A review by mpetruce
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Man, this was a long one (in print anyway), but I think that was mainly because of all the chat transcripts and tweet threads that are part of the story (which made it a little tricky to follow for the audio because the narrator not only read a chat but also had to read usernames, twitter handles and dates, making quick exchanges in these parts of the book a little cluttered). And some of the subplots, like the other cases being handled by the agency, took up space but didn't really add much to the story other than to let the characters say "we're so busy" and they suddenly got resolved once it was time to wrap up the main story. But I enjoyed this one better than the previous two. I will continue on with this series, although likely on audio, as before.