six you get the full story and then resolution for the rest of them in reverse order (Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1). Hard to get through the first half, but much smoother on the way out. Satisfying to have completed, but it took a long time to do so.
Truly a masterpiece. I don't know of any book like it.
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No