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Real Tigers

Mick Herron

4.11 AVERAGE

rachelkp's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

helal66's review against another edition

5.0

These get better and better, good job I’ve already got the fourth.

johnharkness's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny fast-paced

elizabethpero's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ericas_reads_ca's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I find the series a bit wordy for the genre, but while I had to remember the characters as it's been a while since I read the one before, I find they're growing on me. Overall there wasn't too much to this story, some action and banter, but that was enjoyable. Also sets up for a continuation, which I'm interested to read.

adam_mcphee's review against another edition

5.0

Two things the Slow Horses books do well: keeping you guessing about where things are headed (Herron is one of the few people who can get away with occasionally lowering the stakes in a way that actually builds tension and keeps the premise intact), and capturing that feeling of what it's like to face workplace rejection. uhh not that I would know.

I love how the Horses really do live up to their reputations as fuckups. The book would've been over in thirty pages if River Cartwright had just picked up his cellphone after leaving the bridge. But Marcus Longridge is the real winner in this book, repeatedly blowing off assignments to get ice cream or blow off steam at the gun range. I think Roddy Ho, the antisocial hacker, is my favourite of the Slow Horses though.

Also that recurring gag with Jackson Lamb and the scent of cheese, loved it.