Cloud Atlas: A Novel
 

Cloud Atlas: A Novel

by David Mitchell

From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors in Granta’s “Best of Young British Novelists 2003” issue, comes his highly anticipated third novel, a work of mind-bending imagination and scope.

A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in... (read more)

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sleepydumpling
  • Rated 4 stars

At the beginning of this book, I was considerably worried. I found the language of the first section very difficult to read, and just when I was starting to follow it, it ends abruptly and moves to a new section. I really struggled with learning a new "language" with each section.

But by the time I was a third of the way in, I started really enjoying it, and that's when I did notice that the stories do pick up in the second half of the book. I had been worried that I would find them...

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David
  • Rated 2 stars

A surprisingly popular book that I found the annoying (especially the language), overly-contrived (the structure worthy of someone who had just finished a creative writing class), and over-long... I spent the last couple of hundred pages begging for it to finish.

One of those books you just don't understand why everyone thinks is great.

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  • Rated 4.38601 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • Raoul

    raoul said:

    Somni is the clone. The narrative is her telling her story before being executed for wanting to be treated as a human being.

    posted Saturday, March 29 2008
  • ethan h

    ethan h said:

    I just finished this... great, great book!

    posted Monday, November 12 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
  • mench

    mench said:

    Be sure to read other novels by Mitchell. I really enjoyed Ghostwritten.

    posted Wednesday, September 12 2007
  • dingsy

    dingsy said:

    Amazing, riveting read. Each of the novellas was a mini masterpiece, ranging through various styles/periods and genres-an incredible achievement.However, felt that the split narrative detracted slightly from my overall enjoyment-but it lent a clever and imaginative twist to the novel as a whole.

    posted Wednesday, September 12 2007 ( | view 3 replies )
  • adpicourtney

    adpicourtney said:

    Well right now I am about half way through but I have really enjoyed it so far. I am waiting for it to all come together. I think the format has provided more of a challenge than most books I have read recently and I really love that. When you read a lot sometimes you get to the point were you see the surprises and the links and it's not as fun...but not so far on this one for me!

    posted Friday, June 1 2007
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