I. Merey’s Reviews > Perdido Street Station > Status Update

Also, a LOT of sentences like this:
"..." he said admonishingly. I'm like PLEASE MAN. I'm gonna have a stroke! Just say "blah blah blah," he admonished. "...." he said censoriously. (Me: has an embolism.)

Man, sometimes I wish I could turn the old editing melon off. :/ I am enjoying this book, but can't lie, find the writing a little distracting. I get the sense that when given a choice, Mieville always reaches for the $500 dollar word. But sometimes, that sentence needs a $5 or $50 word. Caviar's cool, but sometimes your writing needs a cracker. You feel?