jester1470 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Not sure if there are any other fans of Stuart MacBride but he's doing a signing at Waterstones on Saturday.From his website:"Waterstones Union BridgeAberdeen Signathon!Yes, on Saturday the 2nd of August you'll find me hunched behind a table in Aberdeen's Union Bridge branch of Waterstones from about 12:30 until people stop turning up. And knowing my luck, that'll be about 12:35.After that I'm sodding off to the pub - you have been warned ;}#This is to mark the launch of my Novella SAWBONES, which is kind of cool. In a full of dismemberment and moral-ambiguity kind of way.What more could you want on a Saturday?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 ick ick ick. I find MacBride totally unreadable. The 'ooh, I know that place' factor just can't make up for his awful writing style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 ick ick ick. I find MacBride totally unreadable. The 'ooh, I know that place' factor just can't make up for his awful writing style.Have to agree - the books are readable only in their simplicity (easy to skim through in a few nights) and the familiarity of the geography. However, this is also what's annoying about them - the writing is bubblegum lite and the murders that happen round the corner from you seem absurd at times.His beard also looks really shite in the cover photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I like his books, they scream EVENING EXPRESS/DAILY RECORD at me and that's what makes them readable - I think they're actually intentionally written to be sensationalistic, as reflected in the hack character (forgotten his name and can't find the books to check). Having said this, I didn't walk through Seaton Park again at night after reading his first book :/Granted, he's no Rankin - but was Rankin even Rankin after his first few books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 I quite enjoy them in an un-challenging way, but my mum never forgave him for describing the skyscrapers at Hazlehead as having long corridors, with various flats off of them, when in reality there's a central square with four flats on each floor.I have inherited this pickyness, sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 I quite enjoy them in an un-challenging way, but my mum never forgave him for describing the skyscrapers at Hazlehead as having long corridors, with various flats off of them, when in reality there's a central square with four flats on each floor.I have inherited this pickyness, sadly I've never forgiven him for calling Queen's Road Queen's Street. I read the first one while I was travelling and it was alright for that purpose but I've never had the urge to read it again because I don't think I would manage to finish it if I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 I read the first 2 and quite like them, average crime pageturners with a local flavour. According to the reviews of the latter 2 his writing gets better so I'll probably read them too. Not bothered about meeting the man or getting his signature though and he does have a crap beard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Granted, he's no Rankin - but was Rankin even Rankin after his first few books?yes. he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 I've never forgiven him for calling Queen's Road Queen's Street. There's quite a few silly little mistakes like that, it's irritating to read. The first book certainly had flaws but I think he's improving a lot, need to pick up the new one. Used to work with him in my old job (and his seeing as he's now a full time author). Nice guy, great sense of humour. Strange beard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Strange beard.heh.says you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 yes. he was.Are you sure?I didn't think much of Knots and Crosses/Hide and Seek compared to the sheer brilliance that was Fleshmarket Close..but that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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