![]() ![]() On the surface, she is a regular teenager: infatuated with her older boyfriend, has problems at school, doesn’t get along with her mom… But, as Holly narrates to us, we get a sense that there is something “magical”, mysterious, and other-worldly about her and the world she lives in. ![]() In The Bone Clocks, we meet our main protagonist Holly Sykes in 1984 when she is 15 years old. The Bone Clocks belongs to the latter category. ![]() On the other hand, there are certain novels that drop subtle hints of information throughout the story that require reassembling on the reader’s part in order to get the big picture in the end – these books beg to be reread. Let me start by saying this: there are some novels that are the most magical the first read-through with these novels, you work your way through all the suspense before feeling the catharsis after a big reveal or twist. After reading his newest Man Booker Prize longlisted book The Bone Clocks (my first Mitchell novel), I now understand why and am fully on board. David Mitchell’s works are internationally known and have received praise from beloved fans and critics alike (his most well-known work being Cloud Atlas). ![]()
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