Up for trade or release.

Sending off to fellow bookcrosser! Hope you enjoy! I didn't read this...nor did I find it to sound that great-however, I'll be anxious to see what you thought. Then I'll regret not giving it a try! (This is always how it works for me!) Enjoy!

thank you thank you! Wish granted! Though I wish you would have read it first! I will journal when I'm done reading...

Mieville's 'The Last Days of New Paris' was my favorite book the year I read it, so I expect great things from him. Mysteries other than Sherlock don't seem to be my thing, so this book probably wasn't bound to be my favorite. I think Mieville couldn't have improved this book any more though. It's from the perspective of a detective living in Beszel, trying to ignore an overlapping city, Ul Qoma, while also worrying about Breach making an appearance if he makes any mistakes. A procedural hinging on a very unique concept: two cities overlapping that are supposed to ignore each other when in the other city, for fear of the mysterious Breach serving justice. And is all this possibly to hide the even more mysterious ancient Orciny? I do like that he tried to fill the book with the mundane investigation to distract from the crazy concept but sometimes was a little too explainy for me. Unfortunately, the book wasn't grabbing my attention like I'd wish. To be fair, many books these days aren't getting the attention from me that they deserve. This one reminded me of Roadside Picnic which I hear Mieville mentions in Railsea, so that influence might not be just a guess from me. It's a little like 1984's Winston being a detective in a crazy city (and the city) that could have been in Calvino's 'Invisible Cities'.