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anna0526 's review for:
The Book of Elsewhere
by China Miéville, Keanu Reeves
I guess this one is a love or hate situation? I loved it.
I love China Miéville's writing and I highly enjoyed the twists and turns of the story, the time jumps, all the characters that were introduced just to tell a part of Unute's story and then vanish, the flips from 1st to 3rd person... It all kept me interested and awake late at night but it might not be for you if you enjoy more straight forward story telling and just want to turn your brain off while reading. (No shade, that's valid!)
I was afraid this would be a little too cartoony or shallow or too focused on the violence for entertainment part but it really was not. There is some gore but his fugue states remain as hidden from us as they are from him and we just see the aftermath.
I got a good sense of the MC and found him not entirely likeable even though you absolutely root for him and feel for him at the same time. For me it was his nonchalance toward making super soldiers out of the info the military gains from him, despite being unhappy about all the death and pain he has caused? Wtf, mate? You could just say no!
The side characters were all fleshed out enough to make them make sense and have a purpose and for some of the characters from the past I would have loved a follow up or for them to reoccur somehow.
I am not good at reading series but I´d like a part two here.
I love China Miéville's writing and I highly enjoyed the twists and turns of the story, the time jumps, all the characters that were introduced just to tell a part of Unute's story and then vanish, the flips from 1st to 3rd person... It all kept me interested and awake late at night but it might not be for you if you enjoy more straight forward story telling and just want to turn your brain off while reading. (No shade, that's valid!)
I was afraid this would be a little too cartoony or shallow or too focused on the violence for entertainment part but it really was not. There is some gore but his fugue states remain as hidden from us as they are from him and we just see the aftermath.
I got a good sense of the MC and found him not entirely likeable even though you absolutely root for him and feel for him at the same time. For me it was his nonchalance toward making super soldiers out of the info the military gains from him, despite being unhappy about all the death and pain he has caused? Wtf, mate? You could just say no!
The side characters were all fleshed out enough to make them make sense and have a purpose and for some of the characters from the past I would have loved a follow up or for them to reoccur somehow.
I am not good at reading series but I´d like a part two here.