Review of 13 Steps Down

I watched this because I enjoy mysteries but this put me off ever reading Ruth Rendell. I found Mix sad rather than disturbing and Nerissa, his obsession, a rather stupid young woman. There wasn't a single likable character in the whole thing and I only forced myself into watching to the end because my DVD player was broken. Frankly a lot of the storyline and a couple of the characters seem to be pointless. This could have been an excellent fictional drama on the worst consequences of stalking but instead ends up as a dull portrayal of a stereotypical serial killer obsessed young man and a model portrayed by an actress who could not make you care about her character. Even at twenty-five I feel the viewing public should not be subjected to acting as terrible as hers simply because she looks nice. I've given it three stars because at least it is not reality TV.