PUG REVIEW: ZOO CITY BY LAUREN BEUKES

ZOO CITY BY LAUREN BEUKES
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Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, she’s forced to take on her least favourite kind of job – missing persons.

Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a teenybop pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions live in the shadow of hell’s undertow.

Instead, it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she’ll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives – including her own.

• GENRE: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

•  PAGES: 384

Published April 29th 2010 by Angry Robot

Paw Rating: 

Keypoints: mystery, violence, hard language, urban fantasy

In short: A great concept but i found the writing style hard to read and enjoy.

Ginny's The Book Reading Pug's Review:

Lauren Beukes is a new author for me and my owner but unfortunately this was one of the rare books i just couldn't finish no matter how hard i tried.

Lauren Beukes Zoo city is the story of a women named Zinzi who through pass incidents in her life has ended up with a sloth as a physical and emotional attachment to her being, these animal are attached to other people in the world who have committed crimes and are seen to be physical presents of the person sins.

Along with gaining an animal  familiar they also gain an gift, Zinzi gift is the ability to find lost things but in this adventure she finds more than she can handle.

I love the concept of the book and world and the mystery had a good base line but no matter how hard i tried i found the writing hard to digest with the plot line confusing at times and the characters a little 2D, it all lead to me becoming bored with the story sadly.

unfortunately this is not a pug love book which is a shame.

I hope you've enjoyed reading the review and see you soon.
Ginny
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