![]() ![]() ![]() Six short stories ranging from 1984 to 2043 tell the story and in the end it all comes together with Holly as an old woman. Holly isn’t the only character of interest others pop up and meet Holly at different times in her life. It’s good enough to hold its own in comparison to Cloud Atlas and theme-wise is pretty different. This doesn’t mean that The Bone Clocks is a rehash. This works perfectly for Mitchell because it allows him to showcase his versatility as a writer. ![]() The Bone Clocks is in some ways a repeat of the same narrative techniques he used in Ghostwritten (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2004) – switches between POVs, ranging across the globe, sometimes from past into the future, adding dashes of science fiction (in Cloud Atlas at least). It’s hard to look at The Bone Clocks without seeing it in context of Mitchell’s earlier works. Before she realizes it, she’s recruited by something supernatural embroiled in an epic, centuries-spanning conflict between two rival factions that only becomes clear through the span of her life. There’s weird stuff going on in her life: she hears voices, strangers know her name. Holly Sykes is an angry teenager, hormones raging and very stubborn, and runs away from home in heartache. ![]()
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