Bestselling author Miville returns to his roots in this exciting, no-holds-barred fantasy set in modern-day London. Crowds throng to the British Museum to see the dead Kraken, a giant squid. When it goes missing, a breathless search for the monster leads to strange, magical criminals, and mythical cults.
發表於2024-12-24
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圖書標籤: fiction Literature American
China Mieville is back in full form after 'The City and the City' (which I enjoyed, but found disappointing compared to his other books). 'Kraken' brings some of the skin-crawling conceits of Mieville's Bas-Lag novels -- the Remade, in particular -- to the more familiar context of contemporary London, and the interplay between the familiar and the otherworldly is riveting. There are shortcomings -- subplots and twists that could have been better fleshed out -- and it isn't a Bas-Lag novel, but 'Kraken' is still one of the most enjoyable things I've read recently.
評分China Mieville is back in full form after 'The City and the City' (which I enjoyed, but found disappointing compared to his other books). 'Kraken' brings some of the skin-crawling conceits of Mieville's Bas-Lag novels -- the Remade, in particular -- to the more familiar context of contemporary London, and the interplay between the familiar and the otherworldly is riveting. There are shortcomings -- subplots and twists that could have been better fleshed out -- and it isn't a Bas-Lag novel, but 'Kraken' is still one of the most enjoyable things I've read recently.
評分China Mieville is back in full form after 'The City and the City' (which I enjoyed, but found disappointing compared to his other books). 'Kraken' brings some of the skin-crawling conceits of Mieville's Bas-Lag novels -- the Remade, in particular -- to the more familiar context of contemporary London, and the interplay between the familiar and the otherworldly is riveting. There are shortcomings -- subplots and twists that could have been better fleshed out -- and it isn't a Bas-Lag novel, but 'Kraken' is still one of the most enjoyable things I've read recently.
評分Amazing
評分Amazing
Kraken 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載