I kept expecting the book's genre leanings to sooner or later tip overwhelmingly towards either 1984ishness or private-eye-pulpishness. But he actually managed to make them run a good two-legged race.
It was a bit too contrived in places and the prose felt a bit awkward in places.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Books that I would review if I had the time for them
- 26/08/2010 01:52:49 AM
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i haven't read king rat, but yeah kraken was poor *NM*
- 27/08/2010 12:14:21 AM
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King Rat was a major disappointment
- 27/08/2010 12:20:17 AM
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no! you really are missing out
- 27/08/2010 12:35:59 AM
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I wouldn't start her with PSS
- 27/08/2010 12:46:35 AM
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The City & The City made me like Mieville again.
- 27/08/2010 04:53:59 AM
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It's not a favorite of mine
- 27/08/2010 05:09:59 AM
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