cavalier9966 's review for:

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

4.0

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I heard about this book because of the movie coming out, and I'm glad I was able to read it before the theatrical release. I found some of the language tedious in both the ewig-sea story, and moreso in the post-apocalpytic story. I just find it annoying to read "as they were speaking" which largely consists of confusing grammar and spelling. Past that, the stories were individually addicting, and the mix of the different times kept me interested. In general the ties between the different storylines were relatively minimal (unless I missed something big) but it was enough to make me happy. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I will give the movie a chance (although I have no idea how they will present such an epic in a couple hours on the screen).