underratedpossum t1_ixttv41 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 8:10 AM Reply to comment by alexjg42 in Just finished "King Rat" by China Miéville by britishthing I'd recommend trying him again. Rat King was his first novel and reading it after his more mature works feels like reading a talented amateur trying to write like China Mieville but not quite getting there. Permalink Parent 3
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Reply to comment by alexjg42 in Just finished "King Rat" by China Miéville by britishthing
I'd recommend trying him again. Rat King was his first novel and reading it after his more mature works feels like reading a talented amateur trying to write like China Mieville but not quite getting there.