Rob

Loved the concept/twist/secret. But the writing was average pot boiler at best. Good summer vacation reading.

Should just have been a short story.

Loved it! I wrote a review on my blog. Check it out: http://roblindsey.com/2012/09/book-review-cloud-atlas

I made the mistake of listening to this as an audiobook. Without maps to refer to or a detailed knowledge of French, German, and Belgian geography, I was lost for most of the book. It would have been easier to follow all the people and place names if I was visually reading them, too.

Very good latter-day Stephen King. Probably could've lost a couple hundred pages & been just as good or better.