from English* to Tagalog to Hungarian to Esperanto to Chinese... and back to English again!It is quite a challenge in front of me, I also played its ideas. Children's Literature in the tradition of Alice in Wonderland, but not for me. I do not usually a fan of fun and good times and random stupidity...
A 3.5 star review.My expectations were totally off with this one. I'd heard it compared to Neverwhere so I expected a novel for grown-ups - or YA at the very least. But it's a children's novel. Not that I have a problem reading books aimed at children, and it was really well written, so definitely a...
Sigh...I was disappointed by this book. I normally really enjoy China Mieville the other books of his that I have read have been complex, imaginative and fun. The characters are always very well developed and their journeys are always twisty and weird. Un Lun Dun just didn't do it for me. And maybe ...
Working and studying full-time means I cannot give this book the review it deserves...*sadface*Just know that I loved this book, and it will rest in my mind among those of my favourites for as long as I can remember.
A full review can be found at SFF Book Review.China Miéville's brain must be an awesome and terrifying place. Un Lun Dun is a young adult adventure that takes place in a city that is so original it could be a character of its own. I cannot put into words how original and fun and clever this book is....
This is the first book I've listened to without having read first. It was a strange experience to say the least, but fitting for a strange children's book. Since not having actually read the book, I can't comment on the text itself. The story, however, is very weird, very enjoyable, and I very muc...
Strange things have been happening in London, and they all seem to revolve around Zanna. Her face appears in the clouds, foxes come to the edge of the playground and watch her. Strangers come up to her, using a nonsense word, Shwazzy, as if she should know what it means.When Zanna and her best fri...
(Read this sometime last week but forgot to log it.) Nice twist on the Un-Heroine. I missed reading a good Quest story. I wish they'd make a stop-motion animated film of this. :)
If there was an award given for most imagination used in a novel, China Miéville would have more trophies than he would know what to do with.The man really outdoes himself in this one as he introduces a multitude of fascinating characters who are to say the least rather unusual. A man with a bird in...
Nutshell: Alice goes to Wonderland, teams up with a Planescape: Torment crew, beats up sentient pollution with magic gun.It's a tendentious faerie tale for kids, very expressly YA. Not for me, overall, even if it has merit.Many moments of genuine inspiration and originality. Cool that slaves appe...
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