Did not disappoint. This was a long time coming but it was like catching up with old friends. The characters are true to the other books and their actions allow us to get to know them better.
Hope we don’t have to wait as long for the next one.


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- Publisher : Daw Books (29 October 2019)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0756411351
- ISBN-13 : 978-0756411350
- Dimensions : 10.8 x 2.16 x 17.3 cm
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Praise for the Rivers of London series A Hugo Award-nominated series 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, #1 New York Times-bestselling author The prose is witty, the plot clever, and the characters incredibly likeable. --Time Out This series is a constant joy to read....I've been looking forward all year to find out what happened next, and the book did not disappoint." --Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library It's witty, fun, and full of vivid characters, and the plot twists will keep even seasoned mystery fans guessing. --Publishers Weekly "The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter." --io9 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. --RT Reviews (top pick) The most satisfying fantasy thriller to hit bookshelves in quite some time. --SFX Magazine 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 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 Reviews
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Ben Aaronovitch was born in London in 1964 and had the kind of dull routine childhood that drives a man either to drink or to science fiction. He is a screenwriter, with early notable success on BBC's legendary Doctor Who, for which he wrote some episodes now widely regarded as classics, and which even he is quite fond of. After a decade of such work, he decided it was time to show the world what he could really do, and embarked on his first serious original novel. The result is Midnight Riot, the debut adventure of Peter Grant.
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I have throughly enjoyed the series so far, can’t wait for the next book. The characters are well developed, interesting and quirky. The action scenes are great, so well described I felt like I was a bystander.
Reviewed in Australia on 1 March 2019
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Peter Grant is growing up. I am enjoying the way this character is developing through each new book in this series. Start from the first one and have some fun.
Reviewed in Australia on 11 January 2019
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highly recommended- good story as always
Reviewed in Australia on 29 November 2018
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I can't wait for the next book. The fictional world continues to be consistent and believable. Love the architectural and historical details and the pop culture references as well.
Reviewed in Australia on 19 November 2018
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This was an interesting, fast-paced read. It was as good as the previous novels and I hope there is another one coming!!
Reviewed in Australia on 1 August 2019
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So much fun reading this. Really annoyed when it finished!!
Reviewed in Australia on 17 April 2019
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Love this series!
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Jarn K
5.0 out of 5 stars
Full size and back to its best.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2018Verified Purchase
So it's out, and I won't give spoilers. But rest assured those sitting on the fence after being burned by preordering what turned out to be a 9-chapter novella last time, that this is full size. There are 34 chapters. It's over an inch thick, and the kindle version is as good as the book.
The text flows, there's all the descriptive narrative we know and love, and it's action from the off. The author does a good job of trying to bring readers up to speed if they've not fully followed everything to date, and there are lots of nice nods (in passing) to the graphic novels but not in such a way that they are essential reading to follow this book.
So far I'm 5 chapters in (devoured in 45 minute train journey) so it won't last me too long, but the pace is good, and I think I get where the plot might be heading. And if it is, then I like it.
I'll add more when I'm further through it, but for now - definitely worth getting.
Oh, and Amazon, shame on you for pushing back the delivery date to 20th Nov. I got my hardcopy on the high street on the 14th. And it was signed by the author. Just saying.
The text flows, there's all the descriptive narrative we know and love, and it's action from the off. The author does a good job of trying to bring readers up to speed if they've not fully followed everything to date, and there are lots of nice nods (in passing) to the graphic novels but not in such a way that they are essential reading to follow this book.
So far I'm 5 chapters in (devoured in 45 minute train journey) so it won't last me too long, but the pace is good, and I think I get where the plot might be heading. And if it is, then I like it.
I'll add more when I'm further through it, but for now - definitely worth getting.
Oh, and Amazon, shame on you for pushing back the delivery date to 20th Nov. I got my hardcopy on the high street on the 14th. And it was signed by the author. Just saying.
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Cod
3.0 out of 5 stars
What happened to the Humour?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2018Verified Purchase
Review Rivers of London 7 Lies Sleeping
Take care SPOILERS in this. I own all the other “Rivers of London” Books love them all. L have read and re-read them all several times picking up on clever little bits that I missed on previous readings. I have been insisting that my non fantasy fan friends read them too as the writing was so witty and so enjoyable. Like all fans I have been waiting for the 7th book to arrive and I read it immediately that it arrived on my kindle.
I'm afraid that I was a bit disappointed. Not because it was terrible but because one of my major sources of enjoyment is the writing style and the brilliant humour with Peters asides. To use a cliché I do laugh out loud. This book however dragged for me. It was very plot focussed at the expense of good writing and to me the enjoyment and the lightness of touch was missing. All the other books I read in one sitting then read again straight away. In this book he seemed determined to get to the end of the plot and ignored the writing. It dragged and I had to force myself to read it to the end. There were some good ideas I like foxglove and Beverley’s comment should lead to an interesting next book but the solution to the faceless man a huge anti-climax …The long, long build up in previous books and in this book to be resolved in that way!! !! I felt that he had run out of ideas and wanted him out of the way. In which case why didn’t he send him off to fairyland or something vague to continue when he had come up with an appropriate solution?
There have been a lot of complaints about short length of The Last Station but on balance I preferred it to Lies Sleeping it was more authentic Aaronovitch and a much more enjoyable read.
You have to buy this book if you are a fan to find out what happens next and I will buy the Book 8 too but not with the keen same anticipation.
Take care SPOILERS in this. I own all the other “Rivers of London” Books love them all. L have read and re-read them all several times picking up on clever little bits that I missed on previous readings. I have been insisting that my non fantasy fan friends read them too as the writing was so witty and so enjoyable. Like all fans I have been waiting for the 7th book to arrive and I read it immediately that it arrived on my kindle.
I'm afraid that I was a bit disappointed. Not because it was terrible but because one of my major sources of enjoyment is the writing style and the brilliant humour with Peters asides. To use a cliché I do laugh out loud. This book however dragged for me. It was very plot focussed at the expense of good writing and to me the enjoyment and the lightness of touch was missing. All the other books I read in one sitting then read again straight away. In this book he seemed determined to get to the end of the plot and ignored the writing. It dragged and I had to force myself to read it to the end. There were some good ideas I like foxglove and Beverley’s comment should lead to an interesting next book but the solution to the faceless man a huge anti-climax …The long, long build up in previous books and in this book to be resolved in that way!! !! I felt that he had run out of ideas and wanted him out of the way. In which case why didn’t he send him off to fairyland or something vague to continue when he had come up with an appropriate solution?
There have been a lot of complaints about short length of The Last Station but on balance I preferred it to Lies Sleeping it was more authentic Aaronovitch and a much more enjoyable read.
You have to buy this book if you are a fan to find out what happens next and I will buy the Book 8 too but not with the keen same anticipation.
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Jcloth
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Unmagnificent Seven
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2018Verified Purchase
Sometimes a great idea just runs out of steam, and such is the case with this novel. The heady mix of river demigods, fairies and magic woven around of core of modern city policing has proved a winner up until now, but this book suborns the supernatural to the natural – great for a reality show, but a fantasy novel? You get the impression that the success of the preceding six books dictated the commercial lure of a seventh, but it seems a somewhat half-hearted attempt. The pace is uneven, the writing mundane and, frankly, not a lot happens in it - if you can judge a book by how long a resume of it would be, this one would run to a page at most. For example, 3 chapters are devoted to the rather dull hero being imprisoned in a rather dull pit with a rather dull fae companion. And really, that’s the essence of the book. Too many words devoted to irrelevances which add nothing to the story (like the minutiae of police protocols), topics bafflingly introduced with no preamble (eg something to do with Chinatown crops up in the final chapter with no introduction and no perceivable relevance to the story), and, all in all, it’s just …. rather dull.
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Jen
3.0 out of 5 stars
Poor Editing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2018Verified Purchase
I love these books. The characters and stories are great.
However, who edited this?! There are so many non-sentences and typos. This is pretty frustrating when you've spent £10 on it, and you can get better editing on someone's self-published trash novel.
However, who edited this?! There are so many non-sentences and typos. This is pretty frustrating when you've spent £10 on it, and you can get better editing on someone's self-published trash novel.
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R James
2.0 out of 5 stars
Amusing but rambling
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2018Verified Purchase
The Rivers of London series is an entertaining take on the 'mythical London' genre - other examples include the 'Shadow Police' books and the Alex Verus novels. Overall the 'Rivers' series is great fun - conjuring an array of characters that bring to life London's landmark rivers and its history.
This latest offering is OK but a bit rambling and with plot twists that seem to have no logic. I don't want to give the plot away but the key final confrontation has a dream sequence and a death without any logic - things happen for no obvious reason. Additionally, the text seems to have been padded out with lots of pointless detail - presumably trying to flesh out the characters but with far more descriptions of domestic life than anyone needs.
Worth a read if you've read the previous books but don't expect a masterpiece.
This latest offering is OK but a bit rambling and with plot twists that seem to have no logic. I don't want to give the plot away but the key final confrontation has a dream sequence and a death without any logic - things happen for no obvious reason. Additionally, the text seems to have been padded out with lots of pointless detail - presumably trying to flesh out the characters but with far more descriptions of domestic life than anyone needs.
Worth a read if you've read the previous books but don't expect a masterpiece.
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