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Please listen to this series on audiobook. Seriously, I've said this before, but please take my advice! I swear Kobna Holdbrook-Smith gets better with every audiobook, and he was already incredible to begin with. I was really happy to see that Aaronovitch, who takes care to make his characters diverse anyway, seemed to take extra care in this book. He has several female characters in leadership roles and writes women well with a strong voice, I think. Overall, everyone just feels so real to me. I know that's partly the masterful voice acting, but there's a sincerity to Aaronovitch's writing that makes me think I might one day wake up and be able to create light in my hands or throw fire.

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5.0

I liked this one much better than the previous book!

violinknitter's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

noonjinx's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Still enjoying these stories. This one wasn’t my favourite but was still worth reading.

I love the pool of recurring characters Aaronovitch has built up. All definitely individuals, beautifully drawn with their own lives outside the books.

The long slow investigation builds up nicely, the action pieces are well done and there were a few surprises, but I did feel that this one was slightly formulaic. The beats are very familiar. Hopefully he shakes things up moving forward.

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4.0

In this volume, Peter Grant and other police associates continue to search for Leslie and the Faceless Man. I was preparing to be bored by this, the seventh instalment of the Rivers of London series, when in fact, it is one of the better novels. It skips over a lot of the repetition involved with setting up the world, assuming the reader has kept up, which I appreciate. Characters are growing and changing, learning from previous mis/adventures. We are also given a much more serious treatment of the mental health and trauma related to our characters than I recall previously. In relation to the plot, without giving much away, I enjoyed the delving into the deeper history of London and also the kidnapping bit.

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funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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