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China Miéville: The City & the City (Paperback, 2011, imusti, Pan Publishing) 5 stars

When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge …

Review of 'City & the City' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I enjoyed reading this, with the many layers of meaning behind the premise in the story. I see my city with a new eye thanks to this novel. I am also training to see and unsee things in a more mindful manner.

However, the quality of writing is not very high, the author seems to take too many shortcuts with the language, which leaves one having to go over quite a bit of meaningless or incomplete sentences. This decreases the pleasure of reading a very captivating novel.