I could have sworn until two minutes ago that the name of the book I read was The Census-Taker. But it seemingly isn't. It is This Census-Taker. How did I miss that? Weird. Anyway, like anything by Mieville, This Census-Taker is weird. The setting is a bit uncertain. It seems like some kind of fantasy-type society but also not. Again - Mieville is weird. But I still felt like I had a good idea of it in my head. So kudos. Overall I enjoyed it, maybe because it was short and incredibly vague at points. A-
