Pros: fun premise, inventive monsters, could've been exciting Cons: terrible construction and characterization, no depth or reason to care
Do you think a story can be both fast-paced and boring? You only have to check out “new weird” fantasy author China Mieville’s first novel for children, Un Lun Dun, to see proof of this paradox in action. He starts ...
Pros: It would be hard to match this book for sheer inventiveness. Cons: Mieville's characters didn't "live", and for me that was Un Lun Dun's fatal flaw.
China Mieville's Un Lun Dun came highly recommended by a friend who felt that she hadn't enjoyed a SciFi-Fantasy read so much in a long time. So although I had heard mixed reports I was keen to read it for myself.The story follows the fundamental ...
Un Lun Dun is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things end up--including people....More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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