Favourite Uncle

Rivers of London #6.7

by Ben Aaronovitch

Favourite Uncle is a short story; an 'extra' in the Waterstones edition of Lies Sleeping, and included in Tales from the Folly.

Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Short Stories, Audiobook, Mystery, Fiction, Crime

Unknown Binding

First published November 15, 2018

About the author

Ben Aaronovitch's career started with a bang writing for Doctor Who, subsided in the middle and then, as is traditional, a third act resurgence with the bestselling Rivers of London series.

Born and raised in London he says that he'll leave his home when they prise his city out of his cold dead fingers.

Reviews

[Trish · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABIGAIL!!!

Yep, this not so short short story was from her POV once again - with the author admitting in the introduction that she was never meant to feature so prominently but kind of developed a life of her own - and thank goodness she did!

Here, a former friend (who is now at another school) chats her up after being referred to her by one of the kids she helped in What Abigail Did That Summer. It's about the girl's uncle possibly not being her uncle and possibly being much older than any uncle has a right to be. *lol*

The humour in this was precious - especially when it was mixed with sadness (not ever author can pull that one off correctly) and I loved the Christmas-y vibe as well as "what" Abigail encountered.

Cool story that you can sadly not find online (it is in the short story collection as well as in the Waterstones edition of book #7). So precious!

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I admit I'm a pretty big fan of Abigail. I liked her best in the other novella, but reading it in this order is just fine.

[Litsplaining · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, was that Santa or not?

[Cee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like Abigail! Her stories are funny, but mixed with sadness because of her brother, but still precious. The magical being was interesting, although I don't quite think I understood who they meant to be.

[Rina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was set during Christmas, my favourite holiday season. I loved the idea of the story, and I loved Abigail! What more to say?

[Octavia Cade · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm reading through the stories in the Tales from the Folly collection, and while I'm enjoying them, I'm noticing that Aaronovitch has the habit of some fairly abrupt ends in his stories. Not in all of them, to be fair, but it's happened more than I'd like and it kind of makes me want to reach into the pages and say "But what about this bit?" Granted, he's probably not that interested in how Abigail explains everything to Babs, but being hired by her to investigate the weird uncle was how the story got started to begin with!

Babs deserves a little more for her forty pounds, is what I'm saying.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love seeing more of Abigail.

Part of Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection.

[Brok3n · Rating 1 out of 5]

See review of Tales from the Folly at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... .

[John Ollerton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh that’s who he is!

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

290 - 2021

[Andrea (mrsaubergine) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abigail is really growing on me. Loved this Christmas story.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read it online. Backstory on Abigail and it was practically perfect!

[Liz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Abigail investigates a Christmas guest. Available in 'Tales From the Folly'.

[Katharine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aaronovitch is really nailing the "always leave them wanting more" in this one.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Abigail on center stage once again. It's a delight spending more time with her and filling in her backstory.

[Zabet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read as part of Tales from the Folly.

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this short story about Abigail.

[AcidGirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Abigail makes an old magical being do something nice. Charming, even though I still don't properly connect with Abigail.

[Rachreads22 · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice enough little story but again, I feel as though it ends too abruptly. Hoping this character will appear again later in the series.

[JayeL]

Another interesting book that features Abigail.

[Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Listened to, part of “Tales from the Folly”

[Gill]

Contained within Tales From the Folly collection.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

A story of Christmas magic featuring Abigail.

[Phyllida · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short story narrated by Abigail.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved it! This is must read series! I can’t wait for more tales!

[Victoria Nika · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun, little entry in the series that’s enjoyable.

[Gigi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abigail investiagates a Christmas guest and is becoming one of my favourite characters in this series.
Who is this special Christmas Guest?

This can be found in Tales of the Folly.