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Kraken is a rip-off of Neverwhere. Although I did prefer it, probably as Gaiman's writing is a little childish.
The City is similar in vein to Embassytown, insofar as he takes an esoteric concept and stretches (rather than expands) it into a story universe. It's a good example of a book that would be better as a short story.
Railsea tho. Lame finish. Too much predictability.
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Kraken and King Rat are shit, I got halfway through The City and found it to be a snorefest.
Whatever the title of the one about the world on rails was ok, but took a decent run up to finish, which is frustrating as Perdido St is one of my all time favourites, so he can clearly write interesting fiction when the mood takes him.
It's just not taken him that direction in any of his recent books.