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Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

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zellie8's review

dark

Needs editing down. Too much descripion of places and instead neglects character relationships and story. Dense, wordy, and overly pretentious prose. Unrelenting darkness in a gross, dark, violent world with no lovable or redeemable characters and nothing worth rooting for (and an ending apparently that is just as bad). Cool creatures though. Imaginative.

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colorwired's review against another edition

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I’ve been reading this on and off this year. I’ll come back to it

krin5292's review against another edition

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4.0

I have to admit I was nervous about approaching this book again. I had started reading it years ago, but didn't get far. This time, I kept going, and I'm glad I did. Perdido Street Station is a intensely descriptive book filled with so much detail about New Crobuzon and its inhabitants. Woven throughout is the story of Isaac and his quest to help Yagharek fly and what that quest ultimately leads to. It'll be a while before the images of this book leave me and I look forward to reading the next book in the series, The Scar.

sussmannsusana's review against another edition

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5.0

In-cre-í-ble

nookandcrannyseattle's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Half a star off for an inconsistent narrator, but China Miéville never misses!

shr1ke's review against another edition

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Very much a fantasy novel, and I tend to lose interest in fantasy. It was extremely well written and interesting but was a bit long for my personal taste. I will look for another novel by this author.