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legume_and_beans 's review for:
The City & The City
by China Miéville
What a wild ride. Having finished this a few days ago my mind is still contemplating the universe created.
To begin with I would like to clarify that this was a mandated university read… so I was inherently distrustful for at least the first third of it.
Past that first third, confusion was very strong, I was unsure of what was happening, and frankly a little bit bored.
HOWEVER, things very much started to happen just over halfway through and from there I was hooked. What was originally a fairly boring concept that was confusing and felt like baseless grounds for a murder novel was now something that held more potential and intrigue. The final sections were completely and utterly wild. I didn’t foresee a lot of the actions that happened, and connections that were made from the beginning of the book well and truly came full circle and got explained (which I am discovering a lot of detective novels leave a loose end of the first few clues).
I enjoyed the final sections and because of that, it has been saved from a ⅕. In fact, knowing what I know, I would probably read it again so I could properly appreciate the first half to 2 thirds.
Conclusion? Difficult beginning, worth it in the end.
To begin with I would like to clarify that this was a mandated university read… so I was inherently distrustful for at least the first third of it.
Past that first third, confusion was very strong, I was unsure of what was happening, and frankly a little bit bored.
HOWEVER, things very much started to happen just over halfway through and from there I was hooked. What was originally a fairly boring concept that was confusing and felt like baseless grounds for a murder novel was now something that held more potential and intrigue. The final sections were completely and utterly wild. I didn’t foresee a lot of the actions that happened, and connections that were made from the beginning of the book well and truly came full circle and got explained (which I am discovering a lot of detective novels leave a loose end of the first few clues).
I enjoyed the final sections and because of that, it has been saved from a ⅕. In fact, knowing what I know, I would probably read it again so I could properly appreciate the first half to 2 thirds.
Conclusion? Difficult beginning, worth it in the end.