Definitely weaker than Perdido Street Station or The Scar though it is (the characters don't compel even though plenty of time is devoted to them, the scenes are less vivid, the pace of events is wrong, the politics doesn't come to life), Iron Council is nonetheless still ferociously readable even on a second pass. I hear the next one's going to be set in a different world, which I reckon is a good move on Miéville's part.
(last time)
