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matthew_pawlyszyn's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
hettyb's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
gillla01's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-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
4.25
lauraborkpower's review against another edition
3.0
I never really got into the plot of this one, but I loved that it took place over a single day, and I always enjoy Herron's omniscient narration and the Slough House characters. It's a decent quick read/listen (although I didn't like the accent Gerard Doyle used for Marcus).
iainkelly_writing's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
4.25
Three books in and still in love with this series. What makes this series stand out, alongside compelling twisty plots and expertly rendered spy seediness, are the characters. Collectively and individually flawed failures who stumble their way from one mistake to the next disaster. Only the descent into a sort of OTT action film shootout scene at the end here, while exciting, seems oddly out of place in the world Herron has created. Straight onto the next one.
monique3's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
4.0
"A hundred yards away, on a grassy knoll by the side of the road to which it had lent its name, ran a chunk of the Roman wall which had once encircled the City, still standing centuries after its builders had given up their ghosts. A symbol, it occurred to Lowell now. Some things endured, survived chan- ging attitudes, and it was worth fighting to preserve what re- mained of them." Page 2
"Lowell fell backwards as the world span out of control: lit-up office windows spiralled like stars" page 3
"It is not yet dark - it's the violet hour - but already the yard is shadowy with night." Page 7
"No place then, this, for a wandering spirit: ours sniffs, but not audibly, before disappearing then reappearing in this floor's companion office, and then in the pair on the next floor up. and then on the landing of the floor above that, the better to contrive a view of the building as a whole... Which is not, it turns out, a favourable one. These rooms which seem empty are in fact teeming; they froth with frustration, and not a little bile; they roil with the agony of enforced inertia." Page 8
"It's knowing it's the hope that kills you that kills you." Page 9
"Some days you could feel yourself growing older, going nowhere" page 69
"His tone had the same punchable quality you heard when government ministers dripping with inherited wealth lectured the nation on the culture of entitlement." Page 69
"That a delicacy for the pampered was acquired through brutality was hardly news. By any civilised standard, it was how luxury ought to be measured - wealth meant nothing if it didn't create suffering. Because the standard liberal whine that the rich were cushioned from life's harsh realities was laughable ignorance: the rich created those realities and made sure they kept on happening. That was what kitchens were for, along with prisons, factories and public transport." Page 192
"You could spend too much time in the world. Every so often you needed to check out." Page 200
"Jesus. An ex-soldier with a screw loose versus you lot. A bunch of losers with fewer moves than an arthritic tortoise. Wonder how this is going to pan out?" Page 220
"Lowell fell backwards as the world span out of control: lit-up office windows spiralled like stars" page 3
"It is not yet dark - it's the violet hour - but already the yard is shadowy with night." Page 7
"No place then, this, for a wandering spirit: ours sniffs, but not audibly, before disappearing then reappearing in this floor's companion office, and then in the pair on the next floor up. and then on the landing of the floor above that, the better to contrive a view of the building as a whole... Which is not, it turns out, a favourable one. These rooms which seem empty are in fact teeming; they froth with frustration, and not a little bile; they roil with the agony of enforced inertia." Page 8
"It's knowing it's the hope that kills you that kills you." Page 9
"Some days you could feel yourself growing older, going nowhere" page 69
"His tone had the same punchable quality you heard when government ministers dripping with inherited wealth lectured the nation on the culture of entitlement." Page 69
"That a delicacy for the pampered was acquired through brutality was hardly news. By any civilised standard, it was how luxury ought to be measured - wealth meant nothing if it didn't create suffering. Because the standard liberal whine that the rich were cushioned from life's harsh realities was laughable ignorance: the rich created those realities and made sure they kept on happening. That was what kitchens were for, along with prisons, factories and public transport." Page 192
"You could spend too much time in the world. Every so often you needed to check out." Page 200
"Jesus. An ex-soldier with a screw loose versus you lot. A bunch of losers with fewer moves than an arthritic tortoise. Wonder how this is going to pan out?" Page 220
gmjrooke's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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
futufutu's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
croscot's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Didn't click with me as much as the other 2 in the series did. But then I also took a massive break at 70% and had forgotten what the book was about by them time I decided to pick it up again. Still, it was an enjoyable read. Despite how dysfunctional the Horses are, I like almost all of them anyway for some reason ;__;