A first person story that stays faithful to a first person recollection. Had slight difficulty immersing (no pun intended for those who have read the book) in the setting. Ignorance of the society and slow understanding in some ways fits with the story, where the narrator herself is in some ways d...
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How can a novel about language leave one speechless? In a good way, I hasten to add!This was the third Mieville I’ve read, and they are all very different in style, content and my liking (or not).The core idea of this one is language: how minds shape language and how language shapes minds. Wonderful...
Embassytown is that rare thing in literature: unique. I'm sure there must be other books, other stories that deal with similar ideas, but I have yet to come across anything that comes close to the beautiful strangeness of this book. There are cons: Embassytown is far from perfect. Like all of Mievil...
There's a lot to like about this book, particularly for those interested in linguistics, semiotics, communication and culture. Anyone who's read Ursula LeGuin will see some obvious similarities, in particular the cross-cultural focus. What also excited me no end is that the book fits my gradually ex...
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