CA: Hard to understand for non-native speakers ?

[Emmanuel]

Who else here doesn't have English as his or her's mother tongue ?

I found part of this book hard to get into, like the very first story, which felt like an historical novel.

And the 6th story, oh my ! I didn't get 6 words out of 8 in the audiobook, whereas the print version was much easier to decrypt.

Anyone else had similar difficulties ?

[[deleted user]]

Emmanuel wrote: "Who else here doesn't have English as his or her's mother tongue ?

I found part of this book hard to get into, like the very first story, which felt like an historical novel.

And the 6th story, o..."

Me too! Gave up I think during the fourth story. This week I bought a spanish (my native language) translation, so I'll give it another chance soon.

[Sandi]

I think it's less about the language than about the style. Cloud Atlas is a very dense and difficult read.