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rionaleonhart

I Actually Used The Word 'Groovy' And She Didn't Even Flinch.

Jul 05, 2016 13:56

I went into a bookshop with the specific intention of buying Rivers of London and realised too late that I didn't know the name of the author. With an inward sigh of despair, I trudged into the 'Sci-Fi and Fantasy' section, prepared to comb through all the shelves alphabetically.

Thank God for the name 'Aaronovitch'.

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rivers of london, work, first impressions, the bookening

Comments 3

darkest_alchemy July 5 2016, 21:45:05 UTC

"so perhaps their relationship is stronger in later books"
I don't remember the other books* but from what I remember of the fifth(?) book their interaction in that consists of a few brief phone conversations, Nightingale wasn't really even in it and I was disappointed by this.

*that's probably not a reflection on the quality of the other books, I just have a very bad memory

rionaleonhart July 6 2016, 19:42:35 UTC

I'm starting to think that the Peter-and-Nightingale relationship isn't nearly as large a part of these books as I'd come to believe.

littlered2 July 5 2016, 22:34:45 UTC

I enjoyed Rivers of London and its sequels very much! Agreed about Peter Grant's excellent qualities as a narrator, and the appeal of the friendship between Peter and Leslie. (My dad is still friends with his female partner from his early days in the police, so I am inclined to feel very fondly towards them, although I hope my dad and his partner didn't have the same undercurrents of sexual tension. Too awkward.)