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I've finished Un Lun Dun. I struggled with it for the first 20-25%, and was nearly considering giving up, but I took a look at some Goodreads reviews and noticed that even some of the one and two star reviews said it picks up after the first third, so I persevered.
I'm glad I did; it's not going to be among my favourite reads ever (or of this year, I dearly hope), but once it got going, past that 30% mark or so, I rather enjoyed it. It didn't really grab me, and after this and The City and the City, I think I'll just have to accept that China Miéville will join Neil Gaiman for me in the category of "authors whose work I really should enjoy, as they tick all the right boxes and do nothing wrong as such, but I just cannot connect with their writing".
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