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DiapDealer · 05-05-2022, 06:31 AM

Number 5 (Foxglove Summer) was the beginning of the end for me. I bailed after number 7 (Lies Sleeping). The ever intensifying barrage of lengthy architectural descriptions and overuse of police argot/acronyms eventually wore me out. As did the "mastermind manages to slip through his grasp at the very last second" theme. But in all fairness to Aaronovitch, I rarely make it much past book 5 in any series these days. Complacency on my, and often the author's part, always seems to set in about then.

If he ever does anything outside of the Peter Grant/RoL universe, I'll probably check it out.

05-05-2022, 06:31 AM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,676 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Number 5 (Foxglove Summer) was the beginning of the end for me. I bailed after number 7 (Lies Sleeping). The ever intensifying barrage of lengthy architectural descriptions and overuse of police argot/acronyms eventually wore me out. As did the "mastermind manages to slip through his grasp at the very last second" theme. But in all fairness to Aaronovitch, I rarely make it much past book 5 in any series these days. Complacency on my, and often the author's part, always seems to set in about then. If he ever does anything outside of the Peter Grant/RoL universe, I'll probably check it out. Last edited by DiapDealer; 05-05-2022 at 06:37 AM.