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The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

16 reviews

maggies's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Another 4-star Cormoran Strike mystery for me! As usual, the mystery is a thickly woven web, incorporating pretty grotesque crimes. Definitely a page-turner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Cursing, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Racism, Pedophilia, Medical content, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

sauvageloup's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

firstly Rowling has shit political views. we all know this. I do feel bad reading this but I got it from the library and shes getting no profit from me. unfortunately shes a good writer.

pros:
- very gripping, couldn't put down
- characters were interesting and complex overall 
- did a convincing job of showing online spaces

cons:
- the sheer pettiness underlying lots of her comments is a lot. the whole plotline is narcissistic. I get the point shes trying to make (toxic online spaces driving innocent creators to misery. bad ppl hiding building up gullible fans with claims of creator's being homophobic/racist/ableist, etc. ppl being blinded by this that they miss true predators, sexists and racists) but it misses all the joy of online friends, and generally reads like shes bitter about the criticism.
- she also misses the very real need for criticism. she mocks "SJWs" but her own views could be called that by some alt right. she's determined to see that fans are acting as a mob with no critical thinking skills, where I think shes blinded by confirmation bias and her ego and lacks the ability to be compassionate and tolerant. anyway. her views are made very clear in the book and it feels petty.
- underwhelming ending, not helped by me thinking for some reason that this one the last one. was disappointed.
- its dragged too long now. think this should've been last one for sure.

overall, disappointing and frustrating, because it was good up until a sour end, much like her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Racism, Pedophilia, Murder, Grief, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Blood, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Violence, Stalking, Sexism, Mental illness, Medical content, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Bullying, and Body shaming

kathrynamonett's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death, Chronic illness, Ableism, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Racism, Eating disorder, Antisemitism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Child abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

romonko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Perhaps it is my age, or perhaps it's my total indifference to social media and all its iterations like Twitter, TikTok, Reddit, instagram, but I truly did not get really into this book like I usually do with this series.  The mystery was a good one, and it finally did get really exciting at the end.  And that is another of the things that caused me to shake my head - the sheer length of the book!   1,300 odd pages is a lot of book!  The writing is superb as well, but I did find some of the dialogues and transcripts of Twitter feeds and internet chats far too graphic for my tastes.  I was extremely uncomfortable through about 30% of the book, but the other 70% held me enthralled.  There is no doubt that Robert Galbraith (aka J K Rowling) is a very skilled and talented author, and her characterizations are incredible.  In this book Corm and Robin's detective agency are run off their feet with business.  Then along comes a visitor that Robin meets. A young Gothic woman who has a very strange tale to tell about her on-line cartoon called The Ink Black Heart and the on-line abuse that she is receiving..  Robin is intrigued but knows that they're too busy to take on this case.  Then Robin hears that the young woman is killed  and her boyfriend was stabbed in the very graveyard on which her story is based.  So Corm, Robin and their three contract detectives are on the tail of a particularly odious killer.  At much risk to Comoran and Robin and to their business they continue on the quest to find a killer who uses the internet as his/her hunting ground.  This is a particularly horrifying book, and probably realistically illustrates the danger of on-line relationships and influences. And it reminds parents that they must be particularly vigilant in monitoring their offspring's on-line footprint.  Rowling has shown us in this book what a truly scary world we live in now. Although I did not like the format and the pages and pages of internet-speak, I still enjoyed the story, and I love Comoran and Robin and will eagerly awake the next instalment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

druknduck's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, and Body shaming

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

mypatronusisajedi's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Drug use, Racism, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape, Cancer, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy