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Book Review of Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, Bk 1)

Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, Bk 1)
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Really awesome read. BUT: This book has a dense vocabulary that can sorta overwhelm you when he starts to describe this huge, decaying city he's created. Sometimes as you read, his vocabulary will suddenly spike way up, and you think, wow. Thesaurus junkie. Honestly, I wish Mr. China had been a little less heavy handed with his description. The flow of the story would really have benifitted if he hadn't spent such effort on every little detail.

Anyway, those are the cons. The book is great when it's great and impressive when it's not. Haha.

Also: garuda are the freakin' bomb. I loved them so much.