A Decent Ride by Irvine WelshMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
My first impression upon finishing this book: It ain't no Shakespeare.
Of course, I don't mean the language. Welsh has a unique voice, and that's why I've always enjoyed his novels. What disappointed me about A Decent Ride was that there was no moral arc to the story.
Juice Terry suffers through the torments of Job (sort of) and, surviving these travails, he learns nothing. This is unfortunate, since there seemed to be so much room for personal growth. I am willing to give Welsh the benefit of the doubt, since I respect him as a skilled craftsman of fiction, and accept that Juice Terry is meant to be irascible, but that is small comfort for the two weeks I spent reading this story.
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