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Well-written, intelligent, but a little too precious for its own good. "Cloud Atlas" is like 6 novellas loosely bound together. Each is written in a different literary style, which helped to evoke the flavor of a different era but also made it come across as a tad disjointed and, frankly, overly clever. My favorite part was the dystopian "An Orison of Sonmi-451", which I would have loved to see stand alone as its own work.
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But for an irrational fear that it would jinx him, I'd be tempted to say, "Is there nothing Mitchell can't do?" This sprawling, experimental, genre-defying offering demonstrates that Mitchell almost always succeeds, and even when he doesn't, something worthwhile usually arises just from the attempt.
Set across centuries and lifetimes, this novel is a Russian doll in prose, an exquisite composition, a total tear-jerker. ...more
Set across centuries and lifetimes, this novel is a Russian doll in prose, an exquisite composition, a total tear-jerker. ...more
LOVED it. Not all the stories are created equal, but the best ones alleviate any weaknesses. I won't even try to make an assessment because whatever I write is going to feel incomplete and trite compared to the way I feel about the book. It's a must read, and I would love love love to have a conversation with David Mitchell even just about the weather.
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