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A review by guiltyfeat
The Falls by Ian Rankin
2.0
Another Rebus hate-read completed and still no sign of Gavin. Not sure how much more of these I can stomach. Always strong on plot, this was a particularly grating episode with some ancient silliness about the perils of the Interwebs and people connecting their WAP phones to laptops in order to download emails. I can't hold that against Rankin, but the rest of Rebus's facile horseshit is all on him.
This time Siobahn Clarke gets pulled in to Rankin's anti-establishment screed, turning down the possibility of advancement through the ranks in favor of doing things her own way, i.e. the same way Rebus does things and recklessly endangering her own life and the lives of others without ever conferring with her colleagues.
Mercifully there was no Big Ger Cafferty in this one, Rankin giving his Block-worship a rest for once and focusing on stealing tropes from the file titled "retired serial killers and their proteges".
Meaty, but terrible.
This time Siobahn Clarke gets pulled in to Rankin's anti-establishment screed, turning down the possibility of advancement through the ranks in favor of doing things her own way, i.e. the same way Rebus does things and recklessly endangering her own life and the lives of others without ever conferring with her colleagues.
Mercifully there was no Big Ger Cafferty in this one, Rankin giving his Block-worship a rest for once and focusing on stealing tropes from the file titled "retired serial killers and their proteges".
Meaty, but terrible.