I've finally finished this book. Needed to take a rest from it at one point and read something else.
I personally dont think this is the best book so far in the series, for me, it's the worst.
There are some good scenes and as always I really love Mieville's imagination. The creatures and his world are just brilliant
I enjoyed the storyline with Cutter and Co searching for Judah and the Iron Council. So wierd and exciting stuff there.
The storyline of the revolt in New Crobuzon which follows Ori is not as engaging but interesting at times.
I hated the back story to Judah, and felt it was wasted time having to go through it. I nearly put the book down to be honest at this part because I personally didnt see the need to go into so much detail
The joining of the two storylines at the end was weak. I couldnt help but wonder why there had been the need at all for the revolt plot other than to have a link back to the city.
It did make for a confusing read all this jumping around, and IMHO didnt really enrich the story that much. I real shame as there were some great scenes in the book and I felt Cutter and Judah were the strongest character's during their original storyline of their journey to find the Iron Council