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Witte dood

Robert Galbraith

4.13 AVERAGE

molekilby's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laceybrummer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

madelinemeth's review against another edition

2.0

The mystery of why Matthew is so insufferable and why Strike doesn't take care of himself distracts from the actual mystery plot. Also, I'm bored of Robin being part detective part victim. This was disappointing!

miriam1987's review against another edition

4.0

I can say a lot of good stuff about this book but also some weak points. Was thinking about 3 stars maybe, but the ending brought it all together and I enjoyed that there was better communication. And I really feel connected to the main characters and some side characters are enjoyable too.

It was a good book but definitely could have been shorter. Not everything I wanted to happen happened, but I liked the things that did happen.The mysteries were slow but the unraveling was again brilliant. There are some people who don’t like the political tone of this book, but I don’t think that matters a lot, because whatever you politically like, Galbraith isn’t positive about any way of living, so I think it doesn’t look like picking sides or anything. It’s just opinions of characters.

So, in conclusion, if you like to read lots and lots of pages, and you are smitten by the characters and enjoy a slow burning murder mystery than this is for you! I do advise too not read this one directly after the third book because they are both very big and I could have used a little break between them. But after the ending of book three no one will blame you if you pick this one up as soon as you can

victorianabigail's review against another edition

4.0

I've had mixed feelings about all the previous books in this series. To some extent, that was still true of this one. I really wish she could fully stick the landing. But this was definitely my favorite so far! It was gripping throughout, and I love Robin and Strike's relationship. There are some moments of repeated phrasing, which could have done with some editing. Some spoiler-y thoughts:

Spoiler

I am thrilled to be rid of Matthew! But less thrilled about the return of Charlotte.
Rowling/Galbraith does one thing in all of these books which I find very annoying. There is a scene in which Strike reviews the clues with Robin and we are not privy to which clues he is reviewing. This makes it difficult to attempt to solve the mystery oneself and makes it harder to invest in the solution. I did think this mystery was a bit too complicated for the reader

Overall, there is a balance in any mystery novel between the puzzle and the story elements that I think is not quite worked out here. But I did enjoy it a lot.