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A review by dutchcrunch
Number9dream by David Mitchell
3.0
3.5
This is my second Michell novel after reading his debut novel “Ghostwritten” earlier this year. (I am reading all of his works chronologically). I am reading them this way knowing that his first two may not be his strongest but, I want to get a strong feel for how his writing developed. I did enjoy this more than Ghostwritten and some passages left me in sheer confusion (the good kind). I feel as though it could’ve been MUCH shorter but, I appreciate Mitchell’s style nonetheless.
Number9Dream—much like Ghostwritten and many Mitchell novels I assume feel like interconnected stories. It worked here since he followed a single character.
It felt dreamlike—as the title suggests—it bustled with actual energy, depth, and zero realistic elements. It felt, as one chapter is titled, like a video game....
So, in the end I liked it and I very much look forward to the rest of his works as I have heard they tower over these first two.
This is my second Michell novel after reading his debut novel “Ghostwritten” earlier this year. (I am reading all of his works chronologically). I am reading them this way knowing that his first two may not be his strongest but, I want to get a strong feel for how his writing developed. I did enjoy this more than Ghostwritten and some passages left me in sheer confusion (the good kind). I feel as though it could’ve been MUCH shorter but, I appreciate Mitchell’s style nonetheless.
Number9Dream—much like Ghostwritten and many Mitchell novels I assume feel like interconnected stories. It worked here since he followed a single character.
It felt dreamlike—as the title suggests—it bustled with actual energy, depth, and zero realistic elements. It felt, as one chapter is titled, like a video game....
So, in the end I liked it and I very much look forward to the rest of his works as I have heard they tower over these first two.