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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9624425" data-attributes="member: 18">He's definitely done some good action scenes, especially in the more recent books but yeah I'd broadly agree.Personally I think the biggest weakness with RoL in general is that Aaronovitch tries to be critical of the British elites (who, to be clear, do need criticising!), and of imperialism and colonialism, especially from the British empire, but there's a real tension because he's also very keen on the sort of... I don't know quite what the words are, but like &quot;regalia&quot; and &quot;vibes&quot; of the elites and colonialism, maybe? And also, very unfortunately, is extremely keen on the Romans, and has a sort of very common smug-and-shortsighted British &quot;How dare you criticise the Romans!&quot; attitude, which is completely shared with (and indeed originates with) those very elites, and this is severe and relevant enough that it actively damages the plotting of at least two (arguably three) books, and damages the plausibility of a really major character (and makes Peter himself seem like a bit of an airhead, which I dunno maybe that's fine, he never exactly seems like a genius).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9624425, member: 18"] He's definitely done some good action scenes, especially in the more recent books but yeah I'd broadly agree. Personally I think the biggest weakness with RoL in general is that Aaronovitch tries to be critical of the British elites (who, to be clear, do need criticising!), and of imperialism and colonialism, especially from the British empire, but there's a real tension because he's also very keen on the sort of... I don't know quite what the words are, but like "regalia" and "vibes" of the elites and colonialism, maybe? And also, very unfortunately, is extremely keen on the Romans, and has a sort of very common smug-and-shortsighted British "How dare you criticise the Romans!" attitude, which is completely shared with (and indeed originates with) those very elites, and this is severe and relevant enough that it actively damages the plotting of at least two (arguably three) books, and damages the plausibility of a really major character (and makes Peter himself seem like a bit of an airhead, which I dunno maybe that's fine, he never exactly seems like a genius). [/QUOTE]

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