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A review by johncrawford53
Kraken by China Miéville
4.0
Billy Harrow is a mullosc specialist in London's natural history museum. As such, it was his job to prepare the recently acquired giant squid specimen for display and preservation. But now that the squid has disappeared, Billy has been mistaken for its prophet, and dozens of competing apocalypses have all suddenly come to mutual agreement regarding the impending end of the world, Billy must quickly figure out what it all means and how to stop the momentum. Because all the lunatic and legitimate religions of London see one thing: the world burning forever without end.
This is a very London book. At least, I imagine it is, having only ever been in London for 3 days. The language and the theology are coarse and ad hoc, but that is the appeal. Billy and his companions are appealing and deeply flawed. The villains are particularly villainous, especially the dreaded duo of Goss and Subby. The whole book has a sense of bigger things in the background, even when the end of all existence is on the table. Its a fun, epic read.
This is a very London book. At least, I imagine it is, having only ever been in London for 3 days. The language and the theology are coarse and ad hoc, but that is the appeal. Billy and his companions are appealing and deeply flawed. The villains are particularly villainous, especially the dreaded duo of Goss and Subby. The whole book has a sense of bigger things in the background, even when the end of all existence is on the table. Its a fun, epic read.