First book in a great Scottish crime thriller trilogy. Price just dropped to free today, normally about five pound.
10 comments
Hellodave.
2 Oct 17#9
It may be free, but how much is your time worth? Reading this book is hours of your life you'll never get back! The author likes to use 100 words when 3 would suffice, which makes plodding through the book a very tedious experience.
This is not a crime thriller (there is a murder at some point, but you soon forget about that), it's a very very dull, rambling ~500 page description of some bloke's childhood and the weather in a remote part of Scotland. If you like that, great, but if you're expecting anything exciting to happen, or the plot to move faster than an arthritic snail you're likely to be disappointed.
FloraNordin to Hellodave.
2 Oct 17#10
Well said. You forgot the rape/incest/violence every 2 pages just to make it more cliche/I'm a **** writer.
OB1
1 Oct 17#6
If it's only a third of the novel for free, doesn't seem a great deal to me!
turnma to OB1
1 Oct 17#7
Eh? It's the whole book. The book is first in a trilogy, but surely you're not saying it's not a deal because you only get the first book free. Plus each book is a standalone story anyway.
Ar460rn
1 Oct 17#3
Nice - read book two a while ago, now I can read book one :smile:
MissGoldie
1 Oct 17#2
That is your opinion. He is not a bad writer and I've read a few of his novels. Heat from me!!!
FloraNordin to MissGoldie
1 Oct 17#4
Well spotted, it's my opinion :grin:
FloraNordin
30 Sep 17#1
Worst writer ever....
mcrobbj to FloraNordin
1 Oct 17#5
It's free so if you dont like it then nothing lost. Personally I think he is a good writer although not all of his work is great. I think this is one of his better novels.
FloraNordin to mcrobbj
1 Oct 17#8
I wasn't criticising the freebie, I was criticising the writer. Shocking and full of cliches.
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10 comments
This is not a crime thriller (there is a murder at some point, but you soon forget about that), it's a very very dull, rambling ~500 page description of some bloke's childhood and the weather in a remote part of Scotland. If you like that, great, but if you're expecting anything exciting to happen, or the plot to move faster than an arthritic snail you're likely to be disappointed.