PSS: Part Four: Chapter 27-33

[Dara]

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[Dara]

All of the various species look like Guillermo del Toro/Jim Henson creations in my head.

I enjoy good world building but this is a whole fucking lot of it, often sacrificing good storytelling in the process. The book is so much better when there's actual plot advancement and storytelling, at least for me. The previous few chapters were quite good.

[Sky]

Finally some action - The disparate plot elements are starting to come together and we are getting a picture of how all the characters interrelate. Poor David and his sick obsession...Remaking brings on a whole new avenue of perversions. I enjoyed Vermeshank getting his comeuppance, though you almost start to like and respect him at the end - almost.

CI - Constructed Intelligence. That's actually pretty clever, I think I like that term better than AI, in that it AI implies that the intelligence is not real - is in fact, artificial, while CI merely states that it was constructed, but is could be no less artificial in nature. In the end of Part 3 we see that Yagharek probably has a role to play in defeating the slack moths, but I still can't but feel like the CI constructs can play some role, given that they most likely do not dream. Still curious who that repairman was, and if there is someone secretly helping Isaac or if the constructs sentient mutation was pure chance.

I like the Weaver...definitely an interesting character. Mieville does a great job creating new modes of thought and existence for races in the book. I loved the sentence "And then I moved in a direction I didn't know existed"

Yagharek's narration at the end of each part continues to be awesome. It's a stark contrast to how his character interacts with others in the book. Is he just silent, stoic, and/or ashamed, or does his imperfect knowledge of English (or common tongue or whatever) limit what he says?