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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
2.5
Exhaustingly verbose. Doesn’t have enough material to justify for 900+ pages or 30+ hours.
Exhaustingly verbose. Doesn’t have enough material to justify for 900+ pages or 30+ hours.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think this might actually be my favourite of the Cormoran Strike books so far. I was totally addicted from beginning to end! The books have never tackled a cold case before so this was really interesting, and I love watching programmes about unsolved cases or cold cases and how they're solved, and the forensics.
The way that the storyline developed was just the right amount of tension and moving forward without it being too much. I did wonder whether the size of the book might mean that there was too much padding, but it actually worked really well, which I wasn't wholly expecting. This doesn't really go into the forensics or anything, but it really explores the mindsets of the people involved and how Strike and Robin reach the truth in the end.
Before [b:Troubled Blood|51807232|Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)|Robert Galbraith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594301752l/51807232._SY75_.jpg|65370539], I think my favourite book of the series was the first one - [b:The Cuckoo's Calling|16160797|The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)|Robert Galbraith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1540217136l/16160797._SY75_.jpg|22002305]. I thought that the last one, [b:Lethal White|28170940|Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)|Robert Galbraith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1531231509l/28170940._SY75_.jpg|48186050], was actually a let down as it didn't grip me in the way that earlier books did, and I hated the way there was so much focus on Robin and Matthew's relationship.
In Troubled Blood the characterisation was brilliant, and I absolutely loved the relationship between Strike and Robin and how they work together and bounce ideas off each other automatically. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the relationship develops in future books.
The way that the storyline developed was just the right amount of tension and moving forward without it being too much. I did wonder whether the size of the book might mean that there was too much padding, but it actually worked really well, which I wasn't wholly expecting. This doesn't really go into the forensics or anything, but it really explores the mindsets of the people involved and how Strike and Robin reach the truth in the end.
Before [b:Troubled Blood|51807232|Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)|Robert Galbraith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594301752l/51807232._SY75_.jpg|65370539], I think my favourite book of the series was the first one - [b:The Cuckoo's Calling|16160797|The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)|Robert Galbraith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1540217136l/16160797._SY75_.jpg|22002305]. I thought that the last one, [b:Lethal White|28170940|Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)|Robert Galbraith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1531231509l/28170940._SY75_.jpg|48186050], was actually a let down as it didn't grip me in the way that earlier books did, and I hated the way there was so much focus on Robin and Matthew's relationship.
In Troubled Blood the characterisation was brilliant, and I absolutely loved the relationship between Strike and Robin and how they work together and bounce ideas off each other automatically. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the relationship develops in future books.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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
This book is cut from precisely the same cloth as the other Cormoran Strike novels, and though it's every bit as good, you ultimately know exactly what you're in for.
There will be a murder.
There will be painstaking interviews going deep into every detail of the event and everyone who could possibly be connected to it in any way.
There will be Tension between Strike and Robin.
In the last 20 pages, Strike will meet the killer face to face and explain what happened.
I do wish this had varied a little from the tried and true Cormoran Strike formula, and that it were just a little shorter. At almost 1,000 pages, it is a near-Biblical tome and the story's pace is often best described as "glacial". This style of writing works well for actual epics, but is somewhat exasperating in a genre better known for plot twists, action, and page-turning peril. 800 pages of interviewing witnesses, smoking cigarettes, and eating crisps is just quite a lot.
(As an aside, some are accusing this book of being transphobic, but if you ask me, a woman writing under a man's name is a lot more interesting in that regard than a serial killer who occasionally cross-dresses.)
There will be a murder.
There will be painstaking interviews going deep into every detail of the event and everyone who could possibly be connected to it in any way.
There will be Tension between Strike and Robin.
Spoiler
In the last 20 pages, Strike will meet the killer face to face and explain what happened.
I do wish this had varied a little from the tried and true Cormoran Strike formula, and that it were just a little shorter. At almost 1,000 pages, it is a near-Biblical tome and the story's pace is often best described as "glacial". This style of writing works well for actual epics, but is somewhat exasperating in a genre better known for plot twists, action, and page-turning peril. 800 pages of interviewing witnesses, smoking cigarettes, and eating crisps is just quite a lot.
(As an aside, some are accusing this book of being transphobic, but if you ask me, a woman writing under a man's name is a lot more interesting in that regard than a serial killer who occasionally cross-dresses.)