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Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith
Tried and tested plot, dumbest serial killer ever, and cheesy narrative - that is crime fiction suicide. But only JK Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith - c'mon you know this!) could've taken those elements and written a compelling novel. And that's what Career of Evil is - a captivating read (with such an intriguing title)
What I loved the most about the book was that it focused more on the investigation than murders. For once, it was about two not-so-bumbling detectives going about trying to catch the sociopath rather than the said sociopath committing some horrific murders (there are murders, but they are not gruesome) increasing the body count along with some focus on issues such as pedophilia, abuse, and misogyny. And because there's so much to write about, the pace of book is excruciatingly slow. It simply meanders with no sense of urgency whatsoever. Robin is in great danger, but you don't feel time ticking like a bomb. You just wait for the inevitable to happen and when it does its a lot less exciting that it ought have been.
These minor complaints aside, the book was "bloody brilliant". You get to know a lot more about Strike and Robin . And, Robin! After Hermoine Granger, Rowling gives us another kick-ass heroine to root for.
Career of Evil is grisly but not the kind that'll make you want to throw up and sleep with the lights on. The book is a perfect balance between Gillian Flynn dark and Higashino simplicity. It is the most un-JK Rowling like book yet its a hardcore Rowling book in the sense that there's a pattern here - each book gets progressively darker and it will be interesting to see what forms of nastiness and evil the author will immerse us in in her next book.
What I loved the most about the book was that it focused more on the investigation than murders. For once, it was about two not-so-bumbling detectives going about trying to catch the sociopath rather than the said sociopath committing some horrific murders (there are murders, but they are not gruesome) increasing the body count along with some focus on issues such as pedophilia, abuse, and misogyny. And because there's so much to write about, the pace of book is excruciatingly slow. It simply meanders with no sense of urgency whatsoever. Robin is in great danger, but you don't feel time ticking like a bomb. You just wait for the inevitable to happen and when it does its a lot less exciting that it ought have been.
These minor complaints aside, the book was "bloody brilliant". You get to know a lot more about Strike and Robin . And, Robin! After Hermoine Granger, Rowling gives us another kick-ass heroine to root for.
Career of Evil is grisly but not the kind that'll make you want to throw up and sleep with the lights on. The book is a perfect balance between Gillian Flynn dark and Higashino simplicity. It is the most un-JK Rowling like book yet its a hardcore Rowling book in the sense that there's a pattern here - each book gets progressively darker and it will be interesting to see what forms of nastiness and evil the author will immerse us in in her next book.