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I dislike both this and Miéville's Embassytown since in my opinion both set out to mislead me and then do a reveal which amounts "I misled you about what's real
by tialaramex 2y ago
I dislike both this and Miéville's Embassytown since in my opinion both set out to mislead me and then do a reveal which amounts "I misled you about what's really going on" and while that works for a stand up comic beat (e.g. Taylor Tomlinson "he cheated on me ... in my head") I don't want to read a whole novel this way.
Perdido Street Station and Kraken I really enjoyed, but I almost threw the book across the room for Embassytown once I realised.
- Annual 2y agoAs someone who hated The City and The City to the point of never reading Mieville again, I appreciate the warning for Embassytown. I sometimes consider reading his stuff again but I was genuinely offended by the trick in City. Like... I paid money for this? No. It felt like contempt for his audience.
- TeaBrain 2y agoWhat in particular made you feel this way about The City and The City? Like what were you expecting prior to the reveal?
- slothtrop 2y agoI hated PSS, and enjoyed Embassytown. I don't understand what's misleading about it.
- rkachowski 2y agoWhat's the Embassytown mislead? I read that recently and felt it was pretty direct.