Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

2003 • 509 pages

Ratings448

Average rating3.9

15

Six stories that thinly link together. I started this one in 2014, got about 30% into it and put it down for almost 3 years - as I thought it was fine, but really wasn't hooked. Picked it back up recently as it still simmered on my ‘currently reading' shelf and figured I'd best get on with it. I ended up listening to the last 70% via Audible (the recording is well done, btw). Parts of it I thought were fine, other parts I really liked. I would not have been able to get through Zachry's tale but for the fact that I was listening to the thing. Favorite bit was Timothy C tale - very funny once it gets rolling. I also really enjoyed the clone saga. Each segment is told in a very different voice. The linkage is thin - but interesting to see how each bit ties to the next and each story wraps up.

February 16, 2017