This was a difficult book for me to read. For whatever reason, my eyes would just slide off the page. I’d turn the page and realize that I had no idea what happened on the page I just read. I truly have no idea why. It’s a book that’s perfectly aligned with stuff I would normally read - a slightly fantastical mystery. And I kept pushing myself to read the book because I was really enjoying it. It was just a difficult read. (I did find that as I went through the book, it got easier to read, so that helped.)

I loved the intrigue and mystery of it all. I truly didn’t see the ending coming. I loved that while Miéville did a fantastic job of building this world where two cities occupy the same space, there’s a few details he doesn’t give, a few questions he doesn’t answer. He just leaves you to intuit your own answer to those questions and the world feels more meaningful for letting you have your own impact on it.

Truly, I would read an entire series set in this world.