Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

31 reviews

strangeeigenfunction's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

4.5

I see a lot of comparisons to the Dresden Files, which I cannot provide, being unfamiliar with them. To me this feels something like Jasper Fforde was told to write a Discworld Watch novel but set it in London and include magic and copious historical details. I like it! (especially as someone who has feelings about a totally different river in an entirely different part of the world)

I can, however, definitely see how people could be annoyed by Grant's tendency to be sexually attracted to women at relatively inappropriate times (there's definitely sexism, though I'd stop short of saying the book expresses a notable level of hatred towards women, aside perhaps from the historical Punch & Judy story) and I expect people with only slightly less tolerance for historical details or technobabble might get bored here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Police brutality, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual violence, Drug use, Racial slurs, Addiction, and Excrement

tanilian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexism

streetmuseums's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Violence and Gore

mar's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Racism, and Rape

wlreed312's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Fun, funny, and listening to the audiobook was delightful. I loved all the British-isms, and I wish more books included local slang. Great start to a series

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Drug abuse, Sexism, and Racism

pini27's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Interesting idea but there is something missing in the execution. 
Very complicated set up. Some themes are not very well explained. For example: while there is very detailed description of London and the setting the magical aspects seem to be more of an afterthought. The reader is simply meant to accept some facts without further explanation. 
The blatantly sexualised thoughts towards every single female character rubbed me the wrong way.    

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

reiniac's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Gore, and Outing

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Misogyny, and Child death

paintedthree's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

Loved this book. The worldbuilding was great, and the fantasy elements were truly captivating. I loved the characters (99% of the time, the main character just loves to go on about how horny he is) and the plot. I'll definitely be reading the sequel at some point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexism

Minor: Child death and Death

carolined's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

This book was only published in 2011 but it has aged really badly. 

I only finished it because I had the audio book on in the background and the audio book narrator, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, does a grest job. 

I think the author was trying to make the protagonist a relatable, bumbling fellow, as you would find in a Neil Gaiman or a TomHolt book but in 2021 I am am no longer willing to embrace police officers as sympathetic protagonists, especially ones that joke with their colleagues about police brutality, concealing evidence, and real life atrocities like the shooting of Charles de Menezes. Also, as other reviewers have mentioned the protagonist ogles every woman he comes across and talks about his penis far more than is warranted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Racism

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

demo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use