Ah. I've only read Cloud Atlas and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, both of which I mostly enjoyed (there were one or two threads in CA where I really didn't care for the narrator but the others kept me going and I was intrigued by the way it all linked together, and I got the distinct feeling I'd have got more out of TTAOJDZ if I understood the rules of Go). I have a vague memory of looking at the premise for The Bone Clocks and deciding to pass, and you are not making me regret that decision!