The novel starts in 1984 with a 17-year old Holly running away from home after an argument with her mother. Unlike Cloud Atlas, the sections move forward in chronological time (for the most part) and all cross paths with the central character, Holly Sykes. Like Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks is divided into 6 sections, each told from the perspective of different characters. I’ll be posting that review this upcoming tuesday. That time finally arrived when I received an advanced copy of The Slade House (being released Oct 27) which can be considered a companion read to The Bone Clocks. I’ve a had copy of The Bone Clocks sitting on my shelf for many months because I like to save the books I’m most looking forward to reading for time when I can dedicate as much time and attention to reading them. As a reviewer from the New Yorker so aptly stated, “each of his novels are porcelain babushkas hiding inside Mitchell’s meta-Russian-nesting-doll oeuvre.” Cloud Atlas is perhaps one of my all time favorite novels and I love how he views his individual books as being parts of a larger work. I should start off by disclosing that David Mitchell is my author crush and I spent a good 10 minutes just staring at the cover photo before even opening the book.
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