The City & the City

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Inspector Tyador Borl of the Extreme Crime Squad finds deadly conspiracies beneath a seemingly routine murder From the decaying Beszel, he joins detective Qussim Dhatt in rich vibrant Ul Qoma, and both are enmeshed in a sordid underworld Rabid nationalists are intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists dream of dissolving the two into one. Best Read [ The City & the City ] Author [ China Miéville ] – kino-fada.fr The premise is extraordinarily interesting and meticulously developed The question posed what if two opposed cities existed side by side withthan an occasional overlap but were separated, not by an actual wall like East and West Berlin, but by the deeply enculturated habit of deliberate ignorance, a studied denial of the other, a fierce determination not to see The central dilemma when a murder is committed in one city, and the body is dumped in the other, how do the detectives inves The premise is extraordinarily interesting and meticulously developed The question posed what if two opposed cities existed side by side withthan an occasional overlap but were separated, not by an actual wall like East and West Berlin, but by the deeply enculturated habit of deliberate ignorance, a studied denial of the other, a fierce determination not to see The central dilemma when a murder is committed in one city, and the body is dumped in the other, how do the detectives investigate the crime without violating the taboos of their society The first third of the book and a brief coda at the end...Wow Okay, I m definitely fangirling for China Mi ville I love his limitless imagination, the skill to effortlessly make an unbelievable premise feel real, and ability to turn any setting and place into a true protagonist.SOME SPOILERS MAY HAVE CREEPED IN SOMEHOW, SO BE WARNEDThis is my first non Bas Lag novel, set in theor less real world But no reason to worry this remains as much of weird fiction as anything else by His Chinaness As Mi ville tries to write a novel in every genr Wow Okay, I m definitely fangirling for China Mi ville I love his limitless imagination, the skill to effortlessly make an unbelievable premise feel real, and ability to turn any setting and place into a true protagonist.SOME SPOILERS MAY HAVE CREEPED IN SOMEHOW, SO BE WARNEDThis is my first non Bas Lag novel, set in theor less real world But no reason to worry this remains as much of weird fiction as anything else by His Chinaness As Mi ville tries to write a novel in every genre of fiction, this time he tackles a hardboiled noir crime mystery. A murder of a young woman, investigated by a slightly cynical but good and incorruptible detective Tyador Borl of Beszel Extreme Crime Squad, quickly evolves into a much larger mystery plot It is a detective story, a hard boiled crime with all the specifics and peculiarities of this genre We have a murder mystery, high reliance on dialogue, fast paced plot, many logical leaps and jumps that may confuse the reader about certain plot points but t...Full on This book is special It s my first encounter with China Mieville and I m very intrigued to readWhat a mind bending story The 2 city concept is so challenging fantastic, not just a great idea but something very hard to really grasp in detail.The language is brilliant and fits perfectly in creating this noir detective story feel, the way the story is told, unfolding it layer by layer without ever being presented with a final truth and creating an atmosphere of strange Full on This book is special It s my first encounter with China Mieville and I m very intrigued to readWhat a mind bending story The 2 city concept is so challenging fantastic, not just a great idea but something very hard to really grasp in detail.The language is brilliant and fits perfectly in creating this noir detective story feel, the way the story is told, unfolding it layer by layer without ever being presented with a final truth and creating an atmosphere of strangeness and fascination In other books I would have taken issue with the lack of explanations starting very soon in the book But the way Mieville presents the myst...AN AMAZING, EARTH SHATTERING MAKE UP SEXUAL READING EXPERIENCE 6.0 stars We all know that relationships have there ups and downs and that spats are going to happen even to the strongest of them Well a few months ago, after having a couple of incredible years with China Mieville s books, i.e., Perdido Street Station and The Scar and , both of which are among my ALL TIME FAVORITESsuddenly turmoil The cause of the turmoil was Un Lun Dun, which I just did not like and thought was UGH LAME AN AMAZING, EARTH SHATTERING MAKE UP SEXUAL READING EXPERIENCE 6.0 stars We all know that relationships have there ups and downs and that spats are going to happen even to the strongest of them...4.5ish stars This is a simple, classic noir detective story Except it s anything but a simple, classic noir detective story The story at the heart of the novel isn t really out of the ordinary But the way it takes place is bonkers The setting of the book is in two separate cities existing within the same geographical grosstopical area How is that possible It s honestly pretty hard to figure out at first There s very little exposition we re thrown into this world, having it explained 4.5ish stars This is a simple, classic noir detective story Except it s anything but a simple, classic noir detective story The story at the heart of the novel isn t really out of the ordinary But the way it takes place is bonkers The setting of the book is in two separate cities existing within the same geographical grosstopical area How is that possible It s honestly pretty hard to figure out at first There s very little exposition we re thrown into this world, having it explained in bits and pieces through the eyes of our n...I am throwing the towel at 35% As per my 50% rule i will not rate the novel However, I will share my motive for quitting The writing was too difficult I thought is was only because my English is not my first language although i don t usually have problems but i read complains by native speakers so The struggle to understand what the author was trying to say, the weird choice of words and phrase construction made me detached from the plot and the characters I did not care about anything I am throwing the towel at 35% As per my 50% rule i will not rate the novel However, I will share my motive for quitting The writing was too difficult I thought is was only because my English is not my first language although i don t usually have problems but i read complains by nativ...I see why so many people are underwhelmed by The City and The City, China Mi ville s strange and wonderful homage to the mystery genre and his mother.It is because while The City and The City is both of those things, it is also andpowerfully a love letter to his fans and an act of oeuvre snobbery of the first order.What Mi ville has done is to build a story upon his favourite themes, and to require that his audience is familiar with other occurrences of these themes in his work to fu I see why so many people are underwhelmed by The City and The City, China Mi ville s strange and wonderful homage to the mystery genre and his mother.It is because while The City and The City is both of those things, it is also andpowerfully a love letter to his fans and an act of oeuvre snobbery of the first order.What Mi ville has done is to build a story upon his favourite themes, and to require that his audience is familiar with other occurrences of these themes in his work to fully appreciate what he s done perhaps inadvertently, but there it is Th...Can a city have a personality I think so Certainly the feel of Los Angeles is entirely different from NYC, and different again from Chicago, right But what are the components to a city s character Despite being the centerpiece of the novel, The City and the City never came alive for me Half the time I felt as if I was reading a dusty encyclopedia description of a city and half the time an oddly paced but elaborate mystery.The story begins typical for the detective mystery genre we follow I Can a city have a personality I think so Certainly the feel of Los Angeles is entirely different from NYC, and different again from Chicago, right But what are the components to a city s character Despite being the centerpiece of the novel, The Ci...Mieville is the sort of author I expect and want to like, but I didn t feel the love with The Scar This second foray into his works was farrewarding, and my third, Embassytown, was evenso there are some interesting parallels, too, which I ve outlined in my review.I enjoyed the concept, the wordplay, and the impossibility of categorisation it s a detective story, but it s set in a world that is Mieville is the sort of author I expect and want to like, but I didn t feel the love with The Scar This second foray into his works was farrewarding, and my third, Embassytown, was evenso there are some interesting parallels, too, which I ve outlined in my review.I enjoyed the concept, the wordplay, and the impossibility of categorisation it s a detective story, but it s set in a world that is not exactly dystopian or futuristic or fantastic but it isn t quite realistic either One of the characters sums it up nicely, There s a series of random and implausible crises that make no sense other than if you believe the most dramatic possible shit And there s a dead girl It is self referential in another way a book called Between The City and The City is mentioned ...Tyador Borlu of Beszel s Extreme Crime Squad is assigned to the murder case of an unknown woman To find her killer, Borlu must go to the neighboring city of Ul Qoma and team with Qussim Dhatt of the Murder Squad Can the two detectives from different cultures figure out who the victim is and why she was killed Wow The core premise of The City The City requires some explaining but I think I m up to the task Remember those perceptual illusions you were so enad with when you were ...

The City & the City
  • English
  • 12 August 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 312 pages
  • 0345497511
  • China Miéville
  • The City & the City