“number9dream” is the second book by David Mitchell. For those who can handle the denseness, it will delight them more than most books will. It may be quite the undertaking for some readers, more than some can handle. Some readers may be turned off by this book because of how dense the novel is. The book was on its way, for them at least, to being considered great, but this wrecked it for them. The readers that feel this way, think that you should stop reading up to this point rather than spoil the great, enjoying read up to this point. It was almost as though the author stopped putting the amount of effort in the latter part of the book and just tried to throw the rest of the book together. The readers that did not enjoy the book as much said that the connections created throughout the book with many of the characters are just left hanging at the end of the book, an important character is gotten rid of in a very weak way. Mitchell can change his style to fit whatever he is talking about and can describe anything in any way possible. He will try anything and have no fear about it. The readers also praise Mitchell’s writing ability more specifically, his confidence. The characters in the book are very real, these people say, but all different. Or at the very least, take notes (lots of them) to keep everything straight. The readers who liked this book say that the book is best when read in one sitting to keep track of all the characters and all the threads running around in the book. The book has been praised by its fans for the book’s ability to be complex, ambitious, and intriguing it’s ability to show that the world is a paradox, tiny yet large. The whole book is told in the first-person and takes a peek at community, coincidence, catastrophe, fate, and causality all in the modern day. In all, there are nine chapters with a short coda concluding the book. Each chapter in the book is centered around a different character, but the book is held together with certain things that are similar and would appear to be coincidental. This novel is set in many different places, like: USA, Ireland, Britain, Russia, and East Asia (where the bulk of the novel is set).
“Ghostwritten” the first novel released by David Mitchell. Some will feature the standard one storyteller in one place.
These will feature great depth and detail, requiring multiple reads (or taking notes) to keep track of everything flying around in the book. And sometimes, like in the case of “Ghostwritten” with many different narrators AND many different places. His novels tend to move around, either in location or in time. Mitchell graduated from the University of Kent with a degree in English and American Literature. Him and his wife also translated a book from Japanese to English called “The Reason I Jump”. Mitchell wrote a semi-autobiographical book called “Black Swan Green” that features a narrator with a stammer he believes that the book allowed him to be honest about his speech impediment, otherwise he believes that he never would have admitted he had a problem otherwise. He also has a stammer, and a son with autism. He has lived in Japan two times, and it helped him become a better writer, according to his own accounts. He and his wife Keiko Yoshida live, with their two kids, in County Cork, Ireland. David Mitchell is the author of many short stories, operas, and novels, but none of his books have sequels.
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