Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
Taste attributes: fantasyscience fictionhorrormonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateglossyemotive & stirringfighting evilsocial commentarytroubled leads
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, fresh fantasy novel, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The air and rivers are thick with factory pollutants and the strange effluents of alchemy, and the ghettos contain a vast mix of workers, artists, spies, junkies, and whores.
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- Author
- China Miéville
- Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 710
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- Open Library
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