cybermorton 's review for:

The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville, Keanu Reeves

3.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It's a slow start - by the time I felt I had a grasp on what was going on I was 2/3rds of the way through. Fortunately it's a short enough book that I decided to finish, else I would likely have given up. The historical chapters were often interesting, and had fun ideas, but I couldn't wrangle much interest in the present-day chapters. I hadn't realised that this connects to a larger universe until seeing some of these reviews - not sure if that would add to my enjoyment