LenaRibka's Reviews > The Dead Yard

There is one more instalment in the series for me to go, but unlike with Sean Duffy series that I rushed through in one sitting, I need a break between the books here. I enjoyed the first book, but probably it was a mistake to dive into the second book immediately after I had finished the first one.

If you are bored with a police procedural but want to try Adrian McKinty - and I don't consider his last work, The Chain,as an exemplary example for his writing - you should read this series: you'll get deliciously sardonic humour that the author well known for, his lyrical reflections, a masterful first person POV and...a lot of actions that gave me personally a headache



The Dead Yard is a skilled created exaggeration of an action packed thriller. I won't comment the twists, I don't want to give anything away and spoil you numerous WTF - moments (view spoiler)[ but for me it was an extremely unrealistic plot: professionals acted in the most unprofessional way, the amateur saved the situation highly professionally, the terror cell was actually a bunch of crazy morons that could be unarmed much earlier. Oh, and not forget, this Kit girl was ANNOYING. (hide spoiler)]

I have to confess, I stayed awake the half of the night to finish this book, I just wanted to find out what would happen on the next page, and the page after, and after and after...but the whole story and the ending, in the best Tarantino manners, left me emotionally exhausted and gave me the worst headache since weeks. What I really need now - a quiet story with no actions at all.