The severed streets5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() In a world where I don’t seem to be getting Mike Carey books any more, in a world where Ben Aaronovitch books don’t come out as often as they might, this is a London urban fantasy series, and it will do. This could have the alternate title All Tuckered Out. It was actual Neil Gaiman as a major character–and yes, a major one he seems early on to be making a minor cameo, and if you think, Lordy, this is about all the Neil Gaiman cameo I can take, there’s more. I don’t mean “someone who was made to startlingly resemble Neil Gaiman but was slyly named something like Bill Hayman so that only those in the know will recognize him.” No. Here, the most vivid character is Neil Gaiman. This…is not entirely ideal in a novel, where there are no actors. Another place, though, is that I’m afraid he leans pretty heavily on the actors to carry the characterization and charisma of the characters. Last year when I read London Falling, I thought that it was clear that the beats fell where they would in a Doctor Who episode, and that’s still one of the places where Paul Cornell’s TV background is coming through in the sequel. ![]()
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