A review by jenny_d
Kraken by China Miéville

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Things I liked:
  • It's funny, but not necessarily in a bust-out-laughing-on-the-bus-on-the-way-to-work-making-strangers-stare-at-you kind of way. More in a I-can't-stop-smiling-because-heck-this-is-some-top-notch-wittiness kind of way.
  • The world is intricate and layered, but still intriguing, and you can tell that there's even more of it to explore beyond London.
  • Wati and the union.
  • The magic system.
Things I didn't like:
  • I feel like this would have been a better paced story if it had been spread out across three or four books. As it was, there were a lot of times that I couldn't really keep track of who belonged with which group. That may be due to the fact that I read it by audiobook though.
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