Kyle
This book has some good things going for it, but fails in a few major regards. First of all, Aaronovitch needs to work on his characters a bit, especially their relationships. I still cannot tell you what the relationship between Peter and Leslie is; are they dating, are they friends, but he wants it to be something more; are they friends who have sex every now and then. This particular lack of characterization kills the very interesting plot in my opinion because when (SPOILERS) Leslie is possessed and her face starts to melt, it evokes almost no emotion for me because I have no idea how she relates to the main character. On top of that, the lore is fairly ill-defined, although it feels like that might get fleshed out more in future novels.
This book has some good things going for it, but fails in a few major regards. First of all, Aaronovitch needs to work on his characters a bit, especially their relationships. I still cannot tell you what the relationship between Peter and Leslie is; are they dating, are they friends, but he wants it to be something more; are they friends who have sex every now and then. This particular lack of characterization kills the very interesting plot in my opinion because when (SPOILERS) Leslie is possessed and her face starts to melt, it evokes almost no emotion for me because I have no idea how she relates to the main character. On top of that, the lore is fairly ill-defined, although it feels like that might get fleshed out more in future novels.