#False Value

[margysmusings]

Americans, who intellectually knew the rest of the world existed but didn’t really believe it.

Ben Aaronovitch, False Value

#quote #book quote #ben aaronovitch #rivers of london #false value

[agardenandlibrary]

hm false value also starts with chapters alternating with now & the past month. That's a pretty different way to start the story than the last 7 books have used.

#cara reads rol #rivers of london #false value

[book-quotes-and-moodboards]

...quite a high percentage of the public have all the survival instincts of a moth in a candle factory. They run the wrong way, they refuse to move, some will run towards the danger, and others will instantly whip out their phones and take footage.

False Value (by Ben Aaronovitch)

#false value #ben aaronovitch #rivers of london series #quote #book quotes

[datsderbunnyblog]

I've just finished False Value and there's a delightful little interview with Ben Aaronovitch and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith at the end of the audiobook, honestly it made my day

#false value #ben aaronovitch #kobna holdbrook-smith

[shsenhaji]

📚 March Reading Round-Up 📚

I honestly did not have the time to read much, and only finished two books. I did start a few others that I hope to finish in April.

- Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik (worked great as an audiobook, very compelling and gripping, heart-wrenching and healing at the same time, loved Temeraire’s revolutionary spirit, and loved the worldbuilding of this universe’s China)

- False Value by Ben Aaronovitch (fun, clever plot twists, some more trans rep, great focus on ethics and morality as usual, very tech-oriented, great character interactions, and more cool worldbuilding)

#mine #books #reading round-up #throne of jade #temeraire #naomi novik #false value #rivers of london #ben aaronovitch #fantasy #urban fantasy #alternate universe fantasy

[bookcoversonly]

Title: False Value | Author: Ben Aaronovitch | Publisher: Gollancz (2020)

#books #False Value #Ben Aaronovitch

[catmint1]

If there was ever a candidate to be patron saint of computers then it would be Alan Turing. Mathematician, war hero and tragic victim of homophobia.

Ben Aaronovitch, False Value

#quotes #ben aaronovitch #false value #alan turing #computers #patron saint #mathematician #war hero #victim #homophobia #text

[kadextra]

“You are important.”

“I’m really worried about you. You need to take care of yourself, because you’re not okay, we can see it. are you drinking water and eating?”

“You’re scaring me. cause I know that you’re not okay, but I can do nothing.”

“Every day I hope to find something about the eggs because I can’t stand seeing q!Bad sad anymore”

“He’s changing every day, turning into something like a ghost… I’m so worried, it’s like at any moment he could just disappear.”

“I feel powerless. I think q!Bad is suffering a lot, but he doesn't admit it. I really want to help him, I've been thinking really hard about how to help him”

“He took me around, we hang out, he helped me a lot and gave me items. He is my best friend. I don’t know what I should do…”

ough q!bagi. every time she talks about q!bad it makes my heart break, she is so kind. they’ve known each other a week, but she says with her whole chest that this is my best friend and I Will find a way to help. she is the only person q!bad has straightforwardly admitted not being ok to. I’m so….

#I’m so normal about her #<- FALSE im going crazy about her character and this duo they hurt me #she is so observant and inquisitive about Everything she doesn’t take anything at face value #her detective mind sees a mystery and wants to solve it. q!bad is her enigma #but it all comes from a place of care for her friend #she pushes past his mask with her words- to a demon who lives in denial this is exactly what he needs #to open up a bit more #anyways I BEG for him to reveal ron to her #my girl would be happy to join tbh she threatens to torture cucurucho everyday #qsmp bagi #qsmp badboyhalo #qsmp #madrugaduo #also how she said in character she’s worried for him but Also normal irl gabi is worried for this fictional cubito too is skrsjskdk #same girl. mood.

[void-in-the-middle-of-nowhere]

"you give me one fucking prophecy!!!"

Lou Wilson mourning the plot line he thought he would have, just like so many heroes who got just one goddamned prophecy before him

#soooo real of him #very percy jackson coded of him tbh #lou wilson #cr: exu #critical role #exu calamity #when you think youll be the misguided hubris driven mage but then you are an ex pirate living your dream life in a floating city #given one “false” prophecy that could save the thing you value most. #and now you have MORALSSSS

[bitter69uk]

Born on this day: British artist Joseph Henry Lynch (28 October 1911 – 16 January 1989), far better known simply as “J H Lynch”. When it comes to kitsch mid-twentieth century art, his only rivals are Vladimir Tretchikoff and of course the Keanes. No home is complete without a framed print of Lynch’s mass-produced idealized portraits of bouffant-haired, false-eyelashed temptresses like Tina, Woodland Goddess, Water Nymph or Autumn Leaves (pictured). If you go to a vintage furniture flea market and there are NO J H Lynch prints on offer, walk out immediately!

#j h lynch #jh lynch #kitsch #lobotomy room #mid twentieth century #retro #bad taste #shock value #mass produced art #bouffant hair #vintage smut #false eyelashes

[allgremlinart]

I dont like how I can see a lot of people still conflating nakedness/bare skin/their subjective assessment of what constitutes "simple" clothing with a lack of cultural worth, diversity, and complexity.....

#you guys know this is genocidal rhetoric right. RIGHT. ? #basically just. be sooossosoo soooo careful when it comes to glorifying material culture please. cus material culture is sick!!! #its awesome!!! but behind every light academia or historical clothing blog can be a very troublesome worldview...... #also related - combating false narratives of a lack of 'complexity' with 'no see look this culture DOES have complex material culture' while #true and often important to point out.... you'd still think that culture had value even if they DIDNT have clothes that you were interested #in right? RIGHT???

[margysmusings]

“I walked away with the cheerful step of a police officer who’s just made a tricky ethical question somebody else’s problem.” ― Ben Aaronovitch, False Value

#quote #book quote #ben aaronovitch #rivers of london #false value

[agardenandlibrary]

False Value really starts you out with "here's 12 dozen Douglas Adams references, hope you did the reading"

#cara reads rol #rivers of london #false Value

[book-quotes-and-moodboards]

People are often short-sighted and stupid, right up to the point where they’re fucking perceptive – that point usually being the most inconvenient moment possible.

False Value (by Ben Aaronovitch)

#false value #ben aaronovitch #rivers of london series #quote #book quotes #books

[mamawasatesttube]

you guys i have so many thoughts about tdr. i have so much to say. like i don't want to be super mean but dude that comic fucking sucks and i can't lie i think it made me kind of homophobic actually

#my stance up to now has been that i don't really care about tim/ber but now that i have read this. dude... #it sucks that they gave a canon queer tim narrative to someone who uses homophobia as shock value and virtue signaling points #and who actively tears down characters who don't like her special little uwu flawless oc (kate im so fucking sorry) #there's no substance to this relationship i don't see why they even like each other #bc she keeps just stating oh they're perfect they make each other so happy but she doesn't like. show that at all #and i HATE the shock value homophobia like i cannot overstate how much i hate it #oh these random cops are homophobic (that's how you know they're BAD!) #oh bernard's parents are homophobic (that's how you know THEY'RE bad too!) #it's so hamfisted and it reads like such. cheap storytelling #especially bc tim as narrator doesn't even get to have ANY thoughts on his own queerness or seeing this homophobia in the world around him #and then she can't go more than two pages without being like BTW BERNARD IS THE BEST EVER AND TIM CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT HIM #while against this ugly backdrop of shock value homophobia #there's no substance to this relationship. why do they even like each other. it just falls apart if you examine it at all #because she just is fundamentally incapable of writing either of them as people with character flaws #for fucks sake she can't even be consistent with tim's BASIC character tenets. ''i always dreamed of being batman'' false lmao #but then to follow it up with ''i never wanted to be batman i always wanted to be my dad'' #and then on TOP OF THAT to make the Only mention of Jack drake and his impact on tim's life ABOUT BERNARD AGAIN. #yeah sorry im a hater now. this was shit tier #rimi talks

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Il y a une fausse modestie, qui est vanité ; une fausse gloire, qui est légèreté ; une fausse grandeur, qui est mesquinerie ; une fausse vertu, qui est hypocrisie, et une fausse sagesse, qui est pruderie.

Jean de La Bruyère

#bruyere #jean de la bruyere #quote #french #modesty #false modesty #vanity #greed #prudery #femme #beauty #values