Review of The City and the City

Unnecessary & excessive obtuse dialogue in an attempt to be cutely mysterious. Poor & excessive use of flashbacks. Drama is mostly talking heads. The divided city where you're not suppose to see the other half even if they're next to you is suppose to be a metaphor for how religion, class, status & wealth divides peoples. But, factually the privileged in most current societies do interact w/their working or less than working peoples encouraging numerous interchanges such as housing, food, assistance programs, prestigious higher ed scholarships, creating pathways for h.s. dropouts to become billionaires. Even the Palestinians work in Israel; Hindi Indians in S. Arabia. Another plot point is the mysterious third city Orciny which has archeological artifacts yet does not occupy any space, time, language; has no past or present and sees/knows everything forever, all of which makes no sense. Summary: Had potential, but not well thought out.