![]() ![]() But first let me get a few other, more general remarks out of the way. ![]() It might be time to reconsider a few things. I will return to the significance and impact of the final 6th in the second half of this review, and that part might be of interest for those of you who’ve read this book 3 or 4 years ago. This should appeal to nearly any type of reader, and I think it’s a masterpiece – not a term I whip out lightly. And similarly, The Bone Clocks is genre defying in a manner that’s pretty singular: the bulk of the book being straight forward literary fiction, but nonetheless with a backbone that’s firmly supernatural fantasy, and a final part that is straightforward, hard hitting dystopian near-future science fiction. Mitchell is no small name: Cloud Atlas gathered widespread praise and attention – and also in The Bone Clocks he serves a grand narrative via 6 connected stories across 6 points in time – from 1984 to 2043, seasoned with a few shorter asides going back to earlier centuries. ![]() ![]() David Mitchell’s sixth novel is a tour de force. ![]()
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