{"id":12569,"date":"2020-03-01T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T21:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=12569"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:20:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:20:24","slug":"false-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12569","title":{"rendered":"False Value"},"content":{"rendered":"

False Value<\/a><\/em> (2020) Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> (Rivers of London)<\/p>\n

\"False<\/a>The 8th Rivers of London book.<\/p>\n

It’s been two years since the last book about Peter (although there have been comics) and although I was impatient, I didn’t mind, because my assumption was it was taking a long time so he could get it right (rather than publishing to meet a scheduled and not have the book he wanted). I suppose it could have been something else, but I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n

Not to say that I wasn’t confused and a little worried when I started the book, because I was confused and not quite sure what was happening.<\/p>\n

The story opens with Peter interviewing for a job with the Serious Cybernetics Company. And yest, the entire company is just rolling with Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> things (Peter has to wear a towel around his head the first day.) This was confusing, since it came out of left field.<\/p>\n

So the first section of the book jumps back and forth in time as we see just how Peter ended up job hunting.<\/p>\n

Also, Beverly is pregnant with twins, and Peter is now living with her and not at the Folly.<\/p>\n

So. This book.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, it is everything you expect from a Rivers of London book.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t want a personal friend in Jesus.\u201d <\/p>\n

I showed her my warrant card. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut have you let the Metropolitan Police into your heart?\u201d I asked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Peter is snarky as usual, but even better…<\/p>\n

As a wise man once said\u2014 I believe in coincidence, coincidences happen all the time, but I don\u2019t trust coincidences<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

HE QUOTED GARAK FROM DS9.<\/p>\n

But the snark–Peter’s snark is my favorite snark.<\/p>\n

From the kitchen behind us I could hear various chopped comestibles being tossed around in a wok. Which at least meant we weren\u2019t going to be having McDonald\u2019s\u2014 you hear stories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is everything I want a Rivers of London book to be. I hope we don’t have to wait two more years for the next, but as long as he keeps writing good stories, I’ll be patient.<\/p>\n

Publisher: DAW
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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