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I'm not mad enough at this book to give it a lower rating, and it had some initially promising elements (POC as main character, women characters not described in pornographic detail, etc.), but I am finding its popularity nearly as inexplicable as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The plot was a mess, what little narrative tension there was never went anywhere, and most of the page-to-page action had to do with driving, walking, or otherwise commuting around London, so that I felt I was reading s
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I felt reluctant to only give this three stars. Aaronovitch's London is compelling, and I found myself completely sucked in to this mixture of the mundane and magical. A reviewer stated Rivers of London was Harry Potter grown up and joined the Fuzz - I wouldn't agree with that, but both Rowling and Aaronovitch have managed to create worlds that seamlessly bring together the recognisable and the extraordinary. You feel like The Folly could exist, you want it to exist. But however much I adore the
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This started off with such promise, but by the end I found myself debating between 2 and 3 stars, because it feels most like 2.5. I like the protagonist, and I like the premise. And the level of humor is just perfect for me - things you can't help laughing at, but never feeling like the author was reaching for something funny that wasn't really there.
But the carrying out of the plot-line gradually lost me. For one thing, the various magic systems weren't really very clear. And having Grant (and ...more
But the carrying out of the plot-line gradually lost me. For one thing, the various magic systems weren't really very clear. And having Grant (and ...more
Aug 15, 2013
Bror (Abrar)
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Wendy Eley
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May 27, 2014
Ruth
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really liked it
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Jul 28, 2015
Kammie
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May 18, 2016
Julia
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Jul 10, 2016
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Sologuboved
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Jan 07, 2019
Allison Ann
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it was amazing
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