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False Value

Ben Aaronovitch

3.98 AVERAGE

lilaudio's review

4.5

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious reflective fast-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: Complicated

catherine22's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-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: Yes

kelly_may's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

maxire's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

mustakarppi's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

irenelund's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny 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: No

robotswithpersonality's review against another edition

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A unique twist on existing fears of the singularity, the idea of a truly self-aware AI developing consciousness, and perhaps the first time in the series where murder isn't the start of the investigation. I'm intrigued to see if we get further interaction with The Librarians; there's certainly room for the magical tech introduced to make a reappearance. Still, I think I prefer when Peter's not undercover, and when he's dealing with the more absurdly fantastical than plausibly sci-fi. Happy to report the next in the series seems to be starting out that way! ☺️

katieinca's review against another edition

5.0

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Peter is working at a tech company that for vague reasons, never met a Hithhiker's Guide reference it didn't like. That's delightful. We invoke Ada Lovelace. We learn about a shady society of powerful librarian magicians which of course I'm totally here for. I still have questions about the end, but I think I'm meant to.

priya_haha's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

motherofladybirds's review against another edition

3.0

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I enjoy this series. The tech setting was an interesting change. It is fun spotting nerdy easter eggs too.