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Let me know how you find it - the reviews I've read of this weren't very inspiring.

 

I've just looked up The Windup Girl' and the 'decadent whims' of the man who finds the girl of the title don't bode well... I'll look up the others, thank your friend for me.

 

As I loathe Meyer with every fibe of my being, I should hope so that said, I never thought Rowling's writing was exactly earth-shattering either, just that the story (up to The Goblet of Fire IMGO) was genius enough to make up for it. Is the story of Mariah Mundi also genius?

Genius could be a word for it. Weird certainly and I found the last book of his 'Ship of Fools' very scary. There is a steamship which has a ventriloquist and lots of murder. There is one really amazing charter called Biba. She is cool beyond cool. Very disturbing book. Not to be read at night or on a ship.

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I really enjoyed Mariah Mundi and can't wait for the film. I don't know why some people dis this guy. I think his stuff is amazing - if not a little weird. His last book ship of fools was off the wall. I can't wait for the movie of Mariah. It comes out in Sept 2011 and I heard on variety that they were having open casting for the kids parts. Give him a shot and read him with an open mind. He writes as well as Rowling and beter than Meyer.