I didn't care about Ori or Spiral Jacobs or Toro. I didn't care about Cutter, Elsie, or Pomeroy. Worse still, none of the characters are all that interesting. The opening was grandiose in Miéville's usual style (which, if you've read Miéville, is explanation enough if you haven't-why haven't you?) but our first meeting with the main characters is more confusing than enlightening.
I knew something was wrong-perhaps I should say off-almost from the beginning of this book. This is the story of why I should have been more careful with my wishing.
Recall in my review of The Scar how I was whining about my opinion of China Miéville and his novels remaining relatively constant? How I wanted to read something different, something I could say didn't rank equally with the other three novels by him that I have read?
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