Reviews with content warning for Misogyny - Midnight Riot

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Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

20 reviews

carolyngrace's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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streetmuseums's review against another edition

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it just reeked of misogyny and had quite an immature narration to it. the whole premise of rivers as gods sounded really interesting to me but not worth continuing i don't think

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smmrmmrmmr's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

I really enjoyed listening to this. The magic system was really interesting and the plot was gripping.

HOWEVER:

The main character objectifies every single woman he comes across, and they all seem fine with this? every single woman in this book seems determined, at some point, to make him sexually attracted to him and he constantly thinks about boobs or butts and it takes up a fair part of his inner monologue. I choose to believe that this is not how all men think.

Too many descriptions of cars. The main character seems to belive that you can tell everything about a person by what car they drive, and know what car they drive by how they behave. I do not care about cars and I think he talked more about them than the murders he was supposed to be investigating

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reiniac's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted 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? No

3.5

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ladyarchaeopteryx's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Peter objectifies women all the time, and it's not great. There's so many descriptions of women's bodies and how the move, and he's quite fixated on it and it's gross.
Ghost/Magic/Rivers/Supernatural plot is nice, if confusing at times. I like that magic is a skill that really takes a long time and hard work to learn. And I want to know more about the Folly and Nightingale and who he is.

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