Reviews

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

pennybeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

gipanu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sunshinemagik's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

guppyur's review

1.0

Tries way too hard to be weird just for the sake of being weird. That's Miéville, really.

zechs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

greencouchbooks's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

johnvferrigno's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

summerthunter's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

s_h_a_r_i's review against another edition

3.0

I wanted to love this book but instead mostly found myself being annoyed with Mieville's showing off his vast archaic (yet remarkable) vocabulary, and his talent for thinking up weird creatures and races. While the world building aspect was excellent, I really wish he'd have put as much effort in a less disjointed plot.

phoxx's review against another edition

3.0

Complicated feelings here. Excellent, if grotesque, word building, fine prose, gripping story, etc. But also, like, a total downer, man.