Kraken, by China Mieville

Fun, crazy, near-apocalyptic novel centered around worship of giant squids. It’s that sort of book. 🙂

I’m a little on the fence about what to say about this book. Loved the first third. Was completely confused by the middle. And by the end, felt like a bit of a chore to finish.

Still, it’s such an inventive story, with such memorable themes, and the characters are vividly drawn and unique, so overall I liked it — enough to pick up another book by Mieville, The City and the City, to read next.

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3 comments

  1. Al Jigen Billings
    April 10, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    The City and the City is a rough read. I prefer his earlier fantasy over the eastern European police procedural. He does have an actual science fiction novel coming soon though.

  2. Scott Putterman
    April 10, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    If you haven’t read them yet, Perdido Street Station and The Scar were great books.

  3. Rob Campbell
    April 10, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    I really enjoyed The City and the City. A lot. First Mieville book I read and was intrigued enough that I want to read the rest of his books. Kraken sounds like another interesting premise that was maybe a little hard for the writer to maintain? Looking forward to reading it though.

    Thanks for the review!