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In THE BONE CLOCKS, David Mitchell examines the long life of Holly Sykes, who is born into a working class family in Gravesend, a village in Kent, in 1969. In doing so, Mitchell writes six connected novellas that show Holly in two different worlds. These are:

o THE NORMAL WORLD where Holly is: a 15 year old runaway who is angry with her mother and disillusioned with her boyfriend in 1984; a waitress at a ski resort in Switzerland who has a fling with a charming bastard/sociopath in 1991; a mother at a wedding who momentarily fears her young daughter has disappeared in 2004; the author of a best-seller who gets to know the bad boy of British literature in 2015; a cancer survivor who regrets writing her best-seller in 2025; and a grandmother taking care of her orphaned grandchildren in a dystopian Ireland in 2043.

o THE PARANORMAL WORLD where Holly is: a runaway with a history of paranormal moments who innocently provides asylum to a so-called “Atemporal” spirit that is fleeing from its enemies (the Anchorites) in 1984; the last person with serious contact with a sociopath who joins the Anchorites to gain immortality in 1991; a mother who lapses into a paranormal spell and locates her missing daughter in 2004; the author of a best-seller about her paranormal moments who intuits that the bad boy of British literature is at high-risk in 2015; a cancer survivor who joins the Atemporals in their war against the Anchorites in 2025; and a grandmother in dystopian Ireland who benefits from a paranormal-driven deus ex machina in 2043.

IMHO, Mitchell does tie these story lines together with great skill as his narrative jumps from decade to decade in Holly’s eventful life. Even so, I did think that “Sheep’s Head”, his final novella, is a trifle forced and even anticlimactic. Yes, it’s a dystopian world in 2043. Who’d a thunk? But the dystopian stuff, while interesting, also seems like a contrivance and plot twist from an author who didn’t know how to finish his book. Here, BTW, is Holly reflecting on her dystopian world.

“It’s grief for the regions we deadlanded, the ice caps we melted, the Gulf Stream we redirected … the seas we killed, the species we drove to extinction, the pollinators we wiped out…all so we didn’t have to change our cozy lifestyles. People talk about the Endarkment… as if it’s an act of God. But we summoned it…”

Yours truly prefers realistic fiction and seldom reads novels in which the elements of fantasy fiction and paranormal mumbo-jumbo dominate. But in THE BONE CLOCKS, I encountered such fantasy-genre and paranormal staples as reincarnation, telepathy, apertures to impossible dimensions, chakra-eyes, an immortality machine, black magic, an evil icon that resides in The Chapel of the Dusk of the Blind Cather… Regardless, I was involved and actually cared about the fate of Xi Lo, who during the First Mission against the Chapel of the Dusk… well, never mind… it’s an involving and fun read although not a book that I could explain to my wife as we conversed at dinner.

Rounded up and recommended.


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The Bone Clocks Limited Edition David Mitchell 8601415754537 Books Reviews

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(I want to give it a 5, but the bait and switch - which it its brilliance, might be offputting to some. I LOVED it!!!)

A fine quasi-supranatural fantasy which begins in a Heat Wave in the 1980s - Mitchell creates a thoroughly engaging and delightful protagonist and follows her through her life span, through the eyes (some of which are very peripheral to her) of a variety of characters. It creates a superb meta-game in which the readers finds themselves in a new body/character each chapter and must figure out who they are and what they are doing.

Then the dramatic climax takes place - all is revealed and explained.

And then there is one more chapter.... in which everything - novel and all - is subverted. I found it brilliant. Others may find it to be a swindle, but it was clearly all set in place carefully well in advance. This is NOT a sloppy or casual book and makes for very fun reading if you like re-adjusting to a new personal universe in each chapter.
The hardest thing to understand about this book is why so many critics panned it. I have to strongly disagree. TBC is complex and, like the labyrinth central to its story, it relies on a series of stops and starts, blind alleys, abrupt turns-- all leading one way, to ultimate clarity. The characterizations are, without exception, as solid and three-dimensional (often four-dimensional) as any in Cloud Atlas, which this most recent novel is compared to quite frequently. But, where Cloud Atlas follows separate characters in different times, TBC tracks its characters (the same characters) throughout time. Immortal souls jump from body to body like fleas on a dog. Battles are won and lost in an alternate universe where Cathars maintain a semblance of unholy life and where "good" and "bad" aeons fight for the souls of men. While it's technically a "science fantasy" (vs. science fiction) of the Golden Compass variety, there's plenty of realism and even noir to the tale. The pace builds right to the end, culminating in a kind of gnostic Armageddon. It gives nothing away at the start (and I'll not countermand that here), but, rather, unfolds like a flower as plot and persons click into place. Obscure occurrences from the first few chapters suddenly make sense, and the labyrinth is revealed, the path visualized from above. Some readers may find the book a little too "New Agey", if that's even a phrase, but it never settles into any rigid organized dogma and leaves enough to the imagination to be a page turner. It's another great one from David Mitchell who has been chosen (and rightly so) as one of the 100 authors to write for the Future Library (which is itself an interesting concept. Google it.). Five stars, without a doubt.
I am a big fan of David Mitchell and have read all of his books, so I was really looking forward to the Bone Clocks. Unfortunately this time I was disappointed. The book starts strongly and grabs you from the start, however it does not live up to its potential and fizzles out as time goes on. The book is quite long, which in itself is not a problem, but the plot is very convoluted and there are too many characters that do not get fully explored, while others show up only to disappear just as you started to get interested in them. In addition, I feel that readers who have not read his other books may be at a disadvantage here, as some of his major characters have come through from other books. Finally, I was left with the distinct impression that this book was written with the idea of selling movie rights on it. There is a very "Harry Potter" like battle scene near the end of the book that is quite unbelievable and more geared to a younger audience.
In THE BONE CLOCKS, David Mitchell examines the long life of Holly Sykes, who is born into a working class family in Gravesend, a village in Kent, in 1969. In doing so, Mitchell writes six connected novellas that show Holly in two different worlds. These are

o THE NORMAL WORLD where Holly is a 15 year old runaway who is angry with her mother and disillusioned with her boyfriend in 1984; a waitress at a ski resort in Switzerland who has a fling with a charming bastard/sociopath in 1991; a mother at a wedding who momentarily fears her young daughter has disappeared in 2004; the author of a best-seller who gets to know the bad boy of British literature in 2015; a cancer survivor who regrets writing her best-seller in 2025; and a grandmother taking care of her orphaned grandchildren in a dystopian Ireland in 2043.

o THE PARANORMAL WORLD where Holly is a runaway with a history of paranormal moments who innocently provides asylum to a so-called “Atemporal” spirit that is fleeing from its enemies (the Anchorites) in 1984; the last person with serious contact with a sociopath who joins the Anchorites to gain immortality in 1991; a mother who lapses into a paranormal spell and locates her missing daughter in 2004; the author of a best-seller about her paranormal moments who intuits that the bad boy of British literature is at high-risk in 2015; a cancer survivor who joins the Atemporals in their war against the Anchorites in 2025; and a grandmother in dystopian Ireland who benefits from a paranormal-driven deus ex machina in 2043.

IMHO, Mitchell does tie these story lines together with great skill as his narrative jumps from decade to decade in Holly’s eventful life. Even so, I did think that “Sheep’s Head”, his final novella, is a trifle forced and even anticlimactic. Yes, it’s a dystopian world in 2043. Who’d a thunk? But the dystopian stuff, while interesting, also seems like a contrivance and plot twist from an author who didn’t know how to finish his book. Here, BTW, is Holly reflecting on her dystopian world.

“It’s grief for the regions we deadlanded, the ice caps we melted, the Gulf Stream we redirected … the seas we killed, the species we drove to extinction, the pollinators we wiped out…all so we didn’t have to change our cozy lifestyles. People talk about the Endarkment… as if it’s an act of God. But we summoned it…”

Yours truly prefers realistic fiction and seldom reads novels in which the elements of fantasy fiction and paranormal mumbo-jumbo dominate. But in THE BONE CLOCKS, I encountered such fantasy-genre and paranormal staples as reincarnation, telepathy, apertures to impossible dimensions, chakra-eyes, an immortality machine, black magic, an evil icon that resides in The Chapel of the Dusk of the Blind Cather… Regardless, I was involved and actually cared about the fate of Xi Lo, who during the First Mission against the Chapel of the Dusk… well, never mind… it’s an involving and fun read although not a book that I could explain to my wife as we conversed at dinner.

Rounded up and recommended.