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bronzeageholly's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
4.25
My favourite book of the series!
The plot was fantastic and super interesting with a dive into the breadth of magic history. There was a good level of peril and some super spell-use too. Aaronovitch is very descriptive in his writing which has always made the fight sequences vivid and dynamic, and he continues with this instalment.
All the favourites at the Folly and beyond were involved with only a few new key names dropped in (the foxes made a great appearance too). I have really enjoyed Peter Grant and Sahra Guleed’s teamwork throughout the series and particularly loved reading the sections involving them interviewing people together.
Peter has completely stopped making weird comments about people which I appreciate enormously as they previously made the books awkward, and has also limited his media references to only a few well-chosen moments.
Above all, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith has made this series absolutely fantastic to listen to. His characterisation is brilliant - everyone is unique and instantly memorable. I have WHIZZED through this book because of his incredible reading and would suggest anyone who wants to get into the series listens to the audiobooks!
The plot was fantastic and super interesting with a dive into the breadth of magic history. There was a good level of peril and some super spell-use too. Aaronovitch is very descriptive in his writing which has always made the fight sequences vivid and dynamic, and he continues with this instalment.
All the favourites at the Folly and beyond were involved with only a few new key names dropped in (the foxes made a great appearance too). I have really enjoyed Peter Grant and Sahra Guleed’s teamwork throughout the series and particularly loved reading the sections involving them interviewing people together.
Peter has completely stopped making weird comments about people which I appreciate enormously as they previously made the books awkward, and has also limited his media references to only a few well-chosen moments.
Above all, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith has made this series absolutely fantastic to listen to. His characterisation is brilliant - everyone is unique and instantly memorable. I have WHIZZED through this book because of his incredible reading and would suggest anyone who wants to get into the series listens to the audiobooks!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Racism
spacebornfew's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Violence, and Torture
Minor: Deadnaming, Racism, War, Infidelity, and Slavery
schnaucl's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
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
4.25
I enjoyed this book more than the prior book in the series, perhaps because it was more linear. It was nice to see Peter thinking about information sharing and allies. Still love the foxes. It makes sense that the end game is at least in part for Nightingale to retire, but I'll really miss him. I still want to know more about his time during the war. I also liked that we got some additional information about the other magic societies. I hope we see more of them.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy and Religious bigotry
Minor: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Deadnaming, Torture, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Murder
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