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Originally Posted by hols57
I have just finished reading 'Cloud Atlas' by David Mitchell at the second attempt and I'm still not sure whether it was worth it. I mean it's very clever, but ultimately it is a big shaggy dog story at the end. You read on in the hopes that all will be made clear, but nothing is explained,and the bits of philosophy that he puts in are a bit like lumps in porridge - not very digestible!
Did anyone else find this to be so or is it just me?  |
I liked it, but then again I kind of like those all-over-the-place books -- they keep me on my toes!
However, I just finished his new book,
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, and I really loved it. It's a more straightforward story than Cloud Atlas, and as a long-time
Shogun fan I felt like I was returning to familiar territory.