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I give it 3/5. I liked the humor in it (at times it had flashes of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), and I liked Peter Grant's situation at the beginning of the novel (unsure if his career/lot in life is going to improve).
A main issue I had is that I didn't think the characters behaved in a believable way in this world. Sure, you have to have some suspension of disbelief since the whole plot revolves around the paranormal, but these characters were just too accepting of its existence (especially considering up until this case, they were also skeptical).
I also felt Peter didn't react believably at times. He seems so indifferent to Leslie's plight. I mean, her face is a now mess, perhaps forever, and he seems to not have much empathy for this at all.
I also didn't care much for the whole river gods subplot, didn't feel it meshed well with the main murder plot, and especially disliked the way they wrapped up the ending of the book with a trip down time travel lane.
I'm not the biggest fan of paranormal type stories in general, but if these things had been addressed, I think I would've pushed it to four stars, because I do think the writing was decent, I liked the main characters (forgetting the river gods), and there's potentially more interesting things that could be done with them.
-HM
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