Biggest Disappointments

: Painfully unrealistic: couldn't wait to give the book away hence it's not in my Lib Thing.

zottel: I loved all of Mitchell's other works, especially Ghostwritten and The Bone Clocks. Compared to those, Cloud Atlas really was a disappointment. Flat characters, boring stories, all in all far away from the quality of his other books. It's not really bad, but not very good, either—Mitchell can do MUCH better. If you haven't read a Mitchell before, don't choose this one as your first.

Cecrow: Probably deserves another chance, but was too dense for me to penetrate.

aulsmith: Found it nearly incomprehensible.

aulsmith: It just didn't grab me, especially after all the hype from my friends.