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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas is a uniquely written book. It tells the stories of six individuals in different time periods from the 1850's to far into the future. Each story is loosely connected to the others and each story has an element of it that survives for another to find. It is probably the most unique and original book I have ever read. The stories of the novel end abruptly and reach a crescendo in the middle of the book and then the individual stories are finished in reverse ...more
Cloud Atlas is a uniquely written book. It tells the stories of six individuals in different time periods from the 1850's to far into the future. Each story is loosely connected to the others and each story has an element of it that survives for another to find. It is probably the most unique and original book I have ever read. The stories of the novel end abruptly and reach a crescendo in the middle of the book and then the individual stories are finished in reverse ...more
Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic. Many thanks to the Ziegler clan for encouraging me to read this. I'm glad the movie was coming because it pressured me to finally get it done. David Mitchell is a genius! I can't believe how easily he navigates the many different genres. I never wanted any one section to end and wish he would write six more books filling in the details of each story. Can we please have more?
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The book consists of 6 interconnected stories. Each story is interrupted by the next and the book follows the pattern of stories 1,2,3,4,5,6,5,4,3,2,1. I found it a bit hard to follow, especially stories one and two since they are spaced so far apart in the book. I liked the Luisa Rey and Somni stories the best. Zachary's story was really hard to read since it was written in an odd dialect. Overall the book was interesting but I'm glad I'm done with it.
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