The Scar
by China Miéville · first published 2002
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3HN commenters
2016–2018first – last mentioned
33% recommend67% neutral
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Mieville's Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of intriguing characters and dazzling creations. Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of
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…political in it. Overall, I loved the theme, setting, language, but didn't get much out of the plot. That's mostly how I've felt about all the Mieville books I've read so far. (With the exception of The Scar which was delicious in every aspect.) I keep reading them because I love every sentence, page, chapter, but I don't expect the whole to ultimately satisfy.
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