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A review by martyfried
Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty
5.0
I thought this was the best of the series. Lots more excitement and action, great characters as always, and even a seemingly happy ending (you never know, though).
As usual, there's a lot of references to music in addition to the usual title being derived from songs by Tom Waits. It's pretty funny when Duffy has practically got himself and his entire family killed, and he's racing along at 140 mph, and has to play the radio because he doesn't think putting in a tape would be a good idea. He's always thinking about what music to play no matter what's happening.
Also, poor Sean gets his usual abuse from up above and from the press, all of it unfair. But he accepts it as normal, which unfortunately, it seems to be. But in this story, we get some clue as to why his record looks so bad. Although, to be fair, he's a bit too nice and fair, so his arrest record is not as good as it could be.
This one also has some pretty terrible things going on by the IRA that are unbelievable, but probably true. Torture of the worst sort, indiscriminate bombings, especially against police, etc. The police always have to check under their cars before driving in case there's a bomb. Modern-day Muslim terrorists are not any worse than IRA terrorists, and the Muslim haters should look at these Christian terrorists before calling names.
In the middle of all the excitement, there is the usual groaner joke or two. One goes to a young girl he comes across:
As usual, there's a lot of references to music in addition to the usual title being derived from songs by Tom Waits. It's pretty funny when Duffy has practically got himself and his entire family killed, and he's racing along at 140 mph, and has to play the radio because he doesn't think putting in a tape would be a good idea. He's always thinking about what music to play no matter what's happening.
Also, poor Sean gets his usual abuse from up above and from the press, all of it unfair. But he accepts it as normal, which unfortunately, it seems to be. But in this story, we get some clue as to why his record looks so bad. Although, to be fair, he's a bit too nice and fair, so his arrest record is not as good as it could be.
This one also has some pretty terrible things going on by the IRA that are unbelievable, but probably true. Torture of the worst sort, indiscriminate bombings, especially against police, etc. The police always have to check under their cars before driving in case there's a bomb. Modern-day Muslim terrorists are not any worse than IRA terrorists, and the Muslim haters should look at these Christian terrorists before calling names.
In the middle of all the excitement, there is the usual groaner joke or two. One goes to a young girl he comes across:
“Why don’t blind people skydive?”
“Dunno, mister.”
“Because it scares the crap out of their dogs.”