Halfway through Perdido street station and hating. Feel like
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Halfway through Perdido street station and hating. Feel like giving up. I've only ever given up one book (twice tried to read naked lunch) and I'm feeling bad about it. Has anyone read this book? I've read loads of books I didn't like until the last half or until the end (man in high castle). Does this book get any better?
>>7744542
no. read Gene Wolfe instead. much better.
PSS is pretty consistent the whole way through. it is a pretty god dang long book though. i'd say it's definitely worth finishing. everything comes together nicely in the end.
have you read any other mieville? i liked the scar a lot more
>>7744542
Perdido Street Station
>hissed
>hissed
>hissed
>hissed at her
>"NO," he hissed
That book has the worst dialogue tags of any book in the English language.
>>7744542
It gets better but overall it's a slow read. The second book in the Baslag trilogy, The Scar, is much better. The third, Iron Council, is a decent read but I'd probably have enjoyed it more if I bought into Mieville's political stance. Embassytown and the City and the City are the best Mieville books imo.
