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Elizabeth
Understaning Cloud Cuckoo Land
Understanding this complicated novel was a problem. I nearly gave up, however determined to learn it as 4 separate novels, utilizing the chapter names. First I learn Zeno/Seymour, then Omeir/Anna, then Aethon’s story, and eventually Konstance, after which the entire novel clicked! I’m very glad that I didn’t go on this gem. I opened this e book, Mr. Doerr, and I’m amazed.
Margot P
Journey to residence
I feel one could be exhausting pressed to discover a librarian (as I’m) who wouldn’t love this e book. Whereas it’s full of characters, sci fi/futuristic parts, and a posh plot—at coronary heart, it’s in regards to the energy of books and the power of the human spirit. Completely applicable for robust teen readers as properly.
Jan
Beloved this e book
I actually did not need the story to finish I loved it a lot!
Margo Christensen
Mesmerizing ~
Doerr’s writing opens new strains of data for me: I analysis about as a lot as I learn in all of Doerr’s novels. Cloud Cuckoo Land integrates story, feelings, and human wishes because the reader juxtaposes story inside and story with out. This novel is heavy and lightweight and darkish and eccentric. Each my bones and coronary heart and sinew are strengthened and nourished on this Cloud Cuckoo Land. Wonderful. Thanks, Mr. Doerr!
Betty Taylor
Difficult learn, however price it
In fifteenth century Constantinople, we’ve got Anna, an embroiderer, who is set to be taught to learn. In a library, she finds a e book about Aethon. Aethon longs to be a fowl so he can fly to a utopian paradise within the sky, to Cloud Cuckoo Land. I liked the character of Omeir, a younger village boy who’s conscripted into the invading military, alongside along with his beloved oxen. He led a tragic life, so I used to be pleased when his and Anna’s paths crossed.
Current day 2020, in a library in Idaho, 86-year-old Zeno is in a library with 5 kids. He had launched these kids to Aethon’s story. They’re making ready to placed on a play about Aethon. He’s about to come across the opposite major character on this part, Seymour. Seymour is a vivid younger man who turns into an environmental terrorist. I’m not positive why, however I assumed the “previous” story made a great steadiness with the “current” story.
Sooner or later, Konstance is on a spaceship that has left Earth and is headed to a different planet. She frequents the library on board the ship. (I’d like to have an atlas just like the one she used!) This a part of the e book actually stretched the creativeness, however I made a decision to droop actuality and simply go together with it.
It took sensible writing (and fairly an creativeness) to suit all of the items collectively into a good looking tapestry of previous, current, and future. On the core of the complete e book are libraries and the significance of preserving books from being misplaced to historical past. And there are little jewels scattered all through – “sybil,” one by whom the gods communicate; a personality named Omicron and the outbreak of a virus, to call simply two.
I assumed it was definitely worth the wrestle to get to the purpose the place it began making sense.
RDRA
Fascinating, however not straightforward…
I’m typically not a fan of books the place there are a number of tales going down in several time durations. I discover that though the storylines ultimately merge the journey is just too disjointed and jumpy for my liking. This novel makes use of this format, and though I didn’t love that side, the writing and the tales made it definitely worth the effort. This can be a novel for lovers of books and libraries. It celebrates tales and the ability of books to teach, consolation and transport us.
The creator items us with characters we hardly ever examine – my favorite being Omeir, a boy who farms along with his group of large oxen and who’s compelled to work, driving his group for the Sultan who’s intent on invading Constantinople. In every story the eye to element is astounding – I really felt I understood the lives every character led – from minute private particulars to bigger problems with politics, faith, conflict, security and so forth. The novel made me actually take into consideration our world and what we’re creating and destroying. For me, when a narrative leaves me considering for days about such points it’s price studying!
