I read this book because I saw the movie trailer and I am too damn impatient to wait for the movie to come out. It is my way of cheating the box office. Way to go me because now I want to watch the movie even more.
One setback of seeing the movie trailer before reading is I was expecting more from the book. It is not a good thing to try and predict a book with the movie because they are obviously going to be different.
A set of stories of people who are connected to each other. It isn't really as cool as the movie makes it out to be. The connections are really a backstory to the actual different stories themselves. You don't see the connections until the end of each story. I am saying this now because I read this book expecting it to be a big scifi conspiracy story. It is not, however it is so much better. Each person has to deal with the trials and tribulations of humanity in each of it's own time. Different locations, and different times in the past and future, but they all have to face the same problem which is what connects them. Obviously, there is more to this, but that would ruin things.
I am saying the things about the story because a lot of people I know have only heard about this book because of the movie. The movie uses the same actors for different characters and it makes it seem like there is a concrete plot going on in the background. There is not. Another thing is the different styles that each story is written can be extremely difficult to read at times and it takes a while to get the hang of it.It is worth it though.
This is one of the best novels I have read in a while and it challenges you to think beyond the pages.
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