Reviews

Slough House by Mick Herron

hayleybeale's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars rounded down.

The slow horses are being targeted by the Russians in the mistaken belief that they're the Service's crack assassin squad. Diana Taverner has got into bed with Peter Judd and his cronies. Jackson Lamb is as enjoyably unpleasant and stealthily lethal as ever.

So all the elements of a cracking Slow Horse novel are there, but maybe the formula is just getting stale or maybe this one just didn't seem to have as much there there as previous Slow Horse outings, but for whatever reasons I just didn't enjoy it as much. There's a lot of set up before the main plot kicked in (but that's also been the case with other books in the series) and it seemed to get wrapped up pretty quickly, albeit with an extended tie up of loose ends. Personally I could also do without a slushy romance between joes - that's not what I'm here for but that's just a minor grumble.

So it overall it was fine but I'm feeling a bit trepidatious about approaching the last book (so far) in the series and will perhaps give it a rest for a while before dipping back in.

lizzyloo9's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

kristinakg's review

funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

pickledcraig's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

aij's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

qobvmw's review against another edition

emotional

5.0

em1246's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Not sure I’ll ever get bored of this series.

Love seeing Diana getting some comeuppance

twowheelsaway's review against another edition

5.0

The slow horses are getting a little better at their jobs maybe?

shellihuntley4's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

greybeard49's review against another edition

5.0

What do you say!

Great series
Wonderful writing
Characters that you fall in love with
Intricate creative storylines
Funny! Funny! Funny!

What more can you ask for?