Barry A. (scary-floating-eye) reviewed on 9/6/2018 + 11 more book reviews

I cannot recommend this book. I got it because I read that it was similar to Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere (which I highly recommend), but that may be where the resemblance ends. China Mieville's scenes are sketchily described at best, which makes interpreting what you're reading fairly difficult. I had to concentrate and go back over what I had a read a few times to be clear about who was whom and what was happening, and it quickly became too much work to keep going. By comparison, Neverwhere is a much easier read. I'm told that this author has had a similar problem with another book and am not inclined to look at that book either.

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