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I was a little worried by the fact that Mieville's latest is a foray into "children's" fiction, but I needn't have. This is an excellent book, and destined to be a classic of young people's fiction. It really is that good.
It does owe a definite debt (acknowledged) to Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' - and it also reminded me of The Phantom Tollbooth (which comparison I am not positive is completely relevant, since I haven't read that since I was a kid) - but I got a similar feeling from it.
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It does owe a definite debt (acknowledged) to Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' - and it also reminded me of The Phantom Tollbooth (which comparison I am not positive is completely relevant, since I haven't read that since I was a kid) - but I got a similar feeling from it.
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I'm not certain what I think about the novel, but a few things should be pointed out. There were clever aspects and the writing was clear and obviously aimed at kids. The debt to Gaiman was obvious, but so was the debt to Michael Ende. The word-play drove the narrative, but more importantly, it drove the plot. In some ways, it was clever and interesting, but I was left wanting something else. I couldn't believe how much the novel was about umbrellas, unbrellas, and rebrellas. I suppose my main c
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