March 30, 2004
Rebus, continued
Just to conclude the crabby-assed — sorry, arsed — comments I made earlier about Ian Rankin's latest: I finished the book the next day, and while I (obviously) found it a page-turner, I was finally dissatisfied. Rankin's writing, this time around, lacks its usual subtlety. And all the pop-music references are getting tedious. Worse, he verges into sentiment with the heavy handed allustions to Rebus as a "knight in tarnished armour." And the ending is inexcusable. The ending of the average episode of Walker, Texas Ranger has more credibilty. If it turns out, as I suspect, that Rankin is leading up to some May-September grotesquerie between the frequently soused Rebus and the equally anti-social Siobhan — unless it ends almost as soon as it starts and ruins their working relationship forever — I may have to gouge my eyes out. So let's hope he has more sense.
The Little Professor commented on my earlier post, and mentioned that Rankin is winding up the series. I hadn't heard this, but Rebus must be nearing retirement age, surely.
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