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A review by saritaroth
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
4.0
Favorite Quote of the Book - "Two hundred and forty tons of locomotive can mess up your whole day."
For those of you who have not read this book, which is probably most of you, I will lend some context to the above quote. Peter and his mentor, Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale, are called to a number of different violent crime scenes, one of which involves a man who apparently threw himself under a train. Hence, the above quote. It is discovered later that the man was likely coerced to commit suicide. The humor in the Rivers of London series is often dark and even disturbing, but I tend to like that type of humor.
Peter continues to scramble to try and find the Faceless Man, the one supposedly responsible for all the killings. In his struggles, he discovers a disturbing bit of information that he and the reader do not see coming. I don't want to give too much away, but let's just say that someone Peter trusted betrays him in the worst way.
I know, in the past, I have criticized these books for being blatantly, grammatically incorrect. This time, however, the use of incorrect grammar did not bother me so much. I think the reason for this is that, prior to reading this book, I was reading another book entitled, "From The Corner Of His Eye" by Dean Koontz. Normally, I am a big fan of Dean Koontz, but I just could not get into that book. Because of that, once I began reading this book, I was able to overlook the grammatical discrepancies. I kept thinking that at least this book was interesting and humorous.
For those of you who have not read this book, which is probably most of you, I will lend some context to the above quote. Peter and his mentor, Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale, are called to a number of different violent crime scenes, one of which involves a man who apparently threw himself under a train. Hence, the above quote. It is discovered later that the man was likely coerced to commit suicide. The humor in the Rivers of London series is often dark and even disturbing, but I tend to like that type of humor.
Peter continues to scramble to try and find the Faceless Man, the one supposedly responsible for all the killings. In his struggles, he discovers a disturbing bit of information that he and the reader do not see coming. I don't want to give too much away, but let's just say that someone Peter trusted betrays him in the worst way.
I know, in the past, I have criticized these books for being blatantly, grammatically incorrect. This time, however, the use of incorrect grammar did not bother me so much. I think the reason for this is that, prior to reading this book, I was reading another book entitled, "From The Corner Of His Eye" by Dean Koontz. Normally, I am a big fan of Dean Koontz, but I just could not get into that book. Because of that, once I began reading this book, I was able to overlook the grammatical discrepancies. I kept thinking that at least this book was interesting and humorous.