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Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
3.0

Interesting world with a desden-like tone approach: bumbling fallible protagonist humour. It worked alright but the tone isn’t my taste; rarely will a book with this kind of tone have good comedic timing and humour that appeals. Too bad, since I suspect a consistent darker tone would have really sold it for me. It’s aware enough about social aspects where Dresden falls on its face with and the way magic works seemed interesting.