Adam McPhee's Reviews > Resolution

Better than the rush job that was the second book in this series, but still not Welsh's finest hour. A bit more pulpy than previous efforts, but with a convoluted and low effort ending in which good guys and bad guys are screaming their motivations and machinations at one another. And even then there's still need for a followup email outlining it all.

Welsh is great at creating characters who are war with themselves but who are fun to spend time with. His Ray Lennox is one of his better protagonists, and Resolution is interesting in that he seems to have made progress on himself from previous efforts. And it is fun to just hang around with him in Brighton: I'd've loved to see more of him and George scamming companies into buying their security systems. Alas...

One final note, unless I missed it, there are no cameos from any of Welsh's other novels, which is a shame because I always look forward to them. Though one of his previous books does get mentioned in a very out of context way at the novel's climax, and I guess that's amusing.

Overall this one just felt a bit low effort.