Review:: Railsea, by China Miéville

Title: Railsea

Author: China Miéville

Format: Hardcover

Rating: ★★★★★

Railsea is gorgeous, accessible, enchanting, and enthralling. It takes Moby Dick, throws in some Treasure Island and trains, all the while providing an incredibly novel world with extensive worldbuilding. It's been some time since I've read a book I enjoyed this much.

Review:: Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer

Title: Annihilation

Author: Jeff VanderMeer

Series: Southern Reach, #1

Format: Trade Paperback

Rating: ★★★★☆

It's really cool when I'm not too sick to read. (Which is pretty sick.) It's also really cool when I get to read something that's bizarre and wonderful. So reading Annihilation in the middle of a bout of illness and then finding it vastly enjoyable was exactly what I needed. Or, another way to put it, vastly what the fuck even just I don't know but wow, okay, where's the next one?

Review:: Iron Council, by China Miéville

Title: Iron Council

Author: China Miéville

Series: New Crobuzon, #3
Format: Hardcover
Rating: ★★★☆☆

Previously:
Perdido Street Station
The Scar

Perdido Street Station was definitely my favorite. While there was a lot I liked about Iron Council, I had trouble staying interested in the chaotic plot. Which doesn't make sense. I love it when Miéville has wild, crazy chaotic plots. Maybe it's just this series.

Review:: The Scar, by China Miéville

Title: The Scar

Author: China Miéville

Series: New Crobuzon, #2

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Previously:

Perdido Street Station

Apparently I read The Scar, but never wrote a review. Probably because I was so underwhelmed. I absolutely loved Perdido Street Station and I love Miéville, so I was expecting a treat. Instead, I was kind of bored, actually. Maybe it's because there's so little to do with New Crobuzon or maybe it was because I didn't care about the characters. Regardless, it was a solid two stars.

Review:: Looking for Jake, by China Miéville

Title: Looking for Jake

Author: China Miéville

Format: eBook

Rating: ★★★★☆

China Miéville is best known for his novels, but in short stories he's able to play with his craft in ways that wouldn't work in longer fiction. He left me wanting and unfulfilled time and time again, but simultaneously positive there was no other way for things to end.