Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Furthest Station
Furthest Station | Ben Aaronovitch
There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little more than give a frisson to travelling and boost tourism. But now there's a rash of sightings on the Metropolitan Line and these ghosts are frightening, aggressive and seem to be looking for something. Enter PC Peter Grant junior member of the Metropolitan Police's Special Assessment unit a.k.a. The Folly a.k.a. the only police officers whose official duties include ghost hunting. Together with Jaget Kumar, his counterpart at the British Transport Police, he must brave the terrifying the crush of London's rush hour to find the source of the ghosts. Joined by Peter's wannabe wizard cousin, a preschool river god and Toby the ghost hunting dog their investigation takes a darker tone as they realise that a real person's life might just be on the line. And time is running out to save them. With this new novella, bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch has crafted yet another wickedly funny and surprisingly affecting chapter in his beloved Rivers of London series.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
julesG
post image
Pickpick

I needed a revisit with Peter Grant

#SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

TheSpineView Enjoy! 5mo
55 likes1 comment
review
Robotswithpersonality
post image
Pickpick

Evidently Aaronovitch is superb at creating a story of any length in which Peter Grant uses magic, science, police procedure and architectural know how to crack the case. I've enjoyed all the extant novels and the short story collection in the Rivers of London series, and can now vouch for this novella length entry as well. On to the next! 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/3 Regarding this particular novella: Always here for cheeky new river gods, commiseration about the dreary realities of morning commutes, and any ghosts that like to chat, for case solving purposes or just a little local colour. Some perennial favourites showing up: Abigail, Nightingale, Beverley, Post-Martin, as well as a cameo from a character I was glad to see pop up again. 6mo
Robotswithpersonality 3/3 Audiobook means highlighting quotes is a bit more challenging, but I was particularly struck (and had free hands) at the moment this one came to my ears:
“Only Molly can make breakfast in bed a sinister experience, but over the years I've managed to repress my instinct to leap up screaming.“ 😆

⚠️animal death
6mo
julesG I marked that quote too. 🤣 6mo
6 likes3 comments
review
Ddzmini
post image
Pickpick

A cute little ghost story great read 😊🤣

37 likes1 stack add
review
annamatopoetry
post image
Pickpick

Been having a Shit Time (ankle acting up, hip/back muscles acting up) but at least the rivers of london books are delightful. I almost preferred this novella (kind of a villain of the week story) to the main arch.

review
Chancecall
post image
Mehso-so

Yay all caught up on Litsy reviews, sorry for spamming, not read much in the last few months, so trying to catch up on logging the books Ive read. Another rivers of london entry, a novella this time. Compelling beginning but flat conclusion. Image of one of the smallest station in the world. Bus stop at the end of my road is bigger I think.

review
LiteraryLona
post image
Pickpick

I love this series! This one is a tiny “in-between” book in the series.

5 likes1 stack add
review
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
post image
Pickpick

Honestly, I listened to this #audiobook mostly for Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's wonderful voice and superb narration. Ugh, he is amazing and I'd listen to him read anything. But I am still feeling unsure about continuing with a series about a police officer that isn't critical of the institution, even if it is an urban fantasy and the main character is Black (voiced by a Black actor but written by a white author).

Littlewolf1 I want to read this series so bad. I have been looking for them at my bookstore,but can‘t find them to buy. ☹️ 3y
Laughterhp I didn‘t know the author was white. I just started this series (just finished book 2) and I‘m really enjoying them on audio. 3y
41 likes2 comments
quote
imyril

‘We don‘t want to talk to them per se,‘ said Nightingale. ‘It‘s just that we‘d like to ask them a few questions.‘

😂

review
dodgygothbint
post image
Pickpick

A novella in the 'Rivers of London' series, this is intriguing and playful and loads of fun. I do love these books! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

8 likes1 stack add
review
jfount
Pickpick

Good fun as ever.

review
cirrusrider
post image
Pickpick

Oh I‘ve missed this series! I read the whole 7 books released currently in the early weeks and long, looooong nights of December 2018 when my youngest was born. I tore through them, there is so much to love- London, the clever, clever commentary, magic, police procedurals, layers of history, architecture, geography...Mr Aaronovitch has a very big brain and knows how to use it! 😂 A friend loaned me this novella and I was in bliss.

review
rabbitprincess
Pickpick

A short, fun little adventure in the Rivers of London universe. Magic and the Underground are a winning combo in my books.

review
BookmarkTavern
post image
Pickpick

A fun little novella that gives us an interesting mystery, more Abigail, and more Jaget! ❤️

Ghosts are coming down a train line with a message and then disappearing.

This is as clever and charming as any of the full novels. And it's always wonderful getting to see Peter's investigative abilities. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

review
WeeWeegieBookworm
post image
Pickpick

Once upon a time, there was a princess who was locked in a dungeon....

26 likes2 stack adds
review
AmyReadsAlot
post image
Pickpick

I found this story to be light but fun read. The mystery itself had a few twists & turns which was entertaining. There were further discussions about Abigail and her desire to learn magic. There might be more developing with her character in the next book in this series. I think that will be an interesting change for Grant and Nightingale to wrap their minds around. Full review at www.thegenreminx.com #bookreviewer #TheGenreMinxBookReviews

review
lucylovestoread
post image
Pickpick

Another fun read in the richly detailed world of Peter Grant, London police constable and investigator of the supernatural. Aaronovitch has a wonderful sense of humour and his narrator is self-deprecating and funny while giving us a full picture of everything he encounters. The whole series, and wonderfully narrated audibooks, are highly recommended! Start with Rivers of London to understand everything!

PickwickPlockPlock I love the audiobooks, they make the books even better! 6y
lucylovestoread @PickwickPlockPlock Yes they are brilliant aren't they?! Kobna is a very talented voice artist. I read this one in book form but thinking about going back and listening to the first ones just to hear him ♥️ 6y
PickwickPlockPlock @lucyinedinburgh The audiobooks are worth it 💚 6y
Bronte_Chintz Nice to meet a fellow uk Litten! 6y
23 likes4 comments
review
ThatNerdyBookwyrm
post image
Pickpick

Kobna does an incredible job bringing this world to life over audio. I love Peter. He‘s my child. I will protect him at all costs. And now I need the next book because I‘m getting itchy.

review
Dogearedcopy
post image
Pickpick

🎧 Peter Grant and his neighbor‘s daughter, Abigail go ghost hunting on the Tube. What are the ghosts trying to tell them?

Much of the novella lacks lacks tension, i.e. no sense of urgency, though when the stakes *are* revealed, things move quickly. Aaronovitch does write himself into a bit of a corner though and I‘m not really convinced that he got out of it.

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith elevates this from a “So-So” to a “Pick.”

review
PickwickPlockPlock
post image
Pickpick

I expected not to like this one as much as the others in the series because it's 'only' a novella, but I was wrong! It has the same magical charm and doesn't feel as crammed as the last one. Nevertheless, I would have loved to see it as a full-length novel with an added subplot. I read it on the plane and finished it before we landed...

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 👍📚 7y
LitsyOwl Hi! Welcome to Litsy 📚🦉👋 7y
See All 9 Comments
PickwickPlockPlock @LitsyOwl thanks for the nice welcome! 7y
BookaholicNatty Welcome to Litsy friend! Hope you will love it just as much as I do! ❤️📚 7y
asiriusreader Welcome to Litsy! 7y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 👋🏻 7y
PickwickPlockPlock @Eggs Thanks 👍 7y
16 likes1 stack add9 comments
review
Dragon
post image
Pickpick

This novella features Peter Grant‘s teenage cousin Abigail and ghost hunting. There‘s a good mixture of magic and crime solving. My only complaint is about the footnotes. This was an ebook so footnotes are problematic. These footnotes were for the North American reader and in my opinion they were superfluous.

SandyW Yup... footnotes, tables, and charts are problematic in audiobooks. 7y
Dragon Thanks @SandyW 👍😀🐉 7y
rabbitprincess Maybe I'll order this one from a UK site to avoid having footnotes (assuming it's available in print and not just ebook). 7y
See All 6 Comments
Dragon Thanks @rabbitprincess there were only about 4 footnotes so it wasn‘t a whole lot. It‘s a novella so I‘m not sure if it‘s in print. 7y
Izai.Amorim Just bought it. Will read soon. 7y
Dragon Thanks @Izai.Amorim hope you enjoy! 😀🐉 7y
57 likes6 comments
blurb
Divinenanny
Furthest Station | Ben Aaronovitch
post image

This weekend we celebrated our sixth anniversary by shopping and going out to dinner. I was surprised to find The Furthest Station, a Rivers of London novella by Ben Aaronovitch. I am addicted to this series so I couldn't pass it up! #benaaronovitch #riversoflondon #pcpetergrant #thefolly

review
rwmg
Pickpick

An ordinary Folly Case

quote
rwmg
post image

rabbitprincess NIGHTINGALE 😍♥️ 7y
4 likes1 comment
blurb
rwmg
post image

Since there's no cover, here's mine

review
dsfisher
post image
Pickpick

A novella (5.5) in the PC Peter Grant series about wizards and supernatural crime. Investigating disappearing ghosts leads to a search for a kidnapped victim.

89 likes1 stack add
blurb
dsfisher
post image

I could almost see a supernatural Miss Marple. Cracked me up (side to side).

#agathachristieclub

PickwickPlockPlock I would read a magical Miss Marple! 7y
75 likes1 stack add1 comment
blurb
rwmg
post image

The tagged book was a Christmas present from my sister, the others are the booty from my annual raid on Blackwells.

rabbitprincess Blackwells!! ♥️ 7y
6 likes1 comment
review
quinas
post image
Pickpick

I‘m a long time fan of the fantasy genre, but I do love the depiction of everyday police grunt work: “When faced with complex and inexplicable circumstances, a modern police officer will fall back onto one of two basic policing approaches. Option one; call for back up, arrest everyone in the vicinity and sort it out down the nick. Or Option two; locate the nearest source of tea, sit everyone down and hope nobody‘s carrying a concealed weapon.”

Fernoppy Love it! I'm making my bookgroup read Rivers of London for our January book. I love this series so much I could eat it. 7y
quinas Me too! I was a bit sad that it wasn‘t a full length novel but I think that worked for the story. It made me hanker for more though. 7y
2 likes2 comments
review
Heideschrampf
post image
Pickpick

I really enjoyed this one, though i understand why it is just a novella and not a full fledged novel. Witty as always he's setting up a couple of fresh roots for new plot lines, a much needed break from the grand arch that started in book one and still hasn't got anywhere much. Today's case may have left a lot of questions unanswered, too, but i guess i wasn't in it for the whodunnit anyways, but for finally meeting Peter Grant again...#nerdlove

47 likes1 stack add
blurb
Heideschrampf
post image

Getting cozy with a late night ghost story and a hot water bottle #readinginbed📚😍👻

rwmg That's my Xmas present from my sister! 7y
39 likes1 comment
review
Centique
post image
Pickpick

The latest in the Peter Grant series is just a novella but it‘s brilliant. Just the right amount of ghostly fantasticness for my tastes! Ghosts on the underground 👏👏👏 And I love his wizard wannabe cousin Abigail. I hope he‘s writing some more right now 🤞

TheWellAccompaniedBook Rivers of London is my book club‘s Jan read, so a whole new world awaits me! Keep hearing good things. 7y
Centique @TheDoubleLetterThief I hope you enjoy it! 7y
62 likes1 stack add2 comments
blurb
quinas
post image

Perfect reading weather tonight.

blurb
elkeOriginal
Furthest Station | Ben Aaronovitch
post image
Lindy 😍 7y
Reviewsbylola Beautiful. 😍 7y
Kalalalatja Ooooh wow! 😍 7y
LeahBergen Another entry for #TeamMap. 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
TricksyTails 😍😍😍 7y
67 likes1 stack add5 comments
review
elkeOriginal
Furthest Station | Ben Aaronovitch
post image
Pickpick

A delightful palette cleanser! This is a novella so not as deep or detailed as usual but most definitely a fun romp revisiting our magical and criminal friends in the Peter Grant series.

ferskner That cover is so appealing! 7y
emmaturi Like the series, have read the first two 7y
60 likes3 stack adds2 comments
blurb
catsuit_mango
post image

Very very early to the airport, husband suggested 'we can sit and read' what am I to do except agree ;) starting this novella might not last until take off! #bookandtea

blurb
catsuit_mango
post image

When you agreed less than a week ago on a book buying ban with husband and during the first trip you go into a bookshop. Husband is not very good with restrictions!

blurb
Crash
post image

I just love this series and Ben is funny as hell!

annalibris Is this the new one? Can‘t wait to get my hands on it! (edited) 7y
Crash @annalibris it's the latest one but it's a novella. 7y
12 likes2 comments
review
brennahawleycraig
post image
Pickpick

Finished! Love this series so much. I could read about Peter Grant all day. #catsoflitsy

JulieAnn Me too! 7y
brennahawleycraig @JulieAnn have you read the comics too? 7y
JulieAnn @brennahawleycraig No. I looked them up but don't have the extra $$$ right now. Two kids, two birthdays, and Christmas all in December/January! Hopefully I'll be able to soon! I keep meaning to check my library for them. 7y
brennahawleycraig @JulieAnn holy moly that‘s a lot! You should definitely put them on your own Christmas list 😊 they‘re super fun and a new one comes out in December! 7y
33 likes5 comments
review
IReadThereforeIBlog
Mehso-so

Ben Aaronovitch's fantasy novella is an okay standalone read within the PETER GRANT universe that re-introduces Abigail Kamara (who I want to see more of in future books) and I enjoyed the interaction between Peter and Jaget but the plot itself meanders with time jumps robbing it of tension, an ending that lacks any explanation, Toby is underused and I just didn't feel as if this added anything to Peter's world.

blurb
Kateri
post image

Excited to discover this in my book delivery box at work

1 like1 stack add
blurb
writerlibrarian
post image

It's my most anticipated because I can finally read Hanging Tree. 😁#fallintobooks @RealLifeReading

review
earlgreyediting
post image
Mehso-so

THE FURTHEST STATION by Ben Aaronovitch is a contemporary fantasy novella set after the seventh book in his Rivers of London/Peter Grant series. While it's an entertaining book, it's not one of Aaronovitch's best works.

Full review at http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2017/06/26/the-furthest-station-by-ben-aaronovitch...

#riversoflondon #petergrant #benaaronovitch #subterraneanbooks #fantasy #urbanfantasy #contemporaryfantasy

blurb
elkeOriginal
Furthest Station | Ben Aaronovitch
post image

Signed and numbered, bitches!!!

Jess_Read_This Daaaaang.. that is super cool! 7y
LeahBergen 😂😂 7y
brennahawleycraig 😫 how did you track that down?? 7y
See All 13 Comments
elkeOriginal @brennahawleycraig I get emails from Subterranean because they have published some of my favorites in the past. And then I preorder like a loon! (edited) 7y
brennahawleycraig Probably have to sign up for those. Oh, the bad habits I'm getting into! 😂 7y
elkeOriginal @brennahawleycraig You's welcome 😁 The next special edition books I have on order from them are Station Eleven and Fifth Season...FYI... 7y
erincb82 I just got #659 out of the library! 7y
elkeOriginal @erincb82 What? They put numbered editions in the library?! 7y
erincb82 I am surprised myself! Boulder Public must have been quick on the draw when ordering. 7y
elkeOriginal @erincb82 That's nuts. Might be worth the charge to just keep it 😉 7y
erincb82 I work in a library and people have accidentally on purpose done that. Even the additional $10 processing fee isnt a deterrent. 7y
elkeOriginal @erincb82 This edition costs way more than that! 7y
57 likes13 comments
blurb
elkeOriginal
Furthest Station | Ben Aaronovitch
post image

EEEEEEEEEEKK! It's arrived!
Special edition from Subterranean Press of new Rivers of London novella. YEEHAW!

Lizpixie *see comment on To Kill A Mockingbird*😑 7y
56 likes1 stack add1 comment
review
IrresponsibleReader
Pickpick

This hut the spot-a short, but fully developed, adventure, full of action, a bit of snark, and seeing Peter in his element. Would I have preferred a full novel? Sure-but if I can't have one, this works.
It's good to see this kind of case. Not just the serial killing, major magical threat, etc.-but the "smaller" stuff, too.

review
shanaqui
Pickpick

Fun, though I wonder if I should have read the latest novel first. Absolutely no mention of Leslie?! (Received to review.)

blurb
elkeOriginal
Furthest Station | Ben Aaronovitch
post image

New Rivers of London novella coming out in June!
Surprisingly, it seems to be coming out in the US first this time...UK lists it as Sept. Win!

http://subterraneanpress.com/aaronovitch-furthest-station

brennahawleycraig @elkeo I better power through them before June then! 8y
elkeOriginal @brennahawleycraig It's hard not to once you start! 8y
43 likes3 comments