Rivers of London

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Ben Aaronovitch: Rivers of London (2011, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)

English language

Published Oct. 23, 2011 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-575-09759-9
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Maybe all ghosts were like this, a pattern of memory trapped in the fabric of the city like files on a hard-drive – slowly getting worn away as each generation of Londoners laid down the pattern of their lives.

Normally, urban fantasy is not my cup of tea. I prefer my fantasy to be more… steeped in the miraculous and unmistakably foreign. But sometimes, you get something incredible when you combine something as lived-in as the city of London and magic. This book’s cover makes a crude comparison to Harry Potter, and really, it shouldn’t. Aaronovitch has accomplished something much more interesting here—not only magic, mythology, and superstitions, but their intersection with modern London society in all of its beautifully flawed ways. I am glad I happened to chance upon this book and gave the first page a chance—that’s all it took; I was hooked after a paragraph. If you’re …

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Subjects

  • London (england), fiction
  • Fiction, fantasy, general
  • Fiction, occult & supernatural