Perdido Street Station contains a rich mix of ingredients typical to fantasy and sci-fi novels. Magic, artificial intelligence, demons, parasitic bodysnatchers, steampunk, and plentiful species like garuda, various mythical humanoid species and others that currently escape me. It is something normally I'd find too unwieldy, though it all came together quite nicely due to Miéville's talent for world-building.

I would best describe this book as an intersection of fantasy and horror. It feels similar to Clive Barker's Weaveworld and I suppose Stephen King's series The Dark Tower. The plot followed the typical hero's journey narrative battling unstoppable and supernatural foes.

The thing I disliked most was how the main subplot concluded, the one the book ended on. So incredibly unsatisfying. Yeah, I get the reason why it wrapped it up that way, but it'd have been best in my opinion to not write him as an unredeemable character. Despite it ending on a bad note, it was still a quite enjoyable and unique read.