Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

20 reviews

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Enjoyable read and good set up novel for the series. I found small sections a little too verbose which sometimes brought the quick pace to a crashing stop but that would be my only complaint and I'm hoping that's just partly down to this being a scene setter first novel in the series. Looking forward to book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Addiction, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Torture, Gore, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

elesme's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Story was interesting, but was far too violent

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Child death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

extrey_extrey's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, and Torture

selimhannah's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Gore, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, and Excrement

searobin's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

The misogyny, fat-phobia, and horniness was very off-putting. I wanted to DNF this book, but it was for book club so I didn't. 

I think the premise had a lot of potential, and I did enjoy some aspects of the storyline, but it was not executed well. 

I would absolutely love a book (not by this author) from the perspective of Mother Thames, or one her tributaries, though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Medical content, Gun violence, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Death, Addiction, Misogyny, and Sexual content

mayvisin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book! The world building was super fun (especially the rivers), I really enjoyed Peter as a protagonist, the supporting characters were really interesting and the audiobook was really well produced. 

The fly in the ointment for me (and probably why this was 4 instead of 5 stars) was that I was getting a literary version of "Would this pass the Bechdel test?" because almost all the female characters seemed defined by their sexual relationships/availability/lack of availability to various male characters. Clearly after reading mainly women authors for several months, going back to male portrayals of women is a bit of a shock to the system.

I liked the book enough though that I plan to continue the series and hope it gets better from that standpoint...🤞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

Minor: Addiction and Rape

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

This had promise, a supernatural force at the London police, investigating crime but man this wasn't great. Super slow and just kind of boring? Maybe better as a physical read but such a proling process for no reason as an audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Drug abuse, Islamophobia, Murder, and Rape

noonjinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A really good contemporary urban fantasy mash up of police investigation and supernatural thriller. It's dark, mysterious, exciting and funny. Nicely paced and plotted with some great twists that I didn't see coming. I'm looking forward to reading more in the series. Apparently there's a TV adaptation coming and I think it's perfect material for that.

The book is a lovely first person narrative full of dry humour. There are lots of wonderful pop culture references, some of them so subtle that I'm sure must have missed others. All of the characters are great. Even the bit parts have quirks and attitudes and you can tell they have backstories and feel they live outside the book. Mother Thames and her daughters are awesome. What really shines through is the author's obvious love of London in every grimy detail.

I thought the opening was a little contrived but if you push through that it's well worth it. I guess the author needed to get his main character signed up before things really start going. Once you're a few chapters in, you can sit back and enjoy the ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

raquel_rqlh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness and Medical content

mags_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Gore, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Medical trauma, Child death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape and Suicide