Joe Country (Slough House #6)

so-so

Oh, Mick, you were doing so well in making each entry in this series a tensley-plotted and craftily-resolved story, with maybe a hint about what might be raised in the next novel. This alone provided an experience that had me coming back for more. This book, however, while containing as much tension and as many twists and turns, raised so many concerns, not enough of which were resolved, and those that were, were not very satisfactorily done. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? The big showdown with River and his father is nothing more than a cliffside scuffle, and a few pages at the end suggest Harkness's multi-book pain-in-the-assery is now dealt with, no justice or face-to-face closure for his son?! Or Harkness is not dead and this a bullshit misdirect. 🙄 Coe's literal worst nightmare is, for all the reader can tell, how he spent his last moments? 4w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? Emma, the only person who after wrongfully being pushed out of a promising career track, tells Taverner to fuck off, rather than go Slough House, and helping out when it wasn't her job anymore, ends up dead?! The entire book is one long torturous descent of an innocent man into the depths of isolation and depression at the whims of bad actors and at the end he's scarred and his foes' fates are glossed over or pending? 4w

Robotswithpersonality 4/5 It's obvious it's set up for the next novel, which hopefully will be that much more explosive as a result, but 6 books into a series is pretty deep to start bringing out the type of cliffhanger-adjacent endings which I loathe. 🙎🏼‍♂️ Oh, and if it's possible, even though it's standard that people die and are betrayed in each book, I think things actually got darker than usual. 😕 4w

Robotswithpersonality 5/5 Either the next book will redeem the series, or it will be the last one I read. 😡
⚠️alcoholism, fatphobia, self harm 4w

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Robotswithpersonality

Joe Country | Mick Herron

Super fun road trip! 😆

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andrew61

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Will try + do #20in4 @Andrew65 so today, + just finished another of the magnificent slow horses series. Jackson Lamb is a favourite character at the moment, altho in my mind, not Gary Oldman, so I won't be watching the TV series. Here, Slough House with a new resident is drawn into the hunt for some dodgy characters, while the normal secret service covers up for the establishment. Of course, any comparison to real characters must be coincidental

Andrew65 Excellent.👏👏👏 This is a series I am yet to get to. 1y

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charl08

Joe Country | Mick Herron

Brilliant book! I was trying to work things out all the way through (as well as laughing at the Boris jokes).

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charl08

Joe Country | Mick Herron

What is this? Charlie's Angels?

(This is very much not.)

arubabookwoman I just finished this one last week. Wonder how long we‘ll have to wait for the next slow horses book. I‘m tempted to try one of his stand-alone? Have you read any of his non-slow horses books? 5y

charl08 @arubabookwoman I don't think so - and I didn't realise be wrote so many. Lots to find! 5y

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suffisaunce

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This is a truly wonderful series. If you like spy stories--or even just great writing and characters who will become your friends--check these out, starting with Slow Horses. This latest entry has intricacies to delight as River, Louisa, and the other Slow Horses face new villains and old demons. Highly recommended!

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Lulu6

Joe Country (Slough House #6) | Mick Herron

TBR list💕

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IReadThereforeIBlog

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The 6th in Mick Herron‘s JACKSON LAMB SERIES is slow to start and there is a sense of Herron snipping old plot strands in order to move players and events into place for the end game. However there‘s a lot of good character development – particularly Lamb – the plot, when it gets going, moves at a good pace, there are 3 character deaths (one‘s very sad) and the mysterious ending makes me desperate to find out what awaits Slough House next.

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