Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Cloud Cuckoo Land

by Anthony Doerr

2021•Historical•656 pages

Taste attributes: historicalscience fictiondramaadventurefresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricateglossyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connectionssocial commentary

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Boxlist takeA heavy, stylised historical novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HistoricalScience fictionDramaAdventureHuman spirit/resilience/survivalUnlikely connectionsSocial commentary

Subjects

IdahoSpaceThe futureLibraries

Details

Author
Anthony Doerr
Published
2021
Pages
656
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