jackleg2010 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Just started reading the novel. Started good and hopefully will end strong. I'm looking forward to reading the other novels and graphic novels also. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfoxdmt73 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Same here. Got the audiobook a few days ago and enjoying what I've listened to so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susimetsa Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 I hesitated picking them up as my interest veers more towards history than contemporary stories, but after a friend recommended these, I gave them a chance. The first novel turned out to be rather a good read, although the initial humour and banter gave way to horror aspects as the story progressed. I started on the sequel almost as soon I had finished the first one. 4/5 to the first novel in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud64 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) I shall warn you that you are developing an addiction. The books are terribly moreish. I started last Yule and have now read everything there is, and the audio-only short story. Oh, and I've revisited all the novels as audio books, which are quite brilliantly read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. To sate your new craving in the cheapest way you can find bundles of the novels on Amazon and eBay. Just looked, and you can pick up the first 8 (of the 9) for 19.99gbp on Amz UK. For Brits, you may be able to get the audio books for free through your local library – there's an app so you can just download them. They have a limited number of licences though, so you will likely have to reserve them and wait a bit, but easily done through the app. I have a spare copy of the first volume that is pretty much permanently loaned out. So far everyone has liked it. I do, of course, have an ulterior motive – training up potential players. Edited December 18, 2022 by Cloud64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackleg2010 Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 Cheaper is checking them out of your local library, if they have them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardriveworley Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 11 hours ago, jackleg2010 said: Cheaper is checking them out of your local library, if they have them. Unless you're as bad as me and keep forgetting you have them and rack up late fees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckyball Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Many of the books and all of the graphic novels are available online either from Hoopla or Overdrive. But I gotta warn you; Do NOT read the graphic novels ahead of the books (like I did). There is a major plot twist in the books that is spoiled if you read too far ahead in the graphic novels. I believe there is a reading order posted somewhere. It should keep you out of spoiler territory buckyball 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud64 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) Ben Aaronovitch's website has the full chronology, including everything: novels, novellas, comics, short stories (from Tales from the Folly). The only thing missing is the audio-only short, but there's no spoilers in that. https://www.benaaronovitch.com/chronology/ Edited December 21, 2022 by Cloud64 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfoxdmt73 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Ordered the 8 book set for £17.99 from Amazon UK. Can't wait to read the second book onwards. Just finished the 1st audiobook and really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisdomOfWombat Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 I just finished book 9 last week. I‘ve basically devoured the series in preparation of the game. The novels are great. I‘ve started on the comic books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackleg2010 Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 Finished the first book, on to the second, Night over Soho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackleg2010 Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 Got second book today. 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackleg2010 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Finished book two, Moon over Soho. Ended quite surprisedly. Requested book three. Only reason I'm not ordering the entire series, is my current stack of unread books is getting way too big! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 7:30 PM, jackleg2010 said: Finished book two, Moon over Soho. Ended quite surprisedly. Requested book three. Only reason I'm not ordering the entire series, is my current stack of unread books is getting way too big! I planned on starting the second book immediately after the first, but like you, my to-read pile is stacked quite high 😅 Have you began the third book as of now? 🙂 If so, what do think of it so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Finished book 3 audio. Amazing talent, this narrator. Quote Wave your geekflag high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susimetsa Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 I read the first three pretty quickly and then got worried that they would run out too fast. So I am sampling some other series in the sameish genre: Dresden Files and Elemental Masters. Pretty interesting - I was never previously that interested in urban fantasy, but these are pretty decent reads. I can also see how these three series might all affect my version of a Rivers of London RPG campaign, if I were to run one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackleg2010 Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Reading Broken Homes, the fourth novel. My only complaint, is there needs to be a glossary for some of the UK idioms, and Met police terms. I have also read one of the graphic novels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 8 hours ago, jackleg2010 said: Reading Broken Homes, the fourth novel. My only complaint, is there needs to be a glossary for some of the UK idioms, and Met police terms. I have also read one of the graphic novels. It is a bit difficult to discern what comes across as a UK idiom if that's where the author comes from... and speaking as a non-native speaker of English, the same applies for US idioms and US police procedural terms, and I haven't come across any of those in my reading so far either. Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne H Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 We did include a glossary of quite a few terms in the core rules and our US proof readers did try to point out any idioms they didn't understand so we could clarify them in the text. I'm afraid I can't for that for all the novels, though! 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 6:44 PM, jackleg2010 said: Reading Broken Homes, the fourth novel. My only complaint, is there needs to be a glossary for some of the UK idioms, and Met police terms. I have also read one of the graphic novels. This will be a problem for all readers of international novels. My advice: if it strikes you as a problem, Google it. 2 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThornPlutonius Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/1/2023 at 11:04 AM, g33k said: This will be a problem for all readers of international novels. My advice: if it strikes you as a problem, Google it. Or watch more British TV and movies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 If truly desperate you can actually buy a copy of the police manuals PC Grant keeps talking about, they are real books. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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