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The City & the City
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What Members Thought

Alicja
rating: 5/5 (more like 4.75)

I loved it!. This is the story of the two cities. Both existing in parts in a shared space, the people of one city unseeing those of the other. The greatest crime is interaction, seeing without legally crossing the border. Wow, such a mindblowing concept.

The mystery was interesting and brought the very existence of the status quo into question (history, law, morality).

However, in the end I was left feeling emotionally detached from the main character, Detective Borl
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Dawn
Aug 01, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I ❤ China Mieville. That is all.
Stephen
Jun 10, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: science-fiction
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Shelves: owned
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May 25, 2018 rated it it was ok
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