I was honestly a bit trepidatious going into this one. Mieville is one of my favorite science fiction writers, scratch that, favorite writers. Keanu is -- one of my favorite people, not necessarily one of my favorite actors?
And right off the bat I was looking to figure out which passages where written by which dude. There are a lot of interesting, if not great, moments, and the use of certain high-falutin' language makes me think they are Mieville's, but who knows. A collaborative project can bring things out of you you never expected, so maybe I should give Reeves more credit.
But at the end of the day, we have a pretty good, not great, "chosen one" story (which screams Reeves) met with some philosophical ruminations as to the implications (spoiler!) of immortality, or rather quite cleverly, "infinite mortalities."
If you're really desperate to read something new by Mieville, you could do worse. But it's never going to rank among his best work -- Perdido Street Station, The City and the City, Embassytown. The overall focus just isn't there.
Still, I liked it just fine. Thank you, Ted.
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