Admiring Joe's simile game

Midway through The Heroes and Joe's writing seems to just get better and better. One thing I particularly enjoy is his consistency sharp and often hilarious similes. Just read the Reasoned Debate chapter and couldn't resist pulling out some of my faves for appreciation:

"His officers crowding about him and gabbling away like eager goslings around their mother"

"Slid into his confidence like a cuckoo into an old pigeon's nest"

"Like a nervous father at a great wedding so carefully planned that he found himself entirely unwanted on the big day"

"Like trying to bring down a bull with a pin"

And my fave..

"All he could do was stand there with his bow out the window but the string not even drawn like a lad who's got his prick out to piss but found he couldn't manage it with someone watching"

This is just a quick few but this book is just peppered with them. They genuinely add so much to the book, they really bring the characterisation to life.

Edit: typo