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Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
This was an enjoyable book to read. I loved how the world that this story has set in, almost had too much science. There were so many different disciplines of "magic" that were studied like a science, and I loved that. I also found it interesting how they had computers like we do, but there was so many other things which were much more useful or interesting or better studied, that it kind of fell to the wayside. It really got me thinking about how different our world could be, depending on which disciplines exploded with interest. Why computers, why not, I don't know, psychology or something? Whatever. I really didn't like how they tried to half kill Lin at the end, that felt a little contrived, like they were just trying to get a YIKES out of the reader. In my head, she eventually recovers, because you can't destroy raw consciousness or something. The twist with Yagharek was alright, and definitely shifted an entire books worth of relatability in an instance. I enjoyed reading this book, but the ending had me frustrated. Good book though.