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Реки Лондона by Ben Aaronovitch

6 reviews

marianne_maschine's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

Enjoyable read and good set up novel for the series. I found small sections a little too verbose which sometimes brought the quick pace to a crashing stop but that would be my only complaint and I'm hoping that's just partly down to this being a scene setter first novel in the series. Looking forward to book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

debbiesstories's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Physical abuse

mags_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Suicide

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

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

Moderate: Child death and Racism

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse