What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The slough house series is wonderful. Characters are developed and relatable (or if not, believable! Story has twists and turns.
The prose ranges from well crafted to downright eloquent. Jackson lamb, head of the cast-off spy group known as the slow horses, knows there is more to dickie bow’s death than is apparent on the surface. Meetinglamb in words, makes me want to shower a... Read More
This is a series that, at least after two installments, seems to be worth diving into. High ups occasionally use them as deniable assets for off the book operations. The audible version adds a dimension i didn't know i needed.
They are quirky, not led by traditional guidelines, and very bright. But they make little mistakes look large. Two new members in their scrubby office.
Cons
The author sounds like a 5th grader. Dead lions has one big flaw in the worst place possible--the ending. Their leader is jackson lamb, an overweight, chainsmoking, narcissistic misogynist who finds it amusing to pass wind in public.
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Quality
The local girl ends up being connected with the plot
Have purchased all of herron’s books thanking mainely murder mystery shop for the recommendation
I would have preferred more of river and catherine and the grudge settling with the powers that be
But what a spell he casts even when he is catching up with the other spooks
Shipping
Fun and fast moving the whole way
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It is nigh impossible to get through three consecutive pages of dead lions without a spontaneous guffaw or two
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Clearly herron is not all drillers and wit
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The slow horses of slough house are considerably more than just screwups reassigned to a sartrean from which in her majestys governments sour and selfserving view the ideal solution is that the hapless individual so consigned will quit the service out of frustration and near terminal ennui
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But either given the opportunity
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In most instances taking an opportunity barely presented
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Assigned to pushing paper and other menial tasks this dysfunctional group of spies is expected to be bored into quitting
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I don’t usually read spy novels—too complex too many characters with difficulttopronounce names
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Not so for mick herron who writes and plots with amazing elegance and clarity
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