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The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

5 reviews

bronzeageholly's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

4.0

I’m so glad I stuck with this series because I am really enjoying it now!

Peter has come into his own more and I really enjoyed his narrative voice in this instalment. Many of his… less than desirable traits have fallen away and left a nerdy, enthusiastic, curious, somewhat “the lights are on but nobody’s home” main character that is someone I can actually root for.

Alongside all the old favourites there are some good new characters that I’m excited to hear more about, and the villains are VILLAINOUS! All the double-crossing and setting of traps has led us to a great showdown, but it’s not over yet! Aaronovitch definitely knows how to write compelling fight sequences.

ngl at the start I really wanted Peter and Lesley to be together but now I’m definitely a huge Beverley fan. The conversation with Peter and Tyburn over drinks was really saddening and I definitely would have liked that to have gone deeper, but I also don’t think it’s in her character to divulge so much personal information to Peter who she doesn’t always get on well with.

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adventurous dark funny 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? No

4.0

Another really solid addition to the Rivers of London series with a healthy pile of well written magical shootouts thrown into a tightly plotted police investigation thriller. I’m still loving the wry first person narration and all of his nerdy cultural references. All of the characters are great.

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

I really liked the book as all the others in this series before. But what is a bit exhausting is the amount of names to remember..

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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

4.0

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kommatator's review against another edition

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adventurous funny

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

3.0

Gründe dieses Buch nicht zu lesen:

Du hast die ersten fünf Bände der Peter Grant Reihe noch nicht gelesen. Es gibt Buchreihen, die kann man in der Mitte beginnen, zum Beispiel die Scheibenwelt Romane von Terry Pratchett, aber diese Reihe gehört nicht dazu.
Du mochtest die ersten Bücher der Reihe nicht. Wenn du hoffst, dass die Bücher besser werden, in welcher Weise auch immer, sie werden es nicht. Band sechs ist genauso gut wie Band eins. Wenn du die vorigen Bände nicht mochtest wirst du nach aller Wahrscheinlichkeit diesen auch nicht mögen.
Du bist kein Freund der Polizei. Die Reihe folgt Peter Grant, einem londoner Polizisten, es ist also keine outlaws-against-the-oppressing-system Roman. Ehr das Gegenteil.
Du bist kein Freund der Fantasie und hoffst auf realitätsnahe Polizeiarbeit. Wenn man davon absehen kann, dass sich diese Polizisten mit Zauberern, Feen, und ähnlichem beschäftigen, dann erscheint mir die Beschreibung ihrer Arbeit realitätsnah.

Wie immer gilt nehmt die Liste nur so ernst wie ihr wollt und wenn keiner dieser Gründe auf euch zutrifft: Leseempfehlung meinerseits.

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