Aaron Schmid’s Reviews > Cloud Atlas > Status Update
Aaron Schmid
is on page 150 of 509
It's pretty good so far, but I haven't quite figured out what Mitchell is up to. There's cross-play between the stories, but if this all comes together neatly I'll be shocked. I hope it does. Will we go back to the narratives we've covered already? Or just keep plodding on through time? I don't think I really care much to go back, but I do want some kind of satisfaction in an ending that supplies a summary meaning.
— Sep 01, 2025 03:20AM
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Aaron Schmid
is on page 393 of 509
The time scale is stunning. And the marriage between the virtual past and future is wonderfully self aware and unabused. The Cavendish tale was perfect, haha. Sonmi was okay. The fulcral story was great. We'll see if he can wrap up Luisa Ray and the other two in a poignant fashion. I'm pretty confident he will. This is a wonderful book. But it hasn't been all that deeply impactful yet, for whatever reason. We'll see.
— Sep 11, 2025 01:57AM
Aaron Schmid
is on page 239 of 509
I love all the nesting. The comet theme is cool too, as well as the various other echoed elements - Nefertiti, etc. I like how the themes from one bit sort of cross into the next: parasites, stories, and technology as a couple of heirlooms and invariable bedfellows. It really does live up to its name, as a map of linked vertices within some collective cloud of stored narratives. It's an oddly fun anthology, so far.
— Sep 02, 2025 02:18AM
