Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch

16 reviews

tamaraepps's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Racial slurs

livcashmere's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

I really didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first novel in the series. The writing was pretty predictable and at times seemed lazy. Especially the ending, where I feel like the author was going for some sort of dark, sacrificial twist designed to shock the audience, but in reality was a big snore. Maybe I just didn’t feel anything because I felt zero connection to the new characters introduced in this novel, particularly the women. If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, THIS AUTHOR IS TERRIBLE AT WRITING WOMEN! At least Beverly and Leslie had a little spunk! Simone was so bland and stereotypical. Also the protagonist Peter showed no character growth at all.

Overall the plot sounds ridiculous but it was the one element of the book I actually quite enjoyed. For me it was the character development that really let this book down. Good writing should make me either hate them or love them. But everything about this novel was just vanilla. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

mar's review against another edition

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Suicide, Transphobia, and Trafficking

Minor: Drug use, Gore, Racism, and Sexual violence

typedtruths's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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

3.0

This series has so much potential, but the mixture of the author's writing style with the dated language spoils my enjoyment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and War

Minor: Racism and Injury/Injury detail

Racism, ableism, sexism, physical injury (sc), surgery mentioned, graphic dead bodies, murder & attempted murder, stabbing, gun violence, near-drowning incident, bombing, fire, physical assault, and war themes & battle violence recounted.

whirl's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Drug use

madmilliner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book is a lot more salacious than I remember the previous book being,  I wanted more catching the bad guy, less skin and sweat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Graphic medical reconstruction procedures and mutilation.