![The Crow Road](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1330063373l/12021._SX98_.jpg)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Honestly, I was both excited to read (because of that amazing opener) and trepidatious because I heard that this book takes a dive later on.
Well, I still loved that banger of an opening and was thoroughly charmed by this tale of a Scottish family, featuring this young twat that both shows that he has heart and that he doesn't deserve any in return, and it's all pretty fascinating. I loved the writing.
Fast forward a bit and he becomes a right git, but that's okay because conflicts drive tales and what's not to love about a mess of a man?
Fast forward a bit more and I finally get to the point where people snicker -- but you know what? I don't care that it turned into a mystery. It just felt like a bit of spice to what otherwise seems to be a long novel about death.
It is the Crow Road, after all, and we all follow it eventually.
I think I loved every moment of coming to terms with death in this novel, sudden or otherwise, the best. There was a good deal of depth and all of the characters were pretty fascinating. I wouldn't say they were much in the way of being good people, but it did make for a good novel.
This is only my second book of Iain Bank's regular fiction, and I will say that it feels so different from his SF. Here's to managing my expectations!
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