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	• Cloud Atlas: A Novel David Mitchell Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004 - 528 pages average customer review:based on 170 reviews view larger image
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Must read!

This is one of the best books I've ever read. It is a very complex book, which simply adds to its charm, since I didn't have any trouble following the storyline and interconnections that make up the novel. It is like a puzzle - you have to get well into the book to even slightly understand where it's going. But the manner in which it keeps you guessing I found absolutely intriguing. It has a very poignant, uplifting ending as well. Highly recommend it.

A Common Thread

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell was an exticing read. It grabbed you and didn't let go. I felt the need to keep reading to find the common thread and once I understood the "Sextet" it made the parts all become whole. It is a book that will stay with you for years to come.

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Challenging Read - Worth Every Second

This is a challenging but fast-paced and addictive book. Basically, it consists of six interrelated short stories, each told in a different narrative style, and each exploring, in varying contexts and on varying scales, the methods by which one group enslaves another, the oppressor's flawed justifications for so doing, and the power of individuals to overcome oppression and change the course of history. Sometimes the triumph over oppression is personal, sometimes it's far reaching, but it's always meaningful. Still, there's also a parallel theme at work here: the author seems to suggest that there will always be groups of people willing to opress others, that the fight against oppression is a never-ending duty passed on from individual to individual over the years, a duty that has a claim on us in the present no matter what progress has been made in the past. Overall this is probably the most impressive work of contemporary fiction I've read in a while, and although it took some effort to get into it, I'm extremely glad I stuck it out. Highly recommended.

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CLOUD ATLAS

I don't mean to write a review of this book. I just wanted to post my appreciation to the author for such a fine read and to recommend it to all of you readers out there who are looking for a challenging and rewarding read...
Six genres interlocked....satisfaction for all..

GREAT BOOK!

Listen to the CDs!

The best way to "read" this book is to listen to the audio version. The production is first rate. Each of the narratives that make up the book has a separate narrator, perfectly cast. Good voice actors can add immeasurably to the enjoyment of a work like this one, where most of the story is told in first-person type narratives: diary, letters to a friend, memoir, archival testimony, and campfire yarn. It's the difference between reading a Dylan Thomas story and listening to Dylan Thomas read it to you -- the text is the same but the enjoyment is multiplied.

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