Anthony Doeer's Cloud Cuckoo Land (2021) is a multi-stranded narrative based on a (invented?) Greek mythical tale; combining #scifi & historical fiction with a contemporary narrative, the tales intersect & intertwine to tell its story. Its a good idea & pretty readable but somehow it never quite engaged me. I felt like I was watching the fiction from outside, enjoying its mechanism(s) but not fully engrossed; good but not great!
Yes, the word count didn't allow me to make the comparison, but The Light We cannot See was a lot more compelling... I would emphasise that CCL is not a bad book, just not as good (and engaging) as LWCS
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