The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files, #6)

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In this this science fiction spy thriller by Hugo Award winning writer Charles Stross, the Laundry the British secret agency that fights supernatural threats must team up with the police force, with one unfortunate secret agent caught in the middle.PLAYING WITH DANGERDr Mo O Brien is an intelligence agent at the top secret government agency known as the Laundry When occult powers threaten the realm, they ll be there to clean up the mess and deal with the witnesses.But the Laundry is recovering from a devastating attack and when average citizens all over the country start to develop supernatural powers, the police are called in to help Mo is appointed as official police liaison, but in between dealing with police bureaucracy, superpowered members of the public and disgruntled politicians, Mo discovers to her horror that she can no longer rely on her marriage, nor on the weapon that has been at her side for eight years of undercover work, the possessed violin known as Lecter.Also, a mysterious figure known as Dr Freudstein has started sending threatening messages to the police, but who is he and what is he planning New Read [ The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files, #6) ] author [ Charles Stross ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Many readers of the Laundry Files do not like the way the series is heading I don t mind and personally I enjoyed the last book, The Rhesus Chart However, The Annihilation Score really annoyed me But it wasn t the plot or the superhero thing that annoyed me It was the protagonist, Mo Specifically her treatment of Bob I understand that Mo has to deal with a lot of shit and as a result is traumatized both mentally and emotionally But so has Bob and he was supporting her that whole time So Many readers of the Laundry Files do not like the way the series is heading I don t mind...Goddam, this book is a disappointment.After N books of Bob Howard s Laundry, it should be interesting to see Mo O Brian s Laundry, and see the world through Mo s eyes Unfortunately, in this book the role of Mo has been filled by Bridget Jones.Just once, I would love to see a book where the middle aged female protagonist doesn t have a hunky co worker she finds hard to resist, while her absent husband and ...This review breaks my heart because I adore Stross and the Laundry books, but it has to be said This was just not good view spoiler Where do I start We finally get a book from Mo s point of view She doesn t have a very distinct voice, so it s less fun to be in her head She s unpleasant, actually And I hate superheroes But that s okay, right Mo is a competent trained assassin with a badass weapon of mass destruction Surely she is going to take part in some badass adventures and show that This review breaks my heart because I adore Stross and the Laundry books, but it has to be said This was just not good view spoiler Where do I start We finally get a book from Mo s point of view She doesn t have a very distinct voice, so it s less fun to be in her head She s unpleasant, actually And I hate superheroes But that s okay, right Mo is a competent trained assassin with a badass weapon of mass destruction Surely she is going to take part in some badass adventures and show that her skills are on par with Bob s Do we get to see her be an assassin No We see her in meetings And giving presentations And being jealous of her husband s exes The book is boring It s an entire book of meetings When she s not in a meeting she s preparing for a meeting or talking to the Senior Auditor about the last meeting Oh My God I just about had a midlife crisis myself and I m 30.Worse, it s so predictable I called every single thing that happened long before it did This is very unusual f...So, seriously, do you think he let someone ghostwrite this one The book has the advantage of being easier to read than the other entries in the series, but the voice of Mo has no charm whatever She reveals herself to be a very unpleasant person, and frankly I do not care whether things turn out well for her or not Bob would do better wi...I may be a card toting fan of Charlie, here, but I know this novel deserves a ton of praise despite my bias For one, he actually shifts from Bob Howard s character to Mo, his smarter,competent half, and does it so well that even an ex angry white boy like myself can feel like she feels GENUINE That may be very hard or very easy, considering that I m actually rather hard on books in my heart, while often giving them a pass in the final analysis, or the fact that I am, indeed, still only a I may be a card toting fan of Charlie, here, but I know this novel deserves a ton of praise despite my bias For one, he actually shifts from Bob Howard s character to Mo, his smarter,competent half, and does it so well that even an ex angry white boy like myself can feel like she feels GENUINE That may be very hard or very easy, considering that I m actually rather hard on books in my heart, while often giving them a pass...Well this has been a complete train wreck.Stross s laundry files series has been heading off the rails for a while now, staying upright only out of a combination of gyroscopic forces imparted by the earlier works and the magic of the source material Stross is riffing on But it s been clear for a while now that Stross has no clear idea where to take the story and that his basic inclinations tend to be at odds with where the story needs to go if it is going to keep any resemblance to what made th Well this has been a complete train wreck.Stross s laundry files series has been heading off the rails for a while now, staying upright only out of a combination of gyroscopic forces imparted by the earlier works and the magic of the source material Stross is riffing on But it s been clear for a while now that Stross has no clear idea where to take the story and that his basic inclinations tend to be at odds with where th...This is an excellent entry in the Laundry series Dominique Mo O Brien, the protagonist of this book, is the wife of Bob Howard who has been the protagonist of the rest of the books in this series She s a combat epistemologist, a fairly unique job description that only really makes sense in the Laundry universe, and the wielder of a demonic n...If this were a standalone book set in the laundry universe id give it 4 stars but seeing as its book 6 in a series i give it a 1 Very bummed I ve read all the previous books many many times over and love them Dissapointing is an understatement, Stross has gone all George Lucas and crystal skull on us The way Mo talks about bob makes her seems like a dead set bitch Was completely blown by how callous she is and her complete lack of respect for him Even the content of the story steered to fa If this were a standalone book set in the laundry universe id give it 4 stars but seeing as its book 6 in a series i give it a 1 Very bummed I ve read all the previous books many many times over and love them Dissapointing is an understatement, Stross has gone all George Lucas and crystal skull on us ...Please allow me to introduce myself No Strike that Period stop backspace backspace bloody computer no stop that stop listening stop dictating end end oh I give up.Will you stop doing that Meet Mo, a.k.a Dominique, employee of the UK s super secret black ops magic organisation they call it the Laundry , wife of Bob Howard a.k.a The Eater of Souls , bearer of a psychotically evil soul sucking bone violin, and combat epistemologist When Mo takes a trip to do a little glad handing with the Please allow me to introduce myself No Strike that Period stop backspace backspace bloody computer no stop that stop listening stop dictating end end oh I give up.Will you stop doing that Meet Mo, a.k.a Dominique, employee of the UK s super secret black ops magic organisation they call it the Laundry , wife of Bob Howard a.k.a The Eater of Souls , bearer of a psychotically evil soul sucking bone violin, and combat epistemologist When Mo takes a trip to do a little glad handing with the Deep Ones aka BLUE HADES , she thinks she s finally going to get a bit of well deserved RR But before she knows it, a tiny mistake has landed her neck deep in trouble, and even worse, in bureaucratic...I m a huge fan of Charles Stross Laundry Files series I m also a critic of it When it s good, like The Apocalypse Codex, it s very very good When it s bad, The Jennifer Morgue, it s really bad Don t hate me Charlie, it s just my opinion Here It s kind of weird because the really really good parts are on display right next to the parts I found troublesome I had to check myself, as well, because I needed to separate what was upsetting characterization from what is bad writing Which is to I m a huge fan of Charles Stross Laundry Files series I m also a critic of it When it s good, like The Apocalypse Codex, it s very very good When it s bad, The Jennifer Morgue, it s really bad Don t hate me Charlie, it s just...

The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files, #6)
  • English
  • 10 June 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 352 pages
  • 0356505316
  • Charles Stross
  • The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files, #6)