I buddy read this with Diana from YouTube/ D's Journey.

This was one weeeeiird book. And while the story was wonderfully complex and really well written, I just don't think it was for me which is why I'm giving it 2/2.5 Stars.

There's not much I can sy about the snyopsis of this book without making anyone who hasn't read it really confused so I'll say is it involves a teenage runaway called Holly who promises a strange lady that she will give her 'asylum'. The book follows Holly over the course of her long life, from different POVs, while Holly learns what it meant when she granted the woman asylum. The story involves body-hopping, immortality, a weird church with a creepy painting, people who drink souls...yeah, told you you would be confused.

David Mitchell obviously put a lot of work into this book and i can appreciate that for sure. I just think as a whole the writing wasn't to my taste. There were huge portions of the book where I was bored, and confused, and the only real time I was gripped was the section when the story was told by Marinus. Because that part actually followed some action, it was more fast-paced and I was excited to see what happened. We also got explanations in this part (400 pages into the book) which I could have done with a little bit earlier.

I had to give this book a low rating because I found myself not really wanting to pick it up, even though once I started reading I would be fine. So my interest just wasn't peaked enough. I'm really glad I buddy read it with Diana because it was the perfect book to discuss what the hell was going on with someone else and because I was buddy reading it, it pushed me to keep on going.

I will read more of Mitchell's work but not for a little while. I think I'll try Cloud Atlas next.