More excellence from Mick

I'm as devoted to the Jackson Lamb/Slough House series every bit as much as the next Mick Herron fan, so I expected Reconstruction to fall a bit flat by comparison. It didn't. I thought it was a superb novel with vivid characters and a tense, tight plot. Having almost all the events take place on a single day seems to me a difficult device, one which Mick Herron pulled off skillfully and with all the dark humour and twists that we hope for in his work. Absolutely loved it.

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Twists and turns and misdirection

Another enjoyable Mick Herron story which starts small and builds and builds with twists and turns and misdirection. The narration helps bring it to life.

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Not as compelling as Slough House etc but worth listening to

Certainly engaging and well-constructed. The narration is also good (albeit different to the Slough House series).

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First class Mick Herron novel

Keeps you guessing all the way through. Possibly Herron's plot best although all the Slough House novel are intelligent, witty and absorbing. This one features Bad Sam Chapman, who isn't really that bad as one character points out (but perhaps not in this story). One cautionary note - for unknown reasons the audio begins with a personal excerpt from the reader talking about the challenges of reading Herron's works. Skip that. The story speaks for itself. Surprise ending which I won't give away.

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Some excellent passages of writing, but the completely wrong narrator

I really enjoyed much of Herron's early writing here, and the enjoyable twist. Sadly, the narrator (who is clearly talented) was completely miscast. I'd love to hear this read by Sean Barratt.

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speed the narration up to 1.15 and it improves!

a bit slow but it gets there. In a hut of resistible hostages, the gunman is the least annoying, and if it weren't for the back story of Bad Sam Chapman I might have given up.
Some actors are too ponderous and deliberate in their narration, but speeding this one up removes alot of the melodramatic silences and hugely improves the other Zoë Boehm books too.

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Great Story

Tediously wordy style that doesn't suit narration. Lest favourite of his book even as it's a great story line.

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Slow moving

The story resolved itself into something reasonably interesting but overall was ponderous.
The reading was poor. Increasing the speed helped

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Gains momentum

It's very well read. The story is a good one. Although it starts slowly, with little action and a lot about characters' thoughts and feelings (which I hadn't chosen the book for) it makes up for it later.

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A tad predictable?

Lots to commend this book, but I had worked out who the villain of this story was (and who wasn’t!) quite early. I also was not too keen on the ending I am afraid, that might say more about me as I don’t like being left hanging, wondering what happened to the characters (unless there is a sequel!

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