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Christian asked this question about Cloud Atlas:

What was your favorite section? Least favorite?

Samantha My favorite section was "An orison of Sonmi-451" (part 1). The future world David Mitchell created was so intriguing, and as a sociologist I felt it r…moreMy favorite section was "An orison of Sonmi-451" (part 1). The future world David Mitchell created was so intriguing, and as a sociologist I felt it really had depth and a lot of interesting (and frighteningly plausible) ideas. I also really enjoyed "Sloosha's crossin' an' ev'rythin' after". Once I got a feel for the unique way it was written, I felt a connection to the characters unlike all of the other sections of the book.
My least favorite was "The ghastly ordeal of Timothy Cavendish". I just kept thinking "God, what a grumpy old man." I couldn't relate or feel any empathy at all with his character.(less)

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Christian Good point about Timothy Cavendish, although I thought that part was fun. He's kind of an awful person in a world of slightly more awful people. It do ...more
Mar 22, 2015 06:03AM · flag

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