comptron 's review for:

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
5.0

This book kept me awake for the entirety of a feverishly long 27hr plane journey. Enough said.

Second read, 10/2012: Just wanted to make sure my initial assessment hadn't been induced by long-flight delirium. Nope. This book is really, truly fantastic - as in, I am ready to go back to undergrad and write papers about all the brilliant themes contained within. Wonderful idea, wonderful execution, just wonderful.