Lauren O. (LoMel) - , reviewed on 12/26/2010 + 134 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Love Mieville's Bas-Lag trilogy, but this book didn't capture me as much; the writing was good but sparser than his others(probably necessarily due to the subject matter), and while the concept was really interesting I felt it just didn't really live up to its own ideas. I'm not usually a big fan of crime fiction, however, so readers with more of an interest in the genre may enjoy this book more than I did. The story was readable and interesting, I in no way mean to suggest that it wasn't a good book, but I didn't find it captured my imagination in the way the Bas-Lag books did and don't think it merits a second read. The paperback version does contain a very interesting interview with Mieville following the story. I'll be interested to see where he goes with Kraken, his newest release.

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