sarah984 's review for:

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

3.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book definitely shows its age in some areas (at one point the author uses the word "autistic" in such a strange way that I still have no idea what he was trying to indicate, the plotline that pops up near the end and then immediately peters out also feels very dated) but overall I enjoyed this. The world felt original and the stakes always felt high. The characters were kind of awful but in a way that felt like it was on purpose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Trafficking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, War