969 reviews for:

The Book of Elsewhere

China Miéville, Keanu Reeves

3.39 AVERAGE

fishky's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

filledecriture's review against another edition

3.25

mysterious slow-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: Yes

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I understand why the chronology kept jumping around but I also wish it hadn’t. 
Living forever seems very grim. 

fatfakeshady's review against another edition

3.25

slow-paced

glfeinberg's review

3.25

dark

Plot or Character Driven: Character

scrooge3's review

3.0

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China Miéville writes a novel based on Keanu Reeves' outline, much of the premise taken from the [b:BRZRKR|55169755|BRZRKR, Volume 1|Keanu Reeves|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1611497746l/55169755._SY75_.jpg|86010273] graphic novel by Reeves and Matt Kindt, but changed and expanded considerably. Miéville is one of my favorite authors, but this book reads more like a movie novelization than a true novel. Scenes jump around and characters are sometimes hard to differentiate. There are some very weird and exciting ideas lurking in the book, but it's really kind of a slog to get to them. The second half is better, but I suspect a lot of readers won't get that far. The ending, like the graphic novel version, is quite open ended. I suspect Reeves wants to make this into a long series, alternating between comics, novels, and film. There's a lot of potential here, and I wish him luck.

jet_nebula's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lc_xiaogu's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

notallbooks_mp's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

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Couldn’t get into this one. Not sure if listening to the audiobook was the problem?

pipperipembo's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The basic idea is great. Loved it. But the writers style bored me to tears. Made me hate reading it which was weird coz I was intrigued by the premise!

coldguy's review

3.0

challenging dark reflective slow-paced