This Census-Taker (Hardcover)

from jen.e.moore

Eerie and unsettling - and yes, a little hard to follow. Or rather: this is a compelling story about a boy trapped alone in his home in the hills outside of town, with his father who may have murdered his mother, told years later, possibly by more than one author, in a wider setting that is proba...

from lauriebrown54

A young boy lives in a dystopian future; he and his parents live on a lonely hill outside of town. The mother scavenges things and grows vegetables that she trades for other foods in the run down town where a pack of feral children run. The father is a key maker; his keys are magical and can brin...

from Ken-Me-Old-Mate

Like every other one of his stories that I have read this is another strange little piece of work. Post apocalyptic and dystopian and brutal. I had no idea what was really going on here but that didn't stop any of the enjoyment. If you want safe, predictable stories with a beginning, a middle, an...

from tottman

Reading China Mieville is a little like being kidnapped. You're not quite sure what's happening, you're not sure where you going, and afterwards, you're not sure where you've been. That's where the analogy ends, because China Mieville is a wonderful experience and This Census-Taker, his latest st...

from nmele

Melville is a wonderful storyteller but this short novel seemed like one written by Gene Wolfe, full of cryptic and unexplained incidents and details. I enjoyed it and read it in a single sitting. It feels like the first of a series but who knows? Glad I read it.