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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
I have a lot of moth based artwork in my house and now I’m suddenly looking at it all with suspicion 😅
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Estuve bastante indeciso sobre cómo calificar este libro, y la razón detrás de mi titubeo radica en los numerosos altibajos que presenta. No obstante, estos altibajos no están vinculados a la calidad, sino a la manera en que el autor elige abordar su narrativa.
China Miéville posee una imaginación impresionante; eso es innegable. Sin embargo, tiene una inclinación preocupante a explicar en exceso antes de adentrarse en el meollo de la trama. Francamente, hasta alcanzar la página 200, no tenía la menor idea de hacia dónde se dirigía este libro. Si bien puedo aplaudir que no es predecible, en una novela tan extensa resulta inevitable sentir una cierta inquietud al carecer de una ruta marcada.
Podría argumentarse que su conflicto y clímax no son tan espectaculares, pero la novela nunca deja de ser entretenida e interesante. Esta es, en última instancia, la razón por la cual decidí otorgarle 4 estrellas. La Estación de la Calle Perdido se lee como un cuento folklórico en un entorno de ciencia ficción. Incluso en mi propia imaginación, no pude evitar visualizarlo con tintes steampunk.
No es una novela espectacular, pero fue mucho mejor de lo que esperaba y si bien siempre se debe juzgar con resultados encima de las expectativas, el que las haya superado ya es un gran mérito.
China Miéville posee una imaginación impresionante; eso es innegable. Sin embargo, tiene una inclinación preocupante a explicar en exceso antes de adentrarse en el meollo de la trama. Francamente, hasta alcanzar la página 200, no tenía la menor idea de hacia dónde se dirigía este libro. Si bien puedo aplaudir que no es predecible, en una novela tan extensa resulta inevitable sentir una cierta inquietud al carecer de una ruta marcada.
Podría argumentarse que su conflicto y clímax no son tan espectaculares, pero la novela nunca deja de ser entretenida e interesante. Esta es, en última instancia, la razón por la cual decidí otorgarle 4 estrellas. La Estación de la Calle Perdido se lee como un cuento folklórico en un entorno de ciencia ficción. Incluso en mi propia imaginación, no pude evitar visualizarlo con tintes steampunk.
No es una novela espectacular, pero fue mucho mejor de lo que esperaba y si bien siempre se debe juzgar con resultados encima de las expectativas, el que las haya superado ya es un gran mérito.
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wow, what a book. My copy was 867 pages long, and I sped through it in just over a week. It's dark, gritty, unpleasantly visceral (often literally), full of gore and slime and excrement. It's got some of the absolute weirdest aliens I've ever encountered (and I've read a fair amount of weird sci-fi) - cactus people, people with human bodies but a large beetle for a head, frog people, giant bird people. It uses vocabulary that I'd never, or only very rarely, come across. It's complicated and clever and gripping.
Things this book reminded me of: The Sandman. Blade Runner. The Great When. The first Expanse novel (Leviathan Wakes). The really prosthetic-heavy, squishy, gross sci fi films of the 90s, like eXistenZ.
You basically spend your time in a complicated, sprawling, London-inspired cityscape. You explore the different human and alien (xenian) societies, meet an array of generally horrible characters, and try to keep everything straight in your head. There are lots of horrible new predators who want to kill people. The book likes to push the envelope on what can be a sentient creature and how consciousnesses might be different in different forms. It's clever, but not too pretentious (maybe a bit pretentious).
I enjoyed the plot and the characters a lot. It's pretty male-protagonist heavy (I've read a lot of stuff by women recently so this stood out to me, but it's not unusual) and the female characters seem to come off worse, sadly, but honestly no one comes out of this book well. It was gripping, and the bits that were trying to be scary mostly succeeded for me. It's extremely unpleasant - I found parts about the way people were punished through body modifications particularly upsetting - you can glance at the content warnings to get the idea that this is not a walk in the park read. But it didn't feel like a slog at all. The plot feels a bit like an opportunity to explore the world, rather than particularly clever in its own right, but I still really enjoyed it and it had a few twists and turns.
I will definitely read the next one (The Scar), which I have already, but after a palate cleanser. There's clearly loads of the world to explore - this only takes place in the huge city, really, but there are obviously other cities and countries outside it.
Things this book reminded me of: The Sandman. Blade Runner. The Great When. The first Expanse novel (Leviathan Wakes). The really prosthetic-heavy, squishy, gross sci fi films of the 90s, like eXistenZ.
You basically spend your time in a complicated, sprawling, London-inspired cityscape. You explore the different human and alien (xenian) societies, meet an array of generally horrible characters, and try to keep everything straight in your head. There are lots of horrible new predators who want to kill people. The book likes to push the envelope on what can be a sentient creature and how consciousnesses might be different in different forms. It's clever, but not too pretentious (maybe a bit pretentious).
I enjoyed the plot and the characters a lot. It's pretty male-protagonist heavy (I've read a lot of stuff by women recently so this stood out to me, but it's not unusual) and the female characters seem to come off worse, sadly, but honestly no one comes out of this book well. It was gripping, and the bits that were trying to be scary mostly succeeded for me. It's extremely unpleasant - I found parts about the way people were punished through body modifications particularly upsetting - you can glance at the content warnings to get the idea that this is not a walk in the park read. But it didn't feel like a slog at all. The plot feels a bit like an opportunity to explore the world, rather than particularly clever in its own right, but I still really enjoyed it and it had a few twists and turns.
I will definitely read the next one (The Scar), which I have already, but after a palate cleanser. There's clearly loads of the world to explore - this only takes place in the huge city, really, but there are obviously other cities and countries outside it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia