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naenewsie 's review for:
Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith
I was spellbound by the first book, and felt the second was just compelling enough to continue to the third. I was disappointed by the turn Robin and Cormoran's relationship took. It was unnecessary to add a "will they/won't they" dynamic. I appreciate that we see Cormoran's personal life more, but only in relationship to Elin, where are his friends (aside from staying at their house, we hear nothing about them), and we also don't see much of Lucy, despite being protective and knowing of the deliveries. I didn't think there was much character growth for the characters, and the ending was ridiculous. It's one where if there were 10 more pages, we'd likely see Robin leaving Matthew for interfering with her career.
I also struggle with the prose. There were a lot of 50 cent words when a penny would do. This kept bringing me out of the book and I kept losing the plot when I would have to either look up a word or wonder why JK would use that word. The plot moved slow and the conclusion was dangling on for an unnecessary length. I often fell asleep reading this book because despite its premise, it was a bore.
I also struggle with the prose. There were a lot of 50 cent words when a penny would do. This kept bringing me out of the book and I kept losing the plot when I would have to either look up a word or wonder why JK would use that word. The plot moved slow and the conclusion was dangling on for an unnecessary length. I often fell asleep reading this book because despite its premise, it was a bore.