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Books : Doors Open
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780752890708
ISBN: 0752890700
Label: Orion
Manufacturer: Orion
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
Publisher: Orion
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Studio: Orion
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Rating:
- Meh
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 ... Read More
Rating:
- Disappointing
Since finishing this book, I've been wondering why it is I was so disappointed. The story is good, it goes without saying that it is well written, but I struggled to finish it. I think a problem was that I just didn't care about any of the characters or what happens to them. I had been looking forward to this book, despite it being a novel without Rebus, but it just didn't work for me.
Rating:
- A waste of an otherwise perfectly good Sunday....
Ian Rankin is an excellent writer and has proved this repeatedly throughout the Rebus series, but 'Doors Open' is simply boring and left me with a feeling of having wasted most of my Sunday. Not at any time did I feel a connection with any of the (not so bright) characters, and the plot was a dead giveaway.
I don't expect John Rebus to reappear but he was so much more entertaining and sympathetic than Mike Mackenzie, 'the self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the ... Read More
Rating: - 1 Door Opens...
I think the reviewers who gave this one star are a little harsh, but I can understand the frustration when you consider the expectations of the author of the Rebus stories. The pace of the story attempts to keep the reader on their toes but makes the characters somewhat 2 dimensional. The main protagonist seems to be a confusing mix of a playboy and wannbe hard man but doesn't seem to really be compelling enough as a character to care about. As the plot progresses, rather obviously it must be said, ... Read More
Rating: - Boring, yawn, boring
What a disappointment this book was. I wish I'd read the reviews on here first, but being a Rankin fan I just naturally picked the book off the shelf and looked forward to reading it. Mistake. It's a very long time since I've been daft enough to buy a book I couldn't finish. I'll make sure I read someone else's reviews before I buy another one.
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Doors Open
by: Ian Rankin
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EAN: 9780752890708
ISBN: 0752890700
Label: Orion
Manufacturer: Orion
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
Publisher: Orion
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Studio: Orion
Related Items:
Average Rating:
Rating:
- MehIt'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 ... Read More
Rating:
- DisappointingSince finishing this book, I've been wondering why it is I was so disappointed. The story is good, it goes without saying that it is well written, but I struggled to finish it. I think a problem was that I just didn't care about any of the characters or what happens to them. I had been looking forward to this book, despite it being a novel without Rebus, but it just didn't work for me.
Rating:
- A waste of an otherwise perfectly good Sunday....Ian Rankin is an excellent writer and has proved this repeatedly throughout the Rebus series, but 'Doors Open' is simply boring and left me with a feeling of having wasted most of my Sunday. Not at any time did I feel a connection with any of the (not so bright) characters, and the plot was a dead giveaway.
I don't expect John Rebus to reappear but he was so much more entertaining and sympathetic than Mike Mackenzie, 'the self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the ... Read More
Rating:
- 1 Door Opens... I think the reviewers who gave this one star are a little harsh, but I can understand the frustration when you consider the expectations of the author of the Rebus stories. The pace of the story attempts to keep the reader on their toes but makes the characters somewhat 2 dimensional. The main protagonist seems to be a confusing mix of a playboy and wannbe hard man but doesn't seem to really be compelling enough as a character to care about. As the plot progresses, rather obviously it must be said, ... Read More
Rating:
- Boring, yawn, boringWhat a disappointment this book was. I wish I'd read the reviews on here first, but being a Rankin fan I just naturally picked the book off the shelf and looked forward to reading it. Mistake. It's a very long time since I've been daft enough to buy a book I couldn't finish. I'll make sure I read someone else's reviews before I buy another one.
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