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A review by hippahop
The City & the City by China Miéville
3.0
- all the classic parts of a noir, even the over explanation by the detective who figures everything out
- boundaries only work if everyone believes it works and respects the entity that enforces them
- truly panicked when he breached, the description was well written
- people "unsee" what they don't want to acknowledge, I'm sure that can be applied at multiple levels in the real world
- the economic differences between the cities is hinted at sometimes but Dhatt also says something along the lines of the cities go back and forth in terms of who is "ahead" so unsure if it's just a point in time that ul qoma happens to be better off
- boundaries only work if everyone believes it works and respects the entity that enforces them
- truly panicked when he breached, the description was well written
- people "unsee" what they don't want to acknowledge, I'm sure that can be applied at multiple levels in the real world
- the economic differences between the cities is hinted at sometimes but Dhatt also says something along the lines of the cities go back and forth in terms of who is "ahead" so unsure if it's just a point in time that ul qoma happens to be better off