The City & the City in Crazy Challenge Connection

Jan 01, 2020 Bookworm rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: bought-used, 2020-reads

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Jul 08, 2014 Barbara ★ rated it liked it

Shelves: zzz-cover-building, fantasy-science-fiction, zzz1-punctuation-in-title, mystery-fbi-pi-cop, zz-cover-blue, read-2014

This book was incredibly confusing to me. It's the first thing I've read by this author. The author makes up words but doesn't explain what the heck they mean (grosstopically, topolganger). I eventually figured out what the hell he was talking about but it took quite a while. He drops things in that he assumes the reader understands. Well I surely didn't. In reading other reviews, it appears that he's been dropping hits of his city in a city theme in his other books and finally put them all toge ...more

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Dec 26, 2021 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: z-read-in-2021

I had put off reading China Miéville for a long time as I thought it would be too weird and experimental for me. But this one, at least, was weird but still very pleasing to me! At it's core it's a murder investigation story, with some very Eastern European noir vibes. The good part is that when things get weird (and they do - there's some mind-bending thoughts about how the two cities work) , it never forgets that it is a murder investigation story! That's been a pet peeve of mine with other bo ...more

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Aug 02, 2010 Rusty rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Imaginative approach by a creative author! I liked the characters in the book very much - Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad is dedicated to pursuing the murderer(s), working hard to locate whoever is responsible for the death of a young woman in his city. His partner is Corwi, a woman who is devoted to her partner. In the rival city of Ul Quoma he is paired with Dhatt, a policeman as dedicated as he, who uses different methods to obtain results. Together the two investigate the m ...more

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Oct 26, 2011 Susan rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, fiction

If it weren't for the background setting of the two cities, this could have been a typical procedural crime novel: inexplicable crime, main protagonist, his colleagues at home and his collaborator abroad. And we don't get to know Inspector Borlú much as a person; in fact, we learn more about the lives and personalities of the victim and other potential victims and suspects. The cities, however, become vibrant personalities and actors in the drama.

I actually had a very hard time getting into the ...more

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