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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Cormoran Strike en Robin Ellacott horen inmiddels tot een van mijn favoriete detective koppels. De boeken over hen zijn nooit saai en meestal behoorlijk ingewikkeld. Ook dit zesde deel is dat. Veel, heel veel personages (op het hoogtepunt had ik een lijst van 189 namen), conversaties in de vorm van twittergesprekken, forum-chats en emails, allemaal in kolomvorm en met hun eigen opmaak. Echt heel goed gedaan.
Het onderwerp is de moord en poging tot moord op Edie Ledwell en Josh Blay. Edie is kort daarvoor om hulp komen vragen aan Robin, die dat af moest wijzen vanwege personeelstekorten en omdat ze niet echt ervaring hebben met online stalking.
Edie en Josh zijn de makers van een serie cartoons die tamelijk lugubere onderwerpen hebben maar die door bepaalde mensen met veel enthousiasme worden ontvangen. Er ontstond een cult rond de cartoons, maar die wordt aangevallen door iemand die zich Anomie noemt en Edie wil dat Cormoran en Robin uitzoeken wie die Anomie is. Als ze later horen van de moord op Edie worden ze bij de zoektocht betrokken en moeten ze alles op alles zetten om het geheel tot een goed einde te brengen.
Enorm spannend en ingewikkeld en met een uitkomst die ik helemaal niet aan zag komen.
Hulde aan de auteur en absoluut een aanrader.
Het onderwerp is de moord en poging tot moord op Edie Ledwell en Josh Blay. Edie is kort daarvoor om hulp komen vragen aan Robin, die dat af moest wijzen vanwege personeelstekorten en omdat ze niet echt ervaring hebben met online stalking.
Edie en Josh zijn de makers van een serie cartoons die tamelijk lugubere onderwerpen hebben maar die door bepaalde mensen met veel enthousiasme worden ontvangen. Er ontstond een cult rond de cartoons, maar die wordt aangevallen door iemand die zich Anomie noemt en Edie wil dat Cormoran en Robin uitzoeken wie die Anomie is. Als ze later horen van de moord op Edie worden ze bij de zoektocht betrokken en moeten ze alles op alles zetten om het geheel tot een goed einde te brengen.
Enorm spannend en ingewikkeld en met een uitkomst die ik helemaal niet aan zag komen.
Hulde aan de auteur en absoluut een aanrader.
It was bang average. Could have been 300 pages, not 1050
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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:
Yes
The audiobook is painful, don’t bother. But it’s too long and only got two stars for the rare moments when the relationship between Robin and Strike gets some space.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I love the Strike books. This one was the longest yet (over 1000 pages!) but I'd read 1000 more. Can't wait for the next installment.
Also, in writing this review I will say, unlike many other reviewers of Ink Black Heart, I have actually read it. I understand why people are mad at JK Rowling for her comments about transgender people -- she even doubled down on her ignorant remarks. But that doesn't make it okay to lie about what's in the book or rate it 1-star without reading it. That doesn't help anyone's cause. So for anyone wondering.... there is NOTHING anti-trans in this book.
Also, in writing this review I will say, unlike many other reviewers of Ink Black Heart, I have actually read it. I understand why people are mad at JK Rowling for her comments about transgender people -- she even doubled down on her ignorant remarks. But that doesn't make it okay to lie about what's in the book or rate it 1-star without reading it. That doesn't help anyone's cause. So for anyone wondering.... there is NOTHING anti-trans in this book.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
TLDR: 1.5 stars rounded, wouldn’t recommend.
Okay so I have a lot to say.
1) TOOOOO LONG!!! It took 900+ pages to get to the climax, then was just 3 pages of the climax of the story. Toooooooo long and drawn out which leads me to….
2) I guessed who it was about a third of the way through. It’s becoming obvious who JKR picks for her villain
3) Weird vibes about the political agenda of the novel. Every book is political, and I think this one was trying to pitch JKR as the victim summarised as a SJW and creator who is problematic (see anti-semitic references, transphobia) is attacked by misogynists online to the point of suicide, but is actually a strong independent woman in a field dominated by men.
I think this is a PR stunt to not make her out to be a TERF and to try and make her the vicitim in online harassment by trolls and the impacts of that on her mental health. I don’t think is succeeded and is too obvious and therefore plays on the arrogance of the author to think her audience is not intelligent enough to read between the lines.
4) Can they either get together or not ffs
Okay so I have a lot to say.
1) TOOOOO LONG!!! It took 900+ pages to get to the climax, then was just 3 pages of the climax of the story. Toooooooo long and drawn out which leads me to….
2) I guessed who it was about a third of the way through. It’s becoming obvious who JKR picks for her villain
3) Weird vibes about the political agenda of the novel. Every book is political, and I think this one was trying to pitch JKR as the victim summarised as a SJW and creator who is problematic (see anti-semitic references, transphobia) is attacked by misogynists online to the point of suicide, but is actually a strong independent woman in a field dominated by men.
I think this is a PR stunt to not make her out to be a TERF and to try and make her the vicitim in online harassment by trolls and the impacts of that on her mental health. I don’t think is succeeded and is too obvious and therefore plays on the arrogance of the author to think her audience is not intelligent enough to read between the lines.
4) Can they either get together or not ffs