Rivers of London

Paperback

Published by Gollancz.

ISBN:
978-0-575-09757-5
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4 stars (9 reviews)

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Review of 'Rivers of London' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

3.5 Nice little trade paperback with a unique mix of street-racing and the Faerie Realms. Not exactly the most memorable and intricate story, so it's probably best as a comic book too. A couple of inconsistencies and a bit of a deus-ex-machina take it down a little, but the atmospheric depiction of the faerie lands scores half a point again.

Review of 'Rivers of London' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

This book started with 5 stars, changed to 1 star and ended with a solid 3 stars.
When I first started reading it I was excited about this new form of magic, the magical beings, goddesses, the good humour and the sarcastic main character. However, after 50 pages it starts getting boring. The main plot seems forgotten for the next few chapters, we just follow Peter Grant on some magical adventures that have hardly any relevance to the story. The humour, first refreshing, started to annoy me, the main character seems to be a 15 year old boy only interested in cars and boobs. He can't even be around a woman without constantly thinking about her boobs. I stopped reading at several of those scenes cause I was that annoyed. When the actual plot continues, there are constant setbacks, which is important of course, no one should succeed on the …

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