“Somni is the clone. The narrative is her telling her story before being executed for wanting to be treated as a human being. ”
“I just finished this... great, great book!”
“Be sure to read other novels by Mitchell. I really enjoyed Ghostwritten.”
“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.”
“Did you love this book?I did, mostly. It's in such an interesting format and that really kept me reading, waiting to see how each character would show up in the next part.My favorite, FAVORITE character was Timothy Cavendish. That whole book cracked me up. The BEST scene was the one in the bar when Mr. Meeks jumps up and yells "Are there nor trruuuuue Scortchmen in the hooossse?"Makes me giggle just thinking of it. = )”
“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!”
“Hmmmm.I have RARELY really enjoyed something I was made to read. I jsut can't let go and enjoy books that way -- I'm always too busy looking for the foreshadowing or the meaphors to realx and get into the book.”
“Yeah, the dialect in that middle part was a bit hard to slog through at times, wasn't it?”
“BSG is in my TBR pile!!!”
“Loved it. I had just come off of a loooong project and could finally read what I wanted instead of what I had to do to keep up with the field, when I heard Jeannette WInterson on the radio, asked for who she thought was writing interesting stuff at the time, and she mentioned David Mitchell. Cloud Atlas was what the library happened to have under his name. Fabulous stuff -- we're all part of a narrative... I thought each section went on a *bit* too long (sorry), and I thought the dialect part was a bit awkward, but hey -- everybody's a critique, and very, very few people can write like David Mitchell! I went out and bought it, even though I'd already read it as a library book. I'll get to Black Swan Green as soon as I have time --”
