number9dream
Format: kindle
ASIN: B0012SMGOC
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
DNF @ 20%. Give me Blade Runner, give me The Matrix, ... even give me Vanilla Sky, ... but not hundreds of pages of pretentious writing and a plot that I cannot muster any enthusiasm for. Post-rain sweat and grime regunge Tokyo. The puddles are steaming dry in the magnified heat. A busker sings ...
This is the only David Mitchell book I've actively disliked. In "Ghostwritten," his trademark successes become flaws: fantasy blurs with reality, but the lines are utterly indistinguishable; long descriptive passages are showy instead of mood-setting; a unique method of storytelling detracts from th...
I recently implied that David Mitchell could do no wrong. Without a doubt, he is a tremendously talented author. Then I began reading number9dream and was immediately worried I'd have to eat my words. number9dream starts unlike any other Mitchell book; sure Mitchell has an eclectic style, but there'...
You'll love it, or hate it. It's that kind of book. I loved it.
David Michell's (b. 1969) sophomore slump, written 2001 while he was still in his eight-year stint teaching English to technical students in Hiroshima, a step down from the 1999 debut 'Ghostwritten' and definitely weaker than the charmed 'Cloud Atlas,' number9dream sounds better in concept than in r...
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