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wanderonwards's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
jjustin's review against another edition
i want to read this in the future, but now the language is difficult for me and i am not much interested in it.
testaroscia's review
3.0
This is a troublesome book to rate. It definitely proved to me that I really like Mitchell's writing, in particular when he goes "insufferable Frobisher", but unlike Bone Clocks where i felt the whole was better with the parts I was not convinced of the same after finishing this book. I actually enjoyed the movie which i watched a week after finishing the book and it did clarify many points for me.
lalalaurenmay's review against another edition
3.0
The good parts are really good... the rest felt unreadable, literally unreadable, due to accents.
captlychee's review against another edition
3.0
One of the books that makes me wonder whether the people who rate these things so highly ever read anything. The 'six stories' idea is hardly new, or even that rare, and whle it's handled competently, surely competence is the first thing we should be expecting in a work of 'literary fiction'?
Anyway, the story of timothy Cavendish is scary but ultimately heartwarming. The story set in some future Hawaii, with a changed [a:William Faulkner|3535|William Faulkner|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1437805575p2/3535.jpg]-like dialect was better done in [b:Riddley Walker|776573|Riddley Walker|Russell Hoban|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1383166398l/776573._SY75_.jpg|762606], which ast least had the advantage of meaning something. The story of the cloned cafeteria worker had something going for it, until it refused to end conclusively. The story of the hunt for the Sixsmith Papers strains credibility and breaks it with an exploding bomb.
He does have a good way with vernacular, particularly with Timothy Cavendish, a very likeable person. This book will while away a drizzly weekend, but it won't change your life or your following week.
Anyway, the story of timothy Cavendish is scary but ultimately heartwarming. The story set in some future Hawaii, with a changed [a:William Faulkner|3535|William Faulkner|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1437805575p2/3535.jpg]-like dialect was better done in [b:Riddley Walker|776573|Riddley Walker|Russell Hoban|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1383166398l/776573._SY75_.jpg|762606], which ast least had the advantage of meaning something. The story of the cloned cafeteria worker had something going for it, until it refused to end conclusively. The story of the hunt for the Sixsmith Papers strains credibility and breaks it with an exploding bomb.
He does have a good way with vernacular, particularly with Timothy Cavendish, a very likeable person. This book will while away a drizzly weekend, but it won't change your life or your following week.
usersavvy's review
5.0
What a trip!
David Mitchell broadcasts his skill of writing dialects in this masterpiece. This book was so artistic and beautiful it made me wish I were an author. A cool story that is told through multiple cross sections of time.
David Mitchell broadcasts his skill of writing dialects in this masterpiece. This book was so artistic and beautiful it made me wish I were an author. A cool story that is told through multiple cross sections of time.
amberck's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Violence
cerinr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
outcolder's review
5.0
this guy is dealing with a lot of the same themes as [book:the man who was thursday] but in a more thought out and clever way.
there's a lot of nietzsche in here, and some comparison of his time-repeates-itself stuff with buddhist cycles. but for all the heavy stuff, it reads like an adventure story, or rather like 6 adventure stories. at the end there's a kind of 'the moral of the story is...' but it didn't bother me at all, and actually was kind of a relief as i was scratching my head about where the author came down on the question of should we bother?
as in should we bother when we're outnumbered by vicious idiots who are leading us to destruction... over and over again.
there's a lot of nietzsche in here, and some comparison of his time-repeates-itself stuff with buddhist cycles. but for all the heavy stuff, it reads like an adventure story, or rather like 6 adventure stories. at the end there's a kind of 'the moral of the story is...' but it didn't bother me at all, and actually was kind of a relief as i was scratching my head about where the author came down on the question of should we bother?
as in should we bother when we're outnumbered by vicious idiots who are leading us to destruction... over and over again.