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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
Transcendent. Whenever I read Mitchell I feel like I have to harvest stars from so many other books I have read and pile them heaping on his.
"an' true 'nuff I s'pose, there ain't no journey what don't change you some."
"now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework."
"an' true 'nuff I s'pose, there ain't no journey what don't change you some."
"now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework."
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Popsugar reading challenge 9/50:a book with a two-word title. I enjoyed this novel. The journey through time and genre was a treat.
A very well written book of extremely unspectacular short stories poorly linked together through reincarnation. 2.5 stars.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An all-time favorite god I love Robert so much he has my whole heart
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wonderful book, too vast to summerize quickly, but suffice to say it was impressive and had a well crafted humanitarian core within the interwoven tales. Lovely lovely. Bonus, I am now ready and very excited to see the film.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I started reading this book in 2011, but gave up a few pages in. I held on to it because I loved the title and had a feeling I'd eventually give it another go. This past year my brother gave me David Mitchell's latest book, The Bone Clocks, and asked if I'd ever read Cloud Atlas. Embarrassed, I had to tell him I tried but had given up. So, guilted into a second try, I picked this up just before a recent vacation and absolutely devoured it. Funny how a few years changed my taste. Each story took a bit of warming up to really capture my attention, but I enjoyed the feeling of falling into each world and discovering the bits linking each person and story together (however hokey and contrived... I'm a sucker for coincidence). And with the final chapter of Adam Ewings' diary, I finally felt a wonderful revelation of the sense of humanity that truly ties each character together. This was an intriguing read full of inventiveness, a wonderful challenge, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in history and science fiction... but I'd also recommend it to anyone, really.
