I picked up the first book in this series (this is the second) with trepidation. Strong followup to a strong series opener Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Rankin writes with bare knuckles so every character hits you like a body blow but I always come back to Rebus with all of his virtues and all of his flaws as my favorite What was one of the most memorable moments of Hide and Seek? You help your readers to be a little more human and you can't ask for more from a book. Hide and Seek was no exception and whether you are a devoted fan or a new comer you will be very very pleased with his effort here. You do not so much as empathize with them as identify with them and the never ending struggle to be decent in an indecent world.

Ian Rankin's characters are so believable because they are, like all of us, so flawed while at the same time trying to be so decent. Where does Hide and Seek rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? offer non-abridged versions along with abridged versions of Audible books. It's just another example of someone else editing for me. I don't like movies especially movies based on books. That's why I bought and listened to the audio version despite my aversion to abridged books.Ĭould you see Hide and Seek being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be? The accents, the slang, and the banter between characters. What about Bill Paterson and Ian Rankin ’s performance did you like? I'd invite him to share my dinner table anytime. John Rebus is smart, funny, imperfect, and very real. Abridging also insults the author, and Ian Rankin is much to good an author to have that done to him. Given the choice, I would have chosen to hear those and skip some of the violence, but those who feel differently should be able to do their own editing too. When I read the print version, it was apparent that the cuts were mostly to the male/female relationship interplay scenes. Since I was unable to find a non-abridged audio version anywhere.at any price, I actually got the print book to see what I missed. It angers me to have someone else make the editing decisions as to what parts are essential to the story and which are not.

Many times I make a choice to skip places in books, but I want that choice to be mine. I hate abridged books because I want to choose for myself whether or not to skip certain parts of a book. Is there anything you would change about this book?

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