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mmullerm 's review for:
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
Just finished Cloud Atlas. 2 stars - it was okay - nothing earth shattering but it did have its moments.
There were some very entertaining parts. I especially liked the Letters from Zedelghem and The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish.
The book overall probably could have used some brevity in parts. 500 pages felt awfully long for this book and it maybe could have been done in 300 instead and been just as effective. I have to say I got bored with most of The Orison of Sonmi 451 and didn’t see much point in Sloosha’s Crossin’ an’ ev’rythin’ after except maybe as a segue to continue the novel.
I get the whole point Mitchell makes about reincarnation and in Cloud Atlas how we’re all connected. He used some subtle signs and he had somewhat clever ways to show his readers how these 6 seemingly very different people in the novel were connected. 6 people connected? - maybe he got his idea from the Kevin Bacon game ?
There were some very entertaining parts. I especially liked the Letters from Zedelghem and The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish.
The book overall probably could have used some brevity in parts. 500 pages felt awfully long for this book and it maybe could have been done in 300 instead and been just as effective. I have to say I got bored with most of The Orison of Sonmi 451 and didn’t see much point in Sloosha’s Crossin’ an’ ev’rythin’ after except maybe as a segue to continue the novel.
I get the whole point Mitchell makes about reincarnation and in Cloud Atlas how we’re all connected. He used some subtle signs and he had somewhat clever ways to show his readers how these 6 seemingly very different people in the novel were connected. 6 people connected? - maybe he got his idea from the Kevin Bacon game ?