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Rivers of London Vol. 3: Black Mould by Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel

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I raced through Rivers of London: Black Mould when I brought it home from the library (pro tip: if a book is brand new and it’s not on the shelves but it’s definitely in the catalog, ask your librarian to check the back room! maybe it hasn’t even been shelved yet!), but honestly it didn’t make much more of an impact on me other than to keep moving the Rivers of London universe forward for me. Not that that isn’t of value, because of course it is of value, but I have gotten so hooked on this series, and am […]

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12/7/2017 's CBR9 Review No:40 |

Resources, as they say, become available.

Rivers of London Vol. 2: Night Witch by Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel

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Ben Aaronovitch’s “Rivers of London”/PC Peter Grant series continues – and completes, unless he’s planning on returning to this form after The Hanging Tree, which is next, and a standard novel – its dip into the medium of graphic novel with Night Witch, with a very mytharc-y story. Again, sorry if “mytharc” is a thing non-X-Files fans don’t say. Anyway, because it’s a story that is much more linkable to the overall arc of the series than Body Work was, I much prefer it, if I have to choose a favorite. Because the stakes are so high in the overall […]

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8/23/2017 's CBR9 Review No:36 |

Your friendly neighborhood late medieval manor house often had a fish pond.

Rivers of London Vol. 1: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel

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It’s been years and years and years since the last time I read a graphic novel, and this may sound crazy, but I was actually a little nervous about whether I’d be comfortable enough with the format to make this transition in the Peter Grant series. Body Work is the continuation of the “Rivers of London”/PC Peter Grant series from Ben Aaronovitch. I mis-copied the info, and I thought that Body Work belonged after Foxglove Summer, but there’s an indication that it comes after Broken Homes, which I found confusing, but no matter when it all comes down to it, […]

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8/23/2017 's CBR9 Review No:34 |

God bless busybody community matriarchs, and all that sail in them.

Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

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More, please. More, more, more. I just love me some Peter Grant. And fair warning to the reader who may be interested in this series: this book, Broken Homes, which is Book 4 of the “Rivers of London” series, isn’t the strongest of the bunch. But it’s still a delight and a treat, and I will fight anyone who isn’t a fan. Listen, I have five more “Dark Tower” books to read in the next five weeks, but I still just checked out Foxglove Summer (Book 5 of “Rivers of London”) from the library, and investigated the graphic novel series […]

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6/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:26 |

For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time.

Moon Over Soho (PC Peter Grant Book 2) by Ben Aaronovitch

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Wait, hang on a second. [Looks up how many PC Peter Grant novels there are so far.] [Discovers Ben Aaronovitch wrote a few serials for “Doctor Who,” in the late Eighties. Light bulb.] [Discovers that although the book jackets say “PC Peter Grant Series,” whoever edited Wikipedia last prefers to refer to them as the “Rivers of London Series.” Huh, makes sense. Also: spoilerish.] [Discovers there are 6 “Rivers of London” novels so far, and what’s this, now? 9 spin-off graphic novels? And 4 companion short stories? Who is this fucker, Neil Gaiman?!] Goddamnit, you guys. I do want to […]

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4/10/2017 's CBR9 Review No:15 |


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