A review by myrdyr
Laidlaw, by William McIlvanney

2.0

I was underwhelmed. On the jacket of the version I borrowed, there are positive comments from Val McDermid, Denise Mina, Ian Rankin, Peter May, and Mark Billingham - all authors I really enjoy, and the book won the CWA Silver Dagger, but I just don't get all the hype. I wanted to stop reading it repeatedly, but I persevered thinking that it had to get better to justify the positivity surrounding it. Unfortunately, my commitment did not pay off. Had it been a longer book, I really don't know if I would have seen it through to the end. I won't bother with others from the McIlvanney.