Over at the Literary Saloon, they reviewed Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. They also post links to other reviews of the book as well, which is extremely helpful. While initially saying they think it his best book yet, they only gave it a B+ and this confuses me a bit. “We enjoyed his first two, but Mitchell has made strides: Cloud Atlas is considerably better, a more sustained effort where both the pieces and the whole work better.” Sounds like high praise to me, yet just the B+. Maybe they are more tough with the grades than I am.