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| On a score of 1-5 stars (5 being the best), how do you rate Cloud Atlas? |
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8% |
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8% |
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8% |
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16% |
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| ***** Loved it! |
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25% |
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| Gave up on it (explain why below) |
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33% |
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sirg1006
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dingsy
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Just had a very quick peek at this thread.
Have only completed 3 chapters, but I'm loving it. I adore the extravagant language-it flows so smoothly, I find it wonderful. Loved the 2nd"Letters from Zedelghem" chapter/novella.
So far I'm finding it stunning, have established what is probably a tenuous link, but...wow!
Am surprised that it was so disliked by so many-hope it lives up to it's initial promise, and I don't also get bored with it! |
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mummymelly
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Elaine, I'm so happy that you're enjoying it!
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I'm pleased you like it too. I struggled with it, found it the content quite dull, but loved the idea behind it and can see it's well put together.
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dingsy
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It's reminding me in part of Roald Dahl's "Tales of the Unexpected". it's stunning:it's posing as many questions as it's answering at the moment, and that has got to be the mark of a good novel.
Am about to start the middle section-which I've heard described as "unreadable" or "brilliant", depending on your taste, so will be interested to see what happens hereafter.
Glynis-am not finding the content dull at all. "Orison of Somni" was amazing, and can't wait to see how it concludes. |
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amarie
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So glad Cloud Atlas has found another fan ! The Orison of Sonmi was my favourite part. Have you read any other of his books?
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dingsy
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It took me a while to read through this-partly as it's been a busy week, and partly because I really wanted to concentrate on it.
I loved it. Loved the differing lingustic styles, the seperate yet interlinked themes in the novellas. Enjoyed them all, particularly Sonmi, which was startling. The only one I didn't particularly enjoy was Luisa Rey. I persevered with Sloosha,despite hearing that it could be skipped (another reason that it took so long to finish the book) I'm so glad I did:once I became accustomed to the language in the middle section, it flowed much easier, and I found I was captivated by the pivotal middle section.There was a surprising amount of humour and clever word play interspersed in Sloosha, and it really was worth concentrating and not giving into the temptation to skim through it.
My main criticism was the split in the sections. I found it irritating rather than helpful/enlightening, and it detracted quite severely from my overall enjoyment (and for this reason awarded it 4 stars, rather than 5)
What a talented and imaginative novelist. He tackled various styles,in one novel-comedy, tragedy, political/social comment, historical, science fiction-and pulled it all into a homogenous and riveting novel. This will stay with me for a long time-and I would recommend it to those who haven't as yet read it.
(Amarie, I haven't read any of his other work, but as you can imagine, am now tempted to do so. "Black Swan Green" sounds good-not too keen on the sound of the 2 set in Tokyo)
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