I’ve been sitting here trying to think of smart things to say about David Mitchell‘s Cloud Atlas. It’s not that I can’t think of things to say, but it’s that I can’t narrow it down to one pithy comment that sums up exactly what I want to communicate. Instead, I’ll say, Cloud Atlas is:

• Dreamy
• Layered
• Complex
• Interconnected
• Creative
• Risky
• Beautiful
• Sad
• Hopeful
• Constructive postmodern
• Introspective
• Adventure
• Science Fiction
• Literary
• Mystery
• Genre crossing
• Futurist
• Smart

That works better than a blurb. It’s a messy novel and deserves a messy description. And yes, I mean that in the best way possible. If Cloud Atlas is all of these things, then what is Cloud Atlas?
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