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Gave up on Perdido Street Station and switched to The City and the City. Better but not sure I’ll be able to get through this either. Lots of exhausting texture and atmosphere with no real payoff yet. Accéntëd nøuns annoy me. What’s the appeal of China Mieville again?
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Trying to venture out of my comfort zone a bit, but this is more just not registering than discomfiting. I can see it’s good stuff for what it’s trying to be. Just foggy on why that’s worth being. I feel about this the way I do about people who obsessively optimize typography.
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Well I’ll give it another chapter or two to hook my attention. As someone who thinks there’s nothing wrong with comic sans, I think this may not be for me.
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Don’t give up on China Melville before reading the scar ... mind blowing. It’s got the wonder producing world-building plus a cracking story.
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In that case The Scar is his most narrative book. City & the City is the one that’s stuck with me the longest. But ultimately most his books are one or two good ideas, and the rest is worldbuilding. On top of it he’s a serial abusive dude who sues his victims into silence.