Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

3.97 AVERAGE

albroswift's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

samu86's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pinappbuttonup's review against another edition

3.25
challenging dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mngordon's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced
Slow at the start but once it gets going it doesn't stop. Amazing new fantasy world that laughs at the more pedestrian ones still copying Tolkein.
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mayastone's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

catenigma's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated

wisery's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 67%
The pacing of this book was a struggle for me. I was never pulled in, and so I’ve been languishing and waiting for it to “warm up” for way longer than is reasonable. The story is heavy handed on one specific atmosphere, and I found the prose overly descriptive for the level of importance (eg. don’t describe something with intricate depth if it is not actually important). I think the plot is somewhat interesting, but the pacing is so plodding that I’ll never find out how it ends.

mvmckenzie16's review against another edition

4.0
this took me forever, but not because it was bad, though i did find it somewhat uneven. the world mieville creates, however, is pretty singular and fascinating.

sieza's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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aj_nash's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark mysterious 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: Complicated