Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
I finished Un Lun Dun over the weekend, and as the third book I have read by China Mieville, I found it just a tad weaker than some of his other works. I think what threw me off was the tone and style. The style was more simple in nature, and the tone was softer than his other books.
On its own though, it was a good book. Closer to Neil Gaiman’s style in the form of a modern fairy tale, it enjoyed some of the spin of the Alice in Wonderland series and much of the subversive nature we come to expect from Mievelle. Some of the wordplay and puns were kind of fun, and the plot moved well enough along. I kept getting hung up on the fairy tale format, and it kept me from truly investing myself in the book.
I think as a first book for a new reader to Mieville, it would be a brilliant start. Mieville is a great author, nonetheless.
I thought all in all, it was good. Just not great. But again, Mieville is published, whereas I am not, so what room do I have to criticize?
Amen.
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