Reviews

Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch

joedacosta's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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? No

4.75

sophinchen's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

3.25

unalahiff's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

reader457692's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

devlavaca's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense

4.0

jc_729's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

5.0

heatherfrances's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

charlotte_burt123's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

aimee9277's review

funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

timinbc's review against another edition

4.0

Not special, but a good light read. If you like Stross's Laundry Files series, you'll like this; and they're different enough not to be digging the same turf.

The plot is fairly strong, the wisecracks good, and Peter's development is credibly drawn. The police procedural parts are believable, with some good practical real-life parts included. We see the problems that authors (and readers) can get into when some characters are, er, older than others.

Just as I was becoming disappointed at

Spoiler

learning what we already suspected about Simone

, I was pleased by the added detail that

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SHE didn't know.

.

Not as sure about the Simone-or-Leslie thing, but at his age it's at least plausible.

I've already read #3 but I'll go on to #4 now.