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A review by rartastic
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
This review sums up my feelings pretty well: https://ucsdguardian.org/2015/04/01/fully-booked-china-mievilles-perdido-street-station/
Also a quote from someone else that he tries to give us too much breadth in the book, so he ends up twisting characters into things they wouldn’t normally do.
I got tired of how gross and dark the city was. There was some deus ex machina toward the end that I found annoying.
It felt like it was trying to be a new Ankh Morpork/Discworld. But it was way darker and worse.
Also a quote from someone else that he tries to give us too much breadth in the book, so he ends up twisting characters into things they wouldn’t normally do.
I got tired of how gross and dark the city was. There was some deus ex machina toward the end that I found annoying.
It felt like it was trying to be a new Ankh Morpork/Discworld. But it was way darker and worse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Violence
Moderate: Gore, Torture, Self harm, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Rape, and Drug use