Perdido St Station
January 31st, 2003 02:47 pmAfter my unexpectedly long reading session on Monday night got me most of the way through, I finally finished off Perdido St Station yesterday evening. In the end, I did enjoy it, although it was never as gripping as King Rat (his first book). Like King Rat though, there's a sense of chaos bubbling under in the city all the time, a feeling, even when things are relatively normal (which they are for a while) that it could all slip out of control at any moment. It took a long time for me to get into the book, mainly because I didn't really warm to the characters very quickly although I'm not entirely sure why. I liked the variety of species, although it did start to feel a bit "monster of the chapter" at one point as they started pulling things out of the bag to try to combat the threat. Also, in the way of some of the best books, it left a lot of it's world, even the city, unexplored which made it feel much more like a real place, where no-one knows what's going on everywhere.
( Here be spoilers. Summary: Loose ends ++, Characters who are enigmas/think differently ++ )
It's a book with some great ideas, which it deals with really well. If you've only read the non-spoiler bit, don't be left with the impression that I didn't like the it, because I did, a lot in the end. It's not one I'll be re-reading every year (like The Sparrow, which everyone should read) but I'll definitely be going back to it.
Now I have to psyche myself up to try Peter F Hamilton before he comes to
ousfg. Any recommendations?
( Here be spoilers. Summary: Loose ends ++, Characters who are enigmas/think differently ++ )
It's a book with some great ideas, which it deals with really well. If you've only read the non-spoiler bit, don't be left with the impression that I didn't like the it, because I did, a lot in the end. It's not one I'll be re-reading every year (like The Sparrow, which everyone should read) but I'll definitely be going back to it.
Now I have to psyche myself up to try Peter F Hamilton before he comes to
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