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Kuolema kintereillä

Robert Galbraith

4.48 AVERAGE

greysheep's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

bks4rs's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mageekm193's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious sad 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: Yes

cphenly's review against another edition

3.0

"Utterly pulse pounding," as the blurb maintains, is way-overstated. This book is WAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too long. They've stopped editing Galbraith, which is a great pity. The 950 pages could easily be cut by 250 and the book could probably have been cut down to 600 without losing anything necessary. I skimmed a lot because it was so predictable (all the scenes inside the cult) and repetitive. It's better than two stars, though, because Galbraith (yes, I know it's J.K. Rowling, but she uses Robert Galbraith for this series, so I'm sticking with that) plays fair with the reader, and, if you were paying enough attention and were clever enough, you could figure out who did it, but of course you weren't. The solution to the mystery is very satisfying, and

Spoiler

the takedown of the cult, though predictable, is even more satisfying. I am also supremely happy to see the last of Charlotte!

At least in this book we didn't have to hear over and over about how much Strike's leg hurt him, but I was mightily tired of reading about every burger and piece of fish he ate for six months. That's the kind of stuff that could go, if an editor were doing an editor's job. Establish the situation and then let it go! She's navigating tricky waters here, with the relationship between Strike and Robin, and so far she's pulled it off, but we'll have to see what the next installment brings. (Yes, I will read it. Checked out from the library.)