A review by smelliskay
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Really good book. Great world building. Book took an odd turn about halfway through, almost feeling like it completely switches genres. The first half would make an excellent thriller if it were the full book, and the back half would make a good action adventure if it were the whole book. Having both holds it back a little. Also im all for grimdark but some choices at the end had me scratching my head. Almost felt like shit being dark just to be dark. All that being said very memorable book which I thoroughly enjoyed.

(Also can authors please stop springing undeserved truth bombs on us in the last 30 pages of 600+ page books thanks)