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My review of Moon of Soho.
Holdbrook-Smith continues to shine as a narrator. His vocal talent brings both Peter and the many people he interacts with to live in a way one doesn't quite get while reading. First time he voices Leslie using her iPad text-to-speech function was brilliant. However, when he voiced Leslie speaking on the phone, I found it partly unintelligible but still good. When Leslie later spoke in person with Peter, voicing was back to brilliant. I have to say, I loved his voicing ...more
Holdbrook-Smith continues to shine as a narrator. His vocal talent brings both Peter and the many people he interacts with to live in a way one doesn't quite get while reading. First time he voices Leslie using her iPad text-to-speech function was brilliant. However, when he voiced Leslie speaking on the phone, I found it partly unintelligible but still good. When Leslie later spoke in person with Peter, voicing was back to brilliant. I have to say, I loved his voicing ...more
Almost literally, unless it grew legs and bolted when I wasn’t looking, Moon Over Soho hit the ground running from where Rivers of London left us. Not only does Ben Aaronovitch make it as smoothly readable as its predecessor (to the point where I was often having to cover up the next page with hands and/or arms), but this one truly feels like part of a larger story, doubtless to continue on and reward our patience handsomely in the following books, as opposed to a smaller, self-contained one th
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2021 Re-Read
***2021 Dog Days of Summer***
It's time for my summer theme and this year I have chosen to read books that include canine companions. It was a marvelous excuse to revisit the Rivers of London series complete with Toby the terrible terrier. Toby continues his influence on the Folly, being a smelly companion on car trips and a weary walking responsibility after a long day of work.
Peter develops a magic measuring system based on Toby: And what did Nightingale and I have to measure ve ...more
***2021 Dog Days of Summer***
It's time for my summer theme and this year I have chosen to read books that include canine companions. It was a marvelous excuse to revisit the Rivers of London series complete with Toby the terrible terrier. Toby continues his influence on the Folly, being a smelly companion on car trips and a weary walking responsibility after a long day of work.
Peter develops a magic measuring system based on Toby: And what did Nightingale and I have to measure ve ...more
This series is just as good the second time around as it was the first time I read it. In fact, it's even better, as I'm not rushing through it, desperate to know who done it. Now I'm savoring the funny bits and enjoying the wonderful characters.
I have my fingers crossed for a TV series based on these books; my future happiness depends upon it. ...more
I have my fingers crossed for a TV series based on these books; my future happiness depends upon it. ...more
2nd Review (5/20/17):
Rating: 3.5
Where rereading Rivers of London so soon after the first reading had dimmed the experience, rereading Moon Over Soho had an opposite effect. I got more out of this 2nd reading; there were details that I had missed the first time around. I still feel that Mos is not at the level of RoL, but the overall experience was better this time.
I had initially blamed my taking so long to read the book as one of the main reasons why I did not enjoy it that much. I realize now ...more
Rating: 3.5
Where rereading Rivers of London so soon after the first reading had dimmed the experience, rereading Moon Over Soho had an opposite effect. I got more out of this 2nd reading; there were details that I had missed the first time around. I still feel that Mos is not at the level of RoL, but the overall experience was better this time.
I had initially blamed my taking so long to read the book as one of the main reasons why I did not enjoy it that much. I realize now ...more
For me this second installment in the Peter Grant series was even more fun than the first. A bit less inventive, perhaps, but we're now past the introductions stage and I enjoyed the filling in of backstories and further development of some favorite secondary characters. Again I found the level of detail in describing Peter's sexual encounters to be excessive, and the degree to which his judgement was apparently obstructed by raging hormones is hard to credit. The general outlines of the outcome
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I am thoroughly enjoying this series. Is it the best in the world? No. But it is fun, diverse and has a great narrator and setting.
I will say in this book I was annoyed by how obvious the murderer was (view spoiler), but you know, I don't think I'd ...more
I will say in this book I was annoyed by how obvious the murderer was (view spoiler), but you know, I don't think I'd ...more
I'm probably being a bit generous by giving this four stars. The things I loved about the first book are still here: humor, pacing, the city as a character, and Peter's voice. In this second novel, jazz musicians are dying around the city. The deaths seem to be connected to a specific recording of a song, and Peter reconnects with his parents (including his famous jazz-musician father) to seek the killer. The plot is once again merely good, which is where the series is stumbling a bit for me. Th
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I'm in love with this series. It's a geeky slice of London life, filled with slang, wit and magic. I'm rationing the rest of the series out so I don't finish it too soon.
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