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 | It's not a bad book, it's just not that great, and it being Rankin, you do expect something far more than half-decent. And that's all this book is really, half-decent. Compared to most of the Rebus books, it's very thin on the ground plot-wise. Most of the characters are fairly forgettable; though the premise of the heist is not without interest. It's still the page turner we have come to expect from Rankin, but you get the feeling you know what is coming on the next page. To some extent this is true of any author you get used to reading - you get to know the style and way they tell a story. You knew with the Rebus novels that the loose ends would tie up at the end somehow, but not much of an idea how. In this book, the only suspense at the end is over who will be screwing who.
My take on this is it is just an overlong Fredrick Forsyth short story - it should be 200 words shorter, sold in a volume.
And is it just me, or is anyone else really bored of reading about Edinburgh yet? read more.
Written by Ian Rankin.
Published 16 September 2008.
Published by Orion.
rrp £18.99.
272 pages Hardcover.
ISBN: 0752890700
ISBN-13: 9780752890708 | |
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