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It's only fitting that I read this latest installment in Mitchell's hyper-connected oeuvre on 10/31/15 - the actual day the narrative concludes. It's thrilling as always to slip back into his universe and see some familiar faces (a favorite near the end in particular!). Here's hoping the wait for his next book is as short as this one was.
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Still unsure how to exactly feel about this book.
On the one hand, I did read this pretty quickly, which after a bit of a personal fiction drought, was a welcome event.
But there were too many things that left me puzzled and not necessarily in a good way...
The plot left me with lots and lots of unanswered questions. Unusual universes have to make sense within themselves and follow their own "rules"...and I didn't feel as if this book did. One too many "oh yeah, this can happen as well, did we forg ...more
On the one hand, I did read this pretty quickly, which after a bit of a personal fiction drought, was a welcome event.
But there were too many things that left me puzzled and not necessarily in a good way...
The plot left me with lots and lots of unanswered questions. Unusual universes have to make sense within themselves and follow their own "rules"...and I didn't feel as if this book did. One too many "oh yeah, this can happen as well, did we forg ...more
Reminded me of Marcus Sedgwick's Midwinterblood, which wasn't bad, since I really liked both books.
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What a great book to wrap up the year!
Would not recommend reading this without reading Bone Clocks, though I suppose you could. An eerie story told in typical David Mitchell style.
Sep 09, 2016
Kate
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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Apr 20, 2018
Melissa Ormond
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Shelves:
tbr-shelf,
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