
The Bone Clocks
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Narrateur(s):
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Jessica Ball
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Leon Williams
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Colin Mace
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Steven Crossley
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Laurel Lefkow
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Anna Bentinck
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Auteur(s):
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David Mitchell
À propos de cet audio
David Mitchell is an eloquent conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre-bending daredevil, and a master prose stylist. His hypnotic new novel, The Bone Clocks, crackles with invention and wit - it is fiction at its most spellbinding and memorable.
Following a scalding row with her mother, 15-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people", Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics - and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly's life, affecting all the people Holly loves - even the ones who are not yet born. A Cambridge scholarship boy grooming himself for wealth and influence, a conflicted father who feels alive only while reporting from occupied Iraq, a middle-aged writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list - all have a part to play in this surreal, invisible war on the margins of our world.
From the medieval Swiss Alps to the 19th-century Australian bush, from a hotel in Shanghai to a Manhattan townhouse in the near future, their stories come together in moments of everyday grace and extraordinary wonder. Rich with character and realms of possibility, The Bone Clocks is a kaleidoscopic novel that begs to be taken apart and put back together.
©2014 David Mitchell (P)2014 W.F. Howesi was all set to read more from the author at the start of the book, now I will avoid.
starts well, but goes downhill fast!
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Odd
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This is actually six stories, bound together by a few characters: Two narcissists, an adrenaline junkie, a healer, and a woman.
The author raises our expectations in one part of the novel, only to dash them in the next. Characters depart the scene for no apparent reason except to de-clutter the stage.
Even the climax seems all for naught.
Coming soon to an apocalypse near you
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My only complaint is the "denouement". Why did Mitchell consider it necessary to add the sad dystopian story at the end of the book.? Up until the climax, the book was great. Would have given it 4.5 out of 5 stars but for the nonsensical conclusion to this very good book. It's worth 4 stars.
Memorable
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Almost perfect.
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Each character is so incredibly unique and complex, with such wonderful thoughts and prose.
Loved every single word ;)
A fantastical narrative of time, love and rebirth.
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I was engrossed in the story in the first few chapters, but as the story become more convoluted, I found myself completely disconnected with the characters. I thought everything up to and including Crispin's chapter was fantastic. That's when it lost steam. I found myself struggling to pay attention to the Horologist story line, I just didn't care anymore. by the final chapter, I only continued to listen so that I could finish it (I rarely abandon books). I appreciated the regression from advancement in society substory, but it was lost in the weird disjointed fantasy. This book felt like an unfulfilling labyrinth in and of itself.
Started Strong
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