974 reviews for:

The Book of Elsewhere

China Miéville, Keanu Reeves

3.39 AVERAGE

shortmage's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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: Yes

rzbachtel's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 6%

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Too violent, gritty. Plus I wasn't sure what was going on, who the characters were. Maybe would flow better in print, but I was lost listening to the audiobook 

mhsenglish's review

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tilltab's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful mysterious slow-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: Yes

deadevergreen's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Keanu Reeves is writing books now? I had to put it on my list after seeing it in the library. It's not my usual genre, but it was a good epic tale. 

creeves1818's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective

nnewbykew's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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It gets better about halfway through.

narschlob's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lui_the_third's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jonwesleyhuff's review

4.0

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Miéville's writing style can be something of a barrier at the start. But if you sink into it, there are so many riches to be found. I didn't realize this tied in with BRZRKR (a comic series I wanted to read, but haven't yet) but it was intriguing getting the story in a different form. It took a bit to "get" what the different perspective shifts were doing. But in the end, I found the book intriguing in its mix of ultra-violent action and philosophical musings about what it means to be immortal. The perspective shifts do an interesting job of giving you some insight into what it'd be like to have lived as long as B has.

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