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A review by cecile87
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
4.0
I listened to this book while having to lay low after surgery on my eyes. The reader is amazing in the number and range of voices and accents he assumes, flawlessly bouncing back and forth from one character to another during conversations, sometimes vocalizing as many as four characters in a scene.
Having addressed the talent of the storyteller reader, I will add that the story was a good one, rich with interesting characters and sad revelations about the human condition.
I enjoyed the murder mystery even with what others have criticized as fluff to make a 200 page book into a 400 page book. Yes, there are some scenes I didn’t find so interesting, but oh well. They told me about Strike.
This is my first and possibly only Strike mystery I’ll read as I’m not keen on the misogynistic flavors of the third offering, and I haven’t decided yet about reading the first, of which my daughter has a hard copy. Might watch the BBC version of it when it becomes accessible.
I give it four stars instead of five as I got quite weary of references to Strike’s amputated leg. Go see a doctor and move on already. It doesn’t have to completely taken out of the story, but so many references I found tedious.
Loved Robin as do many others. I don’t think I’m spoiling anything by saying I appreciated the non-gratuitous denouement. I would have been disappointed in a long, dragged out, violent face-off with the guilty party.
I decided to research some of the epigraphs introducing the chapters. Nice work in setting the tone of the book—all those Jacobean tragic plays. Never heard of the term until now. Rowling is well-read and very creative. The only other book I’ve read of hers was the very last Harry Potter volume. It was a good read as well.
Having addressed the talent of the storyteller reader, I will add that the story was a good one, rich with interesting characters and sad revelations about the human condition.
I enjoyed the murder mystery even with what others have criticized as fluff to make a 200 page book into a 400 page book. Yes, there are some scenes I didn’t find so interesting, but oh well. They told me about Strike.
This is my first and possibly only Strike mystery I’ll read as I’m not keen on the misogynistic flavors of the third offering, and I haven’t decided yet about reading the first, of which my daughter has a hard copy. Might watch the BBC version of it when it becomes accessible.
I give it four stars instead of five as I got quite weary of references to Strike’s amputated leg. Go see a doctor and move on already. It doesn’t have to completely taken out of the story, but so many references I found tedious.
Loved Robin as do many others. I don’t think I’m spoiling anything by saying I appreciated the non-gratuitous denouement. I would have been disappointed in a long, dragged out, violent face-off with the guilty party.
I decided to research some of the epigraphs introducing the chapters. Nice work in setting the tone of the book—all those Jacobean tragic plays. Never heard of the term until now. Rowling is well-read and very creative. The only other book I’ve read of hers was the very last Harry Potter volume. It was a good read as well.