Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch
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iariaI liked it.
+ I thought the post-kidnapping reaction after Peter's escape felt a little subdued. Considering it was Chorley who grabbed him I would have expected a lot more emotion from everyone.
+ I liked all the Peter/Lesley interactions. I actually really loved them coming together at the end to contain Chorley and them falling back into being partners without a word.
+ Chorley's defeat and death was weirdly easy and anti-climatic though Lesley shooting him was a surprise. I was expecting a bigger fight at his end and I'm disappointed that we never really got to see a big showdown between Chorley and Nightingale.
+ We got some small but great moments of Nightingale being badass with magic. I liked what we saw during the Walbrook kidnapping and him controlling Patrick Gale was excellent.
+ Enjoyed the whole Walbrook kidnapping section.
+ The reveal of Lesley's motivations being a combination of wanting vengeance/revenge via death for Punch and disillusionment with how policing the supernatural currently worked seemed very believable and understandable to me. I like where the series has gone with her and am curious about the direction she's going now.
+ Seeing how it all played out and ended I'm not sure I find the Chorley/Lesley team-up completely believable. Or at least not him trusting her as much as he seemed to or the way she could betray him by leaking plans and face no consequences. Yes, she was useful but what exactly was it he needed her for?
+ Still enjoy Peter and Tyburn every time they interact. Her exasperation in dealing with him amuses me. (Honestly everyone's exasperation in dealing with Peter - random Thames Water lady, Seawoll, Lesley, etc - is great.)
+ I liked Foxglove and Peter's bonding with her. I enjoyed the sequence where he was kidnapped. I liked him telling her the truth and then refusing to escape and leave her behind.
+ I was surprised that we never got Peter asking Foxglove what the names of the Pale Ladies were. I was expecting it especially after him desperately asking the Pale Nanny her name when she died and Dr. Vaughan pointedly giving them actual names out of respect for them.
+ I enjoy Peter interacting with past Tyburn and, this time, Beverly. The kiss was great. Tyburn asking if Peter had ever considered becoming a god was interesting.
+ I thought the post-kidnapping reaction after Peter's escape felt a little subdued. Considering it was Chorley who grabbed him I would have expected a lot more emotion from everyone.
+ I liked all the Peter/Lesley interactions. I actually really loved them coming together at the end to contain Chorley and them falling back into being partners without a word.
+ Chorley's defeat and death was weirdly easy and anti-climatic though Lesley shooting him was a surprise. I was expecting a bigger fight at his end and I'm disappointed that we never really got to see a big showdown between Chorley and Nightingale.
+ We got some small but great moments of Nightingale being badass with magic. I liked what we saw during the Walbrook kidnapping and him controlling Patrick Gale was excellent.
+ Enjoyed the whole Walbrook kidnapping section.
+ The reveal of Lesley's motivations being a combination of wanting vengeance/revenge via death for Punch and disillusionment with how policing the supernatural currently worked seemed very believable and understandable to me. I like where the series has gone with her and am curious about the direction she's going now.
+ Seeing how it all played out and ended I'm not sure I find the Chorley/Lesley team-up completely believable. Or at least not him trusting her as much as he seemed to or the way she could betray him by leaking plans and face no consequences. Yes, she was useful but what exactly was it he needed her for?
+ Still enjoy Peter and Tyburn every time they interact. Her exasperation in dealing with him amuses me. (Honestly everyone's exasperation in dealing with Peter - random Thames Water lady, Seawoll, Lesley, etc - is great.)
+ I liked Foxglove and Peter's bonding with her. I enjoyed the sequence where he was kidnapped. I liked him telling her the truth and then refusing to escape and leave her behind.
+ I was surprised that we never got Peter asking Foxglove what the names of the Pale Ladies were. I was expecting it especially after him desperately asking the Pale Nanny her name when she died and Dr. Vaughan pointedly giving them actual names out of respect for them.
+ I enjoy Peter interacting with past Tyburn and, this time, Beverly. The kiss was great. Tyburn asking if Peter had ever considered becoming a god was interesting.
