I saw Keanu Reeves on The Late Show where he talked about his new novel, “The Book of Elsewhere,” he wrote in collaboration with China Miéville. So, I bought the audio version, put it in the car player for a road trip, and immediately regretted the purchase.
The story is about a character known as “B,” who has lived for 80,000 years. He is working with a black-ops group, for reasons that are not clear. His nemesis is a prehistoric pig known as the “deer-pig.”
Are you with me so far?
The book received extreme mixed reviews. I liked the review that called it a “word salad.” However, I grant China Miéville as a poetic writer. That alone on a scale of one-to-five stars makes it a two-star book in my opinion.
A kinder review says, “The Book of Elsewhere is characterized as a unique and innovative work that seeks to explore profound themes through a lens of thrilling action and mythological storytelling.”
Whatever…
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