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As multiple copies had been left in CMK library I picked this up to re-release, but I think I'll read it first so it's joining the 'to be read' books.

This is a very ambitious novel which just about comes off, mainly because of the strength of the writing. When I finished the book I couldn't help thinking that a number of shorter books might have been just as good, if not better, mainly because the links between the different sections were just too frail.
Still a good holiday read.
KORKY'S DAD

I'd slightly put off reading this as I expected it to be a more 'difficult' read than it actually turned out to be. I think I preferred the first halves of the stories because of the feeling of anticipation, as not all of the resolutions were completely satisfying. Some stories were significantly stronger and therefore ore enjoyable too - I particularly liked The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing, Letters From Zedelghem and The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish.
Like dad I thought the links were pretty flimsy, but I could see that the overall theme of the book was enslavement and how that repeats as a pattern through history.
The character Robert Frobisher describes the structure of his Cloud Atlas Sextet, in a mirror of the books structure, on page 463 "Revolutionary or gimmicky? Shan't know until it's finished and by then it'll be too late". I'm not sure which, if either, but it was very well written and I'd recommend it.

Left on the windowsill inside Beau Reveil boulangerie-patisserie.