Kokipy wrote:

I just saw there is a new China Mieville- The Rouse I think it’s called? Sounds good…..

Yes.  I have this one pre-ordered and am very much looking forward to it.
 

Aja Jin wrote:

I reserved a copy at the library. Hopeful it will be good. The last one, The Book of Elsewhere, wasn't up to his standard IMO. 
 

Tend to agree.  I enjoyed the premise and the story overall, but I couldn't figure out how much of it was his, and how much his collaborators work.  Some of the flashes of language were clearly his.
 

I think I have become a lazy reader. I am not loving The Rouse. It is too much work for me, right now, what with one thing and another. What’s it all about, concerned readers would wish to know. He has always been challenging but this takes it to a new level, for me. I eagerly await the input of all of you. 

An email missive from the Beast of Bezos informs me that my copy of The Rouse should arrive tomorrow.  Given its length I'm planning to try to get started on it almost immediately.

I would agree that Mieville's work is often challenging to tackle, but, in my experience, it has on balance been time spent worthwhile and rewarding more often than not.  I still remember my first encounter with his work, when I realised that the first 200 pages of Perdido Street Station that had had me so absorbed were essentially all world-building before the actual story got underway.

Do you want progress reports?