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 jhylton | Mar 23, 2023 |  This is the first of Mitchell's books that I've read. I was a bit confused with the whole meta-narrative thing, feeling much like a large portion of the story that's being told is a pretty big waste of reading time. However, poking around a bit, I discover that Mitchell's plan is to create an even larger meta-narrative with all of his novels, so I'm wondering if maybe I'll get a more solid sense of meaning (and/or closure even) with some of these stories by catching these characters in his other books. Only time will tell. I'm a fan of story telling that breaks boundaries, provided that the story still works, so I will not write Mitchell's work off completely as not for me, yet. (  ) BonBonVivant | Jan 18, 2023 | Wow. Such an excellent book. Each of the parts is interesting on its own, but only the last two parts help you make sense it of all and make you realize how it's connected to his other works. I loved the connections to The Thousand Autumns.. I will probably reread all of Mitchell's books in light of this one. So well written, so splendid, so heartbreaking... A masterpiece by a great writer at the top of his game. (  ) marsgeverson | Jan 12, 2023 | DNF @ page 125. Well that proves it, David Mitchell is just not for me. I didn't care for Cloud Atlas, and this seems to be turning into a similar style of thing, only much, much slooooooowwwwer. The first parts is about a dim teenager traipsing around interminably, angsting because her boyfriend has dumped her. There are a couple of snippets of surreal/otherworld events shoe-horned in, but with no context or follow-up. Then it stops in the middle (just like Cloud Atlas) and jumps a decade to an irritatingly selfish student's story, again with no context. I could see it continuing in this vein for the rest of the book, and that was enough for me to consign it to the Oxfam bag. (  ) SChant | Dec 19, 2022 | hmmmm... it was creative, but the fictional language and mystical abilities in the main body were a little too much. without giving too much away by far the best part of the book were the short parts that segued into the Cloud Atlas storyline. That part didn't need the over-the-top new world treatment, despite being in the future and fictional- which in my opinion is the authors key area of strength ( ) diveteamzissou | Dec 2, 2022 |
 Mitchell's plotting is as intricate as ever, and he indulges in many familiar tricks. Themes, characters and images recur in different configurations, as in a complex musical work; characters from earlier Mitchell books make guest appearances; there are sly references to Mitchell's literary reputation, as well as to the works of other writers.... Mitchell is a writer who will always do his own thing, and the question to ask about his work isn't how profound it is, or what category it belongs to, but how much fun it is to read. And on that measure, The Bone Clocks scores highly.  In fact, Holly’s emergence from “The Bone Clocks” as the most memorable and affecting character Mr. Mitchell has yet created is a testament to his skills as an old-fashioned realist, which lurk beneath the razzle-dazzle postmodern surface of his fiction, and which, in this case, manage to transcend the supernatural nonsense in this arresting but bloated novel.  Another exacting, challenging and deeply rewarding novel from logophile and time-travel master Mitchell
Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics -- and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly's life, affecting all the people Holly loves -- even the ones who are not yet born. A Cambridge scholarship boy grooming himself for wealth and influence, a conflicted father who feels alive only while reporting from occupied Iraq, a middle-aged writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list -- all have a part to play in this surreal, invisible war on the margins of our world. From the medieval Swiss Alps to the nineteenth-century Australian bush, from a hotel in Shanghai to a Manhattan townhouse in the near future, their stories come together in moments of everyday grace and extraordinary wonder. No library descriptions found. |
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2014 Booker Prize longlist: The Bone Clocks
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For these chapters, the fantastic element breaks at times and in ways that require some puzzling out to follow. (