432 pages
English language
Published Sept. 6, 2020 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
Peter is so much more clever and funny than his German counterpart, and I always love his wit and the references to nerd culture. Plenty of that in this book, which sees him investigating in the world of high tech. Wonderful, plenty of character development, and more hints to Nightingale's past during WW2.
Libro de transición entre arcos, pero que aprovecha para cambiar el formato del caso y añadir más facciones al mundo que se ha creado.
No hay mucha evolución de personajes, y los secundarios de siempre aquí aparecen con cuentagotas, pero tampoco se les echa de menos en ningún momento.
Tal vez hay más menciones a las historias cortas de las que parecen necesarias, o al menos esa impresión me ha dado habiendo leído solo una, pero que precisamente es la que está ligada con este libro.
La trama tecnológica le pega bastante, pero lo acerca tal vez demasiado a los Archivos de las Atrocidades.
A series I love packed with HGTG references. This was a fun read.
4.25 A fun romp into computer nerdery that does not quite reach the greatest heights reached by the series, but doesn't fall short by much. The plot about the magical computing antiques is fun and even the big twist makes sense, even if we are left in the dark about much of the significance. The main problem I see though is the huge cast of characters that makes it hard to track all of them. Some of them only appear in third-person narration only to then jump back into the action. The mains are all interesting, but the supports are where it gets confusing some of the time.
As a side-note Aaronovitch shows really good representation once again. All in all, a very enjoyable read.
Another great book in the series. Interesting to see if it goes a little lovecraftian in future books.
