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*Starred Review* It’s hard to understand why Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, of which this is the fourth installment, is not more well known in the U.S. It’s quite popular in Britain, and rightly so because it has everything: a plucky hero, London Metropolitan Police constable Peter Grant; clever mysteries; entertaining villains; and, just for fun, wizardry. Yes, wizardry. It seems Peter Grant, an ordinary police officer, has been recruited into a special branch of the police department, known as the Folly, which deals with matters of witchcraft, sorcery, and the supernatural. He’s an apprentice wizard, too, which comes in handy when dealing with cases that are decidedly weird. Take the murdered man who might be the latest victim of the Faceless Man, a powerful rogue magician; or take the old German textbook of magic—well, you can’t take that because someone already did, took it from its rightful home in Germany to England, where it turned up in the London police department’s recovered-goods repository (but was never reported stolen in the first place). Oh, and let’s not forget the weird goings-on at a housing estate with an odd past and, apparently, an even odder present. Honestly, this series is so much fun it really deserves an enormous audience on both sides of the pond. It’s a natural for grown-up Harry Potter devotees but also for urban-fantasy fans in general. --David Pitt
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"It's witty, fun, and full of vivid characters, and the plot twists will keep even seasoned mystery fans guessing." —Publishers Weekly
"The most satisfying fantasy thriller to hit bookshelves in quite some time." —SFX Magazine
“The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter.” —io9
"The most entertaining book that I have read in such a long time.... It's very funny, it's very clever, it's very nicely written.... It's such a treat." —Nancy Pearl
"Aaronovitch makes the story sing, building momentum until the ending is literally breathless.” —SF Revu
"The prose is witty, the plot clever, and the characters incredibly likeable." —Time Out
"This book is, at its heart, a police procedural with an overlay of urban fantasy elements. The voice is persuasive and funny as all get-out, and the reader is engaged with the narrative from the very first page. Aaronovitch has written a diverse cast of characters who all feel like real people with their own specific motivations. This book is simply wonderful." —Romantic Times (top pick)
"This fast, engrossing novel is enjoyable, cheerful, and accessible to new readers." —Publisher's Weekly (for Whispers Under Ground)
Aaronovitch has a very witty, casual voice, with a tendency toward sarcasm and humor, which is threaded throughout Broken Homes. And a few crazy plot twists will devastate and delight fans in equal measure.
(RT Book Reviews)
A low-income housing tower gone awry, an old enemy with a bone to pick . . . and a shocker of an ending – Broken Homes is a delight.
(Charlaine Harris)
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- Series: Rivers of London (Book 4)
- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: DAW; Reissue edition (February 4, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0756409608
- ISBN-13: 978-0756409609
- Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Book 4 in the Peter Grant urban fantasy series set in London and surrounds. This book is surprisingly slow paced right up until about 80% when the shit hits the fan in a big way. Peter, Lesley and Nightingale are investigating some gruesome magic-related murders they believe are related to their nemesis, the Faceless Man. Most of the story follows their investigations and the author manages to make the police procedures fascinating by seeing them through the very inquiring, "still-waters-run-deep" mind of junior detective and magician's apprentice, Peter.
I have a big crush on Peter. I love his mind. He has an enormous thirst for knowledge and a philosophical approach to police work. His boss Nightingale is stuck in the past, so Peter spends a lot of time finding the scientific basis for magic and he actually achieves it. At least he totally convinced me, through the use of both real-life and imagined texts, biology, and rough experimentation. This series is unique in the way it approaches magic with logic and historical fact.
One of the biggest characters in this book is the fictitious housing estate, Skygarden Estate which is modeled on the real-life Heygate Estate, one of those massive concrete social ghettos built in the 60's. I first saw these types of estates when I was living in Europe and I always thought they were creepy so I found Peter's investigations and his progress through the maze of flats and underground bunkers suitably oppressive. It was a brilliant choice for a setting.
We actually get to see Nightingale do some big magic, albeit behind closed doors. I felt he supported Peter more which was my criticism in the last book.
I've made hopeful forays into many over-hyped fantasy series in this new millennium, and found most of them disappointing, but not this clever fantasy-police-procedural by Ben Aaronovitch. The characters live. The dialogue crackles and pops. 21st century technology is embedded throughout. The villains can do awful things to your body. One poor schmuck in "Broken Homes" has his bones set on fire from the inside-out. There is plenty of work for Dr. Walid, everyone's favorite, wise-cracking forensic pathologist, who is the world expert on bodies done in by magic.
This 4th entry in the Peter Grant series carries on with the ironic, tongue-in-cheek, first-person narrative style that made "Midnight Riot," "Moon Over Soho," and "Whispers Under Ground" so un-put-downable. Along with Constable Peter Grant, all of our favorite characters appear, including Nightingale, the unflappable senior magician, various river gods and goddesses, the ever-hungry Zach and his buddies, the Quiet People, and Leslie, the constable who lost her face in a previous episode. It would help to read these books in order, to familiarize yourself with the series' long-running villain, the Faceless Man. The relationships between characters only get more and more complicated as the adventure moves on. Lots of loose ends in "Broken Homes" guarantee further episodes, and I for one, can't wait until they are published.
As "Whispers Underground" concentrated on London's Underground, this fourth book focuses in on certain aspects of London's above-ground architecture, most especially housing projects for the poor. One in particular, "designed by a nutter, built by charlatans and inhabited by the truly desperate" seems to be linked to more than its share of homicide victims who suffered truly bizarre deaths.
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