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A review by empoi
The City & the City by China Miéville
4.5
A crime novel with a interesting SF plot. Two cities become intertwined, one ontop of the other in different spacial planes. The author navigates expertly the reality of having to "un-see" the other city as you walk down a street that is two streets at once.
A plot the quickly could have been very confusing was narrated in a way that felt natural. Progressively reminding us less and less of the most basic natural laws that govern this world as we get used to them. We are a frog in a boiling pot no longer noticing the sharp divide between their reality and ours while that same shard divide plays an integral part of the story plot.
A plot the quickly could have been very confusing was narrated in a way that felt natural. Progressively reminding us less and less of the most basic natural laws that govern this world as we get used to them. We are a frog in a boiling pot no longer noticing the sharp divide between their reality and ours while that same shard divide plays an integral part of the story plot.