I was torn between staying up all night to finish and making the book last. I would have been happy to read another 600 pages about these characters.
Every part of the three skeins in Cloud Cuckoo Land was different and gripping and totally believable. As different as Ottoman Europe, the Korean War and outer space are, each was vivid.
I cannot wait to read Doerr next book. As much as I loved the last, this was even better. There’s no telling how wonderful the next will be.
So many writers have one great idea and never match it that it’s a real pleasure to find someone going on to even better books.

While I love Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land is just bizarre. I wonder if this book was published just because he wrote it. He’s definitely experimenting with a different type of writing and it’s not for me.