The idea of Might on Monday is to post a book you are unsure whether or not it is for you. Hopefully people will reply and say whether or not they have read the book and tell you what they thought it.
My book this week is Cloud Atlas.
A postmodern visionary who is also a master of styles and genres, David Mitchell combines flat-out adventures, a Nabokovian love of puzzles, a keen eye for character, and a taste for mind-bending philosophical and scientific speculation in the tradition of Umberto Eco and Philip K. Dick. The result is brilliantly original fiction that reveals how disparate people connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky.
I have this book and I started it a few years ago, only managed to get a couple of pages in. I have heard it can be hard to get into. Have you read it? What did you think?
What book might you read on Monday?
Happy reading, bookworms.
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Love it! It definitely is better if you are determined to read it because the differing writing styles for each chapter take a little getting used to.
Thank you, ah yes I will read it sometime when I have time to sit down for a while and get into it. It looks quite complex so and I only really read a night just now, will make time for it. Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
This book doesn’t sound for me but maybe it’ll be the right one for you? My “Might On Monday” book may be Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Everyone in my book club loved it, but I could never get past the 50% mark. I might read it again another day just to see if I like it or not.
-Marianne
I have not read Shadow of the Wind, I have it, looks really good. I always love the idea of those kinds of books then often find I get bored, I really should stick to fantasy, I always think something new would be good. Of course there are other genres I love but they are more hit or miss. I am hoping to a Might on Monday every week, so feel free to join in. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by.