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Violence
A lot
Significant violence; the plot involves a threat to London at scale; some deaths
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Some sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific satisfaction of a villain finally caught; the cost at which the resolution comes; how Peter has changed from the constable who witnessed a ghost in book one
What this book is about
The Faceless Man — the series' main villain, who has operated through multiple books, left bodies behind him, and terrified Nightingale — is finally identified and cornered. Peter Grant has to prevent a catastrophe that would reshape London's relationship with the supernatural forever. Ben Aaronovitch's seventh Peter Grant novel is the series' most plot-driven culmination to date: a thriller that resolves multiple threads from previous books and requires Peter to be not just a constable who can do magic but a fully developed practitioner making decisions with real consequences.
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seventh Rivers of London / Peter Grant novel by Ben Aaronovitch; series culmination
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