#7 in Urban fantasy
Broken Homes
- 357
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Broken Homes” is the fourth Rivers of London novel, a blend of police work and magic whose final chapters hit some readers hard. Peter Grant, constable and apprentice wizard, narrates in a voice that some readers praise for joining gritty procedure with real feeling. Readers differ on this volume: livelier than the third for some, flagging after a strong start for others. Best read after the first three books.
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About the book
Broken Homes is the fourth novel in the Peter Grant series by the English author Ben Aaronovitch, published in 2013 by Gollancz.
Reading order · Rivers of London
Full order & progress →- Rivers of LondonStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - Moon Over Soho
8.08.0 / 10 - Whispers Under GroundWhispers Under Ground–Not ranked yet
- Broken HomesThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - Foxglove Summer
8.38.3 / 10 - The Furthest Station
7.97.9 / 10 - The Hanging Tree
–Not ranked yet - Lies Sleeping
8.28.2 / 10 - False Value
–Not ranked yet - Amongst Our Weapons
8.28.2 / 10 - Stone and Sky
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 355 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Urban fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 24 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 331 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is Broken Homes?
It has 357 pages — shorter than 87% of the ranked books in Urban fantasy.
In this book
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