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David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas (2004, Random House Trade Paperbacks) 4 stars

Cloud Atlas is the third novel by British author David Mitchell. It was published in …

Review of 'Cloud Atlas' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This was good. Not mind-bendingly great - and I'm sad it wasn't better. It is still a good book. I like stories within stories, I like strange connections through time. I didn't pick up on strong enough connections throughout the stories. I guess I'll see the movie, which should be a bit more condensed and might make the connections clearer.

Things which are good about this book:
A new style for every story. Mitchell switches well between voices and they all read very well.
Great cliffhangers at the end of each first chapter.


Not so lovely:
* Terrible resolutions. The last half of this book could have been really explosive, but I felt each story wrapped up in very small ways.