{"id":49365,"date":"2015-01-26T20:05:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/26\/book-review-foxglove-summer-by-ben-aaronovitch-2015.html"},"modified":"2015-01-26T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:05:15","slug":"book-review-foxglove-summer-by-ben-aaronovitch-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/26\/book-review-foxglove-summer-by-ben-aaronovitch-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: "Foxglove Summer" by Ben Aaronovitch (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rating: ●●●●○<\/p>\n

This is the fifth volume of the delightful "Rivers of London" \/ "Folly" \/ "Peter Grant" (depending on what source you look at) series, and it's just as much fun a quirky urban (here largely rural) fantasy as the others along the way, as well as a ripping police procedural.<\/p>\n

The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 for sheer enjoyment is that the ending is … um … abrupt. But until that point, it's superb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe latest “Rivers of London” book involves rivers but barely touches on London, instead taking place out in the countryside where the disappearance of two young girls has tri…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Rating: ●●●●○ This is the fifth volume of the delightful "Rivers of London" \/ "Folly" \/ "Peter Grant" (depending on what source you look at) series, and it's just as much fun a quirky urban (here largely rural) fantasy as the others along the way, as well as a ripping police procedural. 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