Hooked on Books discussion

Members Starting the BR: Teddie, Heather, Anna & Vicki
Challenge: Book Quest Adventures
Book: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Anyone is free to join in this Buddy Read! Happy Reading!

Holy Moly was this book ever AMAZING!!! I had to read it and get it done so I'll wait for others before posting many comments.

(view spoiler)[Jeez, at first I was a bit confused. It seemed like the story stopped mid-air and then went on to something else. After I kept reading, I realized that was by design. I was so into the first story, Dr. Goose and his "treating" Adam, etc.

I really liked the relationship between the stowaway and Adam too. There were parts that I had to re-read because I had both the audio (listening while getting my nails done and other times driving) and the ebook. I absolutely LOVED this one and yet I never really wanted to read it. lol (hide spoiler)]

I will say that this book is BEAUTIFULLY written. It's lyrical, poetic, the prose is amazing, it held my interest and I was 100% engaged even at any point I got confused. I just had to re-read those parts to make sure I understood it.

And praises to the narrators of the audiobook. All of the narrators were excellent and helped me to understand the book; however, I don't think I would've done as well comprehending had I only used the audiobook. I'm not a great auditory learner.

Thanks for the recommendation, Trisha!

I think I should've done the audiobook from the sounds of it. I did the written version and had to keep taking breaks. I think it's because I just can't keep attention span on jumping around things sometimes. I gave it a 3 because I think it's a good book for most people but oh man I struggled. I had to read a little, and go find something else, and then back again.

I think that is a good assessment, Anna. I had both and I think that really helped me. Without the written version, I think I would’ve gotten confused by the audiobook alone. And I think that just like you, I might’ve had more difficult time with just the e-book or printed version and probably not enjoyed it nearly as much as I did.

I just finished this. Thanks for the suggestion to borrow both the ebook & audiobook - that definitely helped. And I rented the movie last night as well. I definitely struggled a bit with it, but that might be at least somewhat due to my current mindset.