jeanbpdx 's review for:

Iron Council by China Miéville

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Another beautifully written, highly inventive novel in Miéville's extraordinary Bas-Lag world. A story of revolution, told over years, with strong plot and character development suddenly paying off in the last third of the book. This is the third of Miéville's Bas-Lag novels; although each has different characters and a different plot, the world-building and events, especially from Perdido Street Station (the first book), echo here. 

Classified as fantasy, but contains weird, steampunk, or Lovecraftian elements. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence