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Hannah asked this question about Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1):
Ok, so I'm very early in the book, but so far I have come across the bartender who slit his mouth, and Sil in his bucket of filth. Generally I can handle a bit of queasyness, but with these two instances in such quick succession I'm not sure if I can handle too much. So, alreadyfinishedpeople, should I continue if queasyness isn't for me?
Suzanne Conboy-Hill I've just given up on it due to the descriptions of violence towards animals. Humans, in a sense, can look after themselves but even in fiction I find…moreI've just given up on it due to the descriptions of violence towards animals. Humans, in a sense, can look after themselves but even in fiction I find gratuitous animal cruelty unpalatable. I got about 30% in, whatever that is in pages. The City and the City and Un Lun Dun are as wonderfully weird as you'd expect but there's none of this kind of material.(less)
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by China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
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