Book Log 2022 #21: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

The story in this book runs in three timelines - one set during the 1453 siege of Constantinople, one in present day Idaho, and one in the future on a spaceship delivering colonists to an exoplanet.  What each timeline shares is an ancient Greek story of a person who wants to be turned into a bird so they can go to a utopia in the sky. We see how the story affects the characters in each timeline, and the influence it has on them and, in some sense, the other timelines.

The book gave off Cloud Atlas vibes for story and character, and how these connected over time. I don't know that I liked this book as much as that one, but I did like it quite a bit. The page linked above tries to tie this in with Doerr's previous book, All the Light We Cannot See, but I don't think there's much of a connection. That shouldn't dissuade you from reading either book.