skepticalmoose 's review for:

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
3.0
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Everyone bangs on about his brilliant world building, but it’s just four hundred pages of “man, this city is fucking gross” and there’s a woman with a bug for a head.  

Is Perdido Street Station one of those things only men like?  That would explain so much.