The City in the Middle of the Night

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Charlie Jane Anders: The City in the Middle of the Night (Hardcover, 2019, Tor Books)

hardcover, 368 pages

Published 2019년 2월 12일 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-7996-2
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Quite a disappointment

내용 경고 Spoilers ahead!

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Interesting read this one. It took me a while to get through it, but in the end the world building was compelling enough to keep me interested, even if I didn't entirely get on with the writing style to begin with.

I have to commend the author for conjuring such a unique setting... the more I read the more I wanted to know about the histories of the two cities, the story of the mothership, and the mystery of the 'crocodiles'. It wasn't without annoyances though... the whole Bianca/Sophie dynamic was fascinating to begin with but became infuriating by the end. Mouth's arc felt more satisfying, but in the end the whole story kind of felt like it finished before it really got started. I read (after finishing it) that it's a standalone, which, frankly, shocked me, since I was sure it was going to be the start of a …