The trust involved in reading and writing

Last week I read The Book Of Elsewhere, the collaboration between China Mieville and Keanu Reeves. I knew nothing about this book when I got it. I’ve read a couple of Mieville’s books, and I’ve enjoyed them, but apart from that, I came into The Book Of Elsewhere with no preconceptions.

I’m still not sure what I think of the ending, but I was definitely engrossed in the story after the first hundred pages.

Those first hundred pages, though, were tough. I wasn’t sure what was happening. Mayb...