Not The Crow Road, but...

[ex_lectrix_l371]

I've finished Iain Banks' The Steep Approach to Garbadale, and oh how I loved it. Granted, I'm easily pleased when it comes to Banks, but it was really a lovely read.

Just one thing: the ending. To me, it was a little abrupt, and the twist with the incest seemed a little forced. I got the impression Banks felt he should go one up from a rather

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[pgmcc]

rather predictable "you're actually brother and sister" scenario

I had thought he was going that way.

I thought the Granmother's method of collecting DNA samples was a bit extreme. Generous, but extreme.

The fact that the aunt was forwarding the mail to the gran was pretty obvious, too.

I didn't find it that abrupt at the end, but I can see where you're coming from.

Like you, I burst out laughing a couple of times.

A worthwhile read and much better than The Business and Dead Air.

On my scale, I would say on the level of Whit but below The Bridge, The Wasp Factory, Complicity, The Crow Road and Espidair Street. However, three million miles above A Song of Stone.

[ex_lectrix_l371]

It was a quite... interesting way of getting DNA.

My ranking: better than The Business, Complicity, Walking on Glass and Dead Air. On the level of Whit and Espedair Street, plus The Crow Road (which it was a bit too similar to). Below The Bridge, The Wasp Factory AND A Song of Stone. So there.

I think we've argued about A Song of Stone before.