Utopia Avenue

David Mitchell
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Utopia Avenue

annmarwalk
7/20/2022
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Far from the hard-scifi but with its own brand of Mitchellesque weirdness. I could have done without the drug use and sex addiction, but then it wouldn't be realistic for the late 60's music culture, would it? Lots and LOTS of name-dropping, but the main characters were all fine and I would have actually appreciated more POV characters than just Mr. Hot Stuff. Lots of callbacks to other Mitchell novels - I loved the appearance of the Cloud Atlas Sextet as inspiration for a new and haunting piece, and seeing a favorite character show up for more than just a walk-on was a delight.