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What Abigail Did That Summer
- Narrated by: Shvorne Marks
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The new Rivers of London novella, from Sunday Times number one best-selling author Ben Aaronovitch.
Ghost hunter, fox whisperer, troublemaker.
It is the summer of 2013, and Abigail Kamara has been left to her own devices. This might, by those who know her, be considered a mistake. While her cousin, police constable and apprentice wizard Peter Grant, is off in the sticks, chasing unicorns, Abigail is chasing her own mystery. Teenagers around Hampstead Heath have been going missing but before the police can get fully engaged, the teens return home - unharmed but vague about where they've been.
Aided only by her new friend Simon, her knowledge that magic is real, and a posse of talking foxes that think they're spies, Abigail must venture into the wilds of Hampstead to discover who is luring the teenagers and more importantly - why?
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- Anonymous User
- 08-02-2022
Not the right performer
It’s possible that I wound have enjoyed the story more if someone more skilled at the character voices was reading. It sounded like the reader had zero familiarity with the way that Abigail and the foxes have been voiced previously, and indeed are described as sounding in other books. There was very little differentiation between characters. Every character was a variation on a high pitched posh, generic British accent. A WORLD away from the way that Abigail and foxes are written as speaking. It was a constant low key irritation.
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- IAN JOHN MACINTOSH
- 14-04-2021
Kid's story barely holds the line
There are moments in this novella, but very few. Quite frankly, it is a children's novel. The plot has plenty of Ben's great imagination behind it. However, the read is hard work, as the key characters are all presented as Disney-esque kids animation voices, and as such, get annoying very quickly. Particularly the foxes, who KHS originally presented as streetwise Londoners, but here Shvorne pitches them straight out of 'Frozen'. KBH's short and really unnecessary inserts are hard to decipher (strangely distorting the Professor's original voice) and plot-wise, pointless. Here's to the next serious Peter Grant story with exploding heads and no annoying kids...please!
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- Readalot
- 31-03-2021
Talking Foxes
Great to catch up with Abigail and learn what the deal was with the talking foxes... I always enjoy the Rivers of London novellas and this was no exception. Probably not recommended for someone who hasn't read at least one of the main series, though, because too little is explained. That's fine, because why would Abigail explain what she knows perfectly well? Great fun, as ever.
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- Phreddie
- 14-03-2024
Rubbish
Not what I expected from Ben Aaronovitch
Every one of his past books are 100% and can be reread over and over .
This book as I I say, is rubbish.
Not the narration ,but the story .
I would like my money back please Mr Bazos
After struggling through a few of the chapters, it makes me more confident about writing a book myself. 🙄
Lost Me Ben
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- Jacquelyn
- 14-08-2023
A nice side story
A nice novella from Abigail's point of view to fill in some of the gaps eluded to in the main 'Rivers of London' novels. Obviously Peter doesn't know all these details since he was gallivanting in the English countryside while Abigail was solving her own mysteries and developing her own contacts in both the Demi-monde and the mundane world.
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- Amber-Claire
- 03-07-2023
Neat sideline
Cute and quirky sideline story that allows a glimpse into what makes one of the side kicks so cool! I liked it a lot x
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- Bek T
- 06-10-2022
Love the narrative but story was hard to catch
I love the Rivers of London series so thought to try this book. Great concept and narrative but I felt there was some gaps in explaining the house aspect. Audible and Belinda recording have done a wonderful job again.
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- Linda Scocca
- 29-09-2021
Unexpected and wonderful
I wasn’t sure I would like it but I really really like it! Fantastic narration too. I want more!
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- Deborah Y.
- 06-08-2021
Adequate
Not up to his usual standard. Expected a children's book, but was too adult for that but too basic for an adult book. As always, performance was superb. Looking forward to a proper Peter Grant next.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-2021
excellent rivers book and made for audio
this worked very well as an audio book. Ben's first ya book? for all ages.
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