The Bone Clocks
by David Mitchell
2014 / 640 pages
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Oh what can I say about a genius author whose latest book does not live up to the expectations of the last?
I loved reading Cloud Atlas – loved it – both times – text and audio versions – the whole thing. I also loved The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (with a small exception) , but I wasn’t so crazy about Mitchell’s earlier Black Swan Green.
I think I expected “great things” from The Bone Clocks and, well, for the most part it’s very good – but when the plot devolves into body-snatchers and zombie-like activities including a war between the semi-immortal good guys (the Horologists) and their equivalent bad guys (The Anchorites) – well … >>> MORE>>>>