Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

26 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

This had promise, a supernatural force at the London police, investigating crime but man this wasn't great. Super slow and just kind of boring? Maybe better as a physical read but such a proling process for no reason as an audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

imds's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

debbiesstories's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Physical abuse

raquel_rqlh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness and Medical content

jdieperink's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Addiction, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

feebles640's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

unablelemon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual assault and Xenophobia

Liked the idea and the plot but didnt like the way the author described and wrote about women

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

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

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

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: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

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

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, and Rape