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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
PopSugar reading challenge 2019.
34. A book that includes a wedding
and
37. A book with a two-word title
34. A book that includes a wedding
and
37. A book with a two-word title
Brilliant plot, brilliant characters, fantastic setting... I can’t stop gushing. I love Rowling’s clever, witty, insightful writing. And I REALLY hope Robin and Strike are endgame because the two of them are causing me anxiety.
Like all the others in the Cormoran Strike series, this one was well written, intriguing, and kept you guessing. It was about twice as long as any of its predecessors, and at some points I did find myself rereading sections because my mind wandered. However, for a mystery that, at the end of the day really was a plot and motive as old as time, I really wasn’t sure how the whole thing was going to wrap up and tie together. There were plenty of red herrings, twists and turns. I’d say this one was not as good as the first three, but I’ll certainly look forward to the 5th installment (which I hear is in the works).
Also, the British politics went over my head for the most part. You’d really have to know details about British laws to be able to have any chance of unraveling the blackmail portion of the mystery, which I admittedly, don’t.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Also, the British politics went over my head for the most part. You’d really have to know details about British laws to be able to have any chance of unraveling the blackmail portion of the mystery, which I admittedly, don’t.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another great book by R. Galbraith - I never know until the twist at the end. I love this series. I hope there's another coming!!!
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
I am less and less impressed with these books each time I read one- sorry J.K. They are obnoxiously long for absolutely no reason. I'm quite certain that the entire first half of this book could have been cut and I would have missed nothing. The cast of characters was enormous and they all started running together. The different pieces of the mystery were only vaguely connected, leaving me utterly confused and truthfully, not caring.
Summary:
Halfway through the book, Chiswell is killed/dies of either suicide or murder. Obviously, we know it's murder because why else would there be 300 pages of the book left. Izzy hires our duo again to investigate, thinking it was Chiswell's wife, Kinvara. Eventually, we learn that the blackmail was regarding Chiswell and Billy/Jimmy's father's business in building gallows before it became illegal. There was some bad press with this earlier, so that's the cause for blackmail? There's a bunch of stuff about a necklace and a painting, none of which I understood. Everything comes together in the end (none of which I understood either). Basically, the killer turns out to be Raphael, who was having an affair with Kinvara and used her to help him kill Chiswell..
ALL of that? Truly, so many pieces were superfluous and unnecessary and if the mystery isn't good then at least give me movement forward with Robin and Strike!!!
Summary:
Spoiler
Begins with the marriage of Robin and Matthew- set up to be a disasters, although somehow they make it through a year before they get divorced. Many months later, the real story begins. A young schizophrenic man (Billy) comes in telling a story about witnessing a murder many years ago). Coincidentally, a blackmailing case comes up right after involving a politician (Chiswell) and Billy's brother, Jimmy, and Jimmy's girlfriend Flick. Multiple undercover positions are taken with very little information coming. Geraint Winn, husband of Della Winn (another politician) is involved somehow but who knows how. We learn a lot more about the Chiswell family including younger spoiled wife Kinvara, illegitimate son Raphael who was recently released from prison after killing a young mom in an auto accident, and two daughters, most notably Izzy who works with her dad.Halfway through the book, Chiswell is killed/dies of either suicide or murder. Obviously, we know it's murder because why else would there be 300 pages of the book left. Izzy hires our duo again to investigate, thinking it was Chiswell's wife, Kinvara. Eventually, we learn that the blackmail was regarding Chiswell and Billy/Jimmy's father's business in building gallows before it became illegal. There was some bad press with this earlier, so that's the cause for blackmail? There's a bunch of stuff about a necklace and a painting, none of which I understood. Everything comes together in the end (none of which I understood either). Basically, the killer turns out to be Raphael, who was having an affair with Kinvara and used her to help him kill Chiswell.
ALL of that? Truly, so many pieces were superfluous and unnecessary and if the mystery isn't good then at least give me movement forward with Robin and Strike!!!
Robert Galbraith Heath (May 9, 1915 – September 21, 1999) was an American psychiatrist.[1][2] He followed the theory of biological psychiatry that organic defects were the sole source of mental illness,[3] and that consequently mental problems were treatable by physical means. He published 425 papers and three books.[4][5][6] One of his first papers is dated 1946.[7] He was profiled as a "famous American psychiatrist" in 1983 by Psychiatric Annals.[8]
Heath founded the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane University, New Orleans, in 1949 and remained its chairman until 1980.[4][9][10] He performed many experiments there involving electrical stimulation of the brain via surgically implanted electrodes. He placed deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes into the brains of more than 54 patients.[11][12][13][14] Indeed, he has been cited as the first, or one of the first, researcher(s) to have placed electrodes deep into the brains of living human patients.[15][1] It has been suggested that this work was financed in part by the government, particularly the CIA or U.S. military.[16][17][18]
In 1972, he claimed to have converted a homosexual man to heterosexuality using DBS.[13][19] Heath also experimented with psychosurgery, the drug bulbocapnine to induce stupor, and LSD,[20][21][22] using African-American prisoners in the Louisiana State Penitentiary as experimental subjects.[23] He worked on schizophrenia patients, which he regarded as an illness with a physical basis.[24] Today Heath's work is considered highly controversial and is only rarely used as reference material.[1][25][26]
Heath founded the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane University, New Orleans, in 1949 and remained its chairman until 1980.[4][9][10] He performed many experiments there involving electrical stimulation of the brain via surgically implanted electrodes. He placed deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes into the brains of more than 54 patients.[11][12][13][14] Indeed, he has been cited as the first, or one of the first, researcher(s) to have placed electrodes deep into the brains of living human patients.[15][1] It has been suggested that this work was financed in part by the government, particularly the CIA or U.S. military.[16][17][18]
In 1972, he claimed to have converted a homosexual man to heterosexuality using DBS.[13][19] Heath also experimented with psychosurgery, the drug bulbocapnine to induce stupor, and LSD,[20][21][22] using African-American prisoners in the Louisiana State Penitentiary as experimental subjects.[23] He worked on schizophrenia patients, which he regarded as an illness with a physical basis.[24] Today Heath's work is considered highly controversial and is only rarely used as reference material.[1][25][26]
adventurous
dark
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love JK Rowling. She's a mystery writer at heart and this latest is no exception.
mysterious
slow-paced
This is the last of this series I will read, as I have no desire to support this author financially. The mystery was interesting, but the pacing of it was pretty slow and I'm tired of the will-they won't-they of the protagonists.