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Water Weed is a standalone in the Peter Grant series. The graphic novels are good because they show a visual side of the Folly and the characters involved that help you fill in your mental model when reading the novels. Water Weed is no different.

A standalone piece about a crossover with the mundane drug trade and some magic. The water Weed is distributed by boat, coming to Peter's attention because Beverley's younger siblings have extorted some from the hapless delivery boys on their boat in the Thames.

There's an interesting light on the methods used to hide tracks, and also on the effects of werelights on plants. It also breaks a few stereotypes and sets up a previous character and a new one for yet another story.

Definitely worth reading Water Weed if you are a fan of the Peter Grant stories.

smitchy's review against another edition

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4.0

Two of Beverley's little sisters intercept drug dealers on the river. But theres more than just drugs going on and Peter finds himself dealing with a comicbook style kingpin.

waylander101's review against another edition

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3.0

Rivers of London: Water Weed is the sixth collected volume of the Rivers of London comic book taking place between The Hanging Tree and Lies Sleeping. This volume comprises of four issues of the comic book.

After two of the less well-behaved River goddesses, Chelsea and Olympia, decide to "tax" a drugs mule using the Thames as a highway, Peter Grant and Beverley Brook find themselves drawn into a cannabis smuggling operation with weird magical connotations.

While I liked the story I found the sexualisation of the younger goddesses a bit off putting and the sex scene was just unnecessary. That being said the "police procedural" aspects of the story were as good as any you'll see on TV with and interesting and unexpected antagonist.

If you can look past the parts mentioned this is a good story but I'm afraid they're there and pretty in your face.

markjosefjones's review against another edition

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5.0

Arguably the best in the series due to 1) interesting story and 2) recurrence of (endearing) characters from earlier books!

limivorous's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

sumlittlebee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

booksandlemonsquash's review against another edition

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4.0

Another great little story in the River universe. I liked the concept of the weed, and how it played out but felt there were a couple of unnecessarily adult bits. Obviously it’s an adult series, but just didn’t think the scene was needed here and didn’t work for me in comic form. Really a minor complaint though.

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