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Essentially a noir PI story in urban fantasy clothes. I liked it but did not love it. I've found it hard to figure out what was lacking for me--I think that ultimately there was just too much going on in too short a space. I had a hard time keeping the secondary characters separate. I appreciate that we got the world building without massive info dumps, but there was a lot to take in, and I wound up feeling slightly distanced from the book by confusion.
Having said that, the story is interesting and inventive and Beukes is a fantastically talented prose stylist. I will definitely read more from her.
Having said that, the story is interesting and inventive and Beukes is a fantastically talented prose stylist. I will definitely read more from her.