Mieville, China - Un Lun Dun

Oh, I love this!

Zanna and Deeba find themselves crawling into UnLondon (ergo the book title), where Zanna is the destined savior ("the Shwazzy") against the encroach of the deadly Smog. That said, Deeba is the character I love, and she is made of awesome. Girls of color who kick ass for the win!

I'm putting most of this under spoiler cut. So for those of you who haven't read it, go read it! It's wildly inventive and fun and I love it so much for some of its takes on genre tropes, and it has binjas and unbrellas and an UnSun and smombies, and like cofax7 says, it reminds me of The Phantom Tollbooth, only with a kickass girl of color and a world that both feels timeless and very modern.

( Spoilers )

I should say more, except I haven't written this up for days and days because I can't quite get through what I want to say. So just go read it!

Links:
- minnow1212's review
- cofax7's review
- gwyneira's review