Quick Synopsis – B appears to be an immortal warrior, he kills, and he dies, but he just keeps coming back. He teams up with a U.S Black ops group that promises to help B end his life. But there’s a mysterious force working behind the scenes, and it has plans of its own.

Song This Reminds Me Of – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones

Publication Date – July 23, 2024

Content Notes – There is a lot of graphic violence and gore throughout this book.

Rating – 2.5 out of 5 ⭐

Review – Look, I also picked up this book because it said Keanu Reeves on the front of it. Sue me. If you are a fan of other Miéville writings, enjoy comic books, or you really like speculative fiction, you might like this book. However, it just wasn’t for me. I thought the prose was clunky, the storyline was jagged, and the novel would have been better as a graphic novel.

The opening of the book was hard to read because none of the characters really had names. The intro also contains a stunning amount of violence, just in case you were wondering what kind of book it was. And the main character is described basically as Keanu Reeves. Is Keanu trying to tell us something? Is he secretly immortal?

As the story progresses, there are so many characters that are introduced that it becomes confusing as you try to hang on to the thread of the story. I thought the twists and turns were clever, but I’m not sure it was worth reading. Again, I can see where this would have been better as a graphic novel because you would have the visualizations to follow the characters.

Maybe this was too speculative and experimental for me, but I just didn’t like this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Ballantine – Del Rey for the ARC, all opinions are my own.