RaveZYZZYVAThe great challenge with a book such as Cloud Cuckoo Land is maintaining enough momentum to get from one favored protagonist to the next. Doerr keeps his chapters short and punchy, the narrative powered by a long series of cliffhangers. For some readers, clever Konstance and dogged Anna may be the most compelling characters, but even Seymour possesses depths that prevent him from becoming a one-note presence ... overflows with love for literature and storytelling and nature ... a beautiful book, in its language, in its storytelling, in its urgency to steward literature and the natural world. It’s a big puzzle that satisfies a reader’s quest for answers and meaning across time and space, up to and including the final scene.
