Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Picked this up at the airport last week. It's an odd mix. Like a Mark Billingham rewritten by Robert Rankin. It also reminds me of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

The main sticking point is that there's a lack of balance between historical background and complexity of plot. It feels like 100 pages of plot and 250 pages of historical/geographical filler.

It's closer to Rankin or Pratchett than Gaiman. So if you like that kind of thing, you'll probably like this.



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