tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post113981002420917628..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: I have strong opinionsJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1139915094162899492006-02-14T06:04:00.000-05:002006-02-14T06:04:00.000-05:00I haven't read Perlman yet, but I am planning to, ...I haven't read Perlman yet, but I am planning to, once I get War and Peace finished. Your comments haven't deterred me, but they make me very interested to see what you'd make of Cloud Atlas. Obviously, Mitchell also makes use of multiple narrators sa well, but none are really creepy, some are adorable. Mitchell's big thing is, of course, channelling other voices, and part of the fun is working out who. Or you can just enjoy the felicity with which he produces a half dozen completely different voices.<BR/><BR/>The one big downside to the book is that while you enjoy the skill, you come away wondering if he has simply put on a big sound and light show, with the message (there is one) being rather a simple one.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192508192861520882noreply@blogger.com