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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
I'm not sure how I feel about this book yet. I liked the ending and the development of the relationship between Strike and Robin, but the mystery of the book fell kind of flat outside the last 20 pages. Outside of that it just felt kind of bloated and wholly unnecessary, the killer shouldn't have been difficult for them to find or figure out.
I loved the second book, so much so I couldn't find the words to describe it. But this, this was a step back and probably the weakest in the series thus far.
I loved the second book, so much so I couldn't find the words to describe it. But this, this was a step back and probably the weakest in the series thus far.
dark
mysterious
fast-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:
Yes
Accidentally realized I never noted when I read this one. I was looking to see when #4 releases.
Another Cormoran Strike adventure that served the crime genre well. I read it while at work and the second half of it till the sun came up. It's an excellent read that keeps you hooked till the very end. Highly recommended if you love crime novels. Can't wait for the next adventure.
p.s. Please J.K. Rowling keep Cormoran and Robin as friends and don't entangle them in a romance.
p.s. Please J.K. Rowling keep Cormoran and Robin as friends and don't entangle them in a romance.
I enjoy this book. Reminds me of a British version of Jack Reacher, gone civilian.
I enjoyed this one more then the second in the series. More gripping and kept me going, wanting to read the next chapter. The author is good at painting a gritty version of the life of the characters. And continues to provide new details of the main characters that are hinted at from book to book. In doing so there is an underlying story outside of each mystery itself. I will read the next in the series for sure and would be interested in the BBC adoption of the books.
I didn't like it (clearly). Usually by book 3, I have attached to the characters enough that I can overlook flaws but I have too many problems with this book. First is the overly done sexual tension between Strike and Robin (why one last name and one first? beats me), I somewhat enjoy that sort of thing but not constantly and in your face for 100 pages. Strike's past was mostly ho-hum as well, I liked all the mis-direction between suspects and the attempt at making all of them seem dangerous but I never cared which one it was or cared about trying to guess which is kind of what detective novels are all about, trying to be smarter than the writer. Then finally the pacing was very weird, we had a 100 page beginning of a romance novel, then a stop and go detective type of story, then a 50 page choppy thriller, a partially confusing wrap up and finally a small cliffhanger.
Everything seemed overdone in this book, the tension between Robin and Strike, the broke detective trope, the cop who hates him, the psycho killer. I very much doubt I will read another one.
Everything seemed overdone in this book, the tension between Robin and Strike, the broke detective trope, the cop who hates him, the psycho killer. I very much doubt I will read another one.
Any concerns that the Cormoran Strike series would lose steam are happily quashed in the first chapters of the third book. J.K. Rowling, writing as Robert Galbraith, is only getting started, and this installment is the best yet.
I'm not going to say anything about the plot of Career of Evil; if you've been reading the series, you'll prefer me not to, and if you haven't, you should go back and begin with The Cuckoo's Calling. These are well-crafted crime novels, staying true to the private detective genre, with clever and hard-edged plots, with satisfying conclusions. These aren't cozies, however, so if you don't like gritty, give this series a pass.
I'm not going to say anything about the plot of Career of Evil; if you've been reading the series, you'll prefer me not to, and if you haven't, you should go back and begin with The Cuckoo's Calling. These are well-crafted crime novels, staying true to the private detective genre, with clever and hard-edged plots, with satisfying conclusions. These aren't cozies, however, so if you don't like gritty, give this series a pass.