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A review by knightscottage
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I love JKR. This is hard😥
Firstly, This book was full of spelling errors. It has to be the worst amount of errors I've ever seen. At one point two characters names had been switched in two sentences!!!
It's full of the foul language. Out of character foul language.
It's 500 pages too long, easily. In all previous books in this series I barely noticed the length of the book, well maybe the last one a little. This time I
found it painfully slow, tedious and boring. JKR needs a new editor. And proofreader.
I have no interest in online gaming or social media sites and struggled to comprehend a lot of the endless reams of 'tech speak'
I didn't like any of the characters introduced this time. None were at all likeable including Strike! I didn't care about them or what happened to them.
Who was the target audience? Teenagers?
Too many characters. I kept getting them mixed up.
No main character development since previous book. It's stagnated.
Too many unbelievable red herrings.
Why can't JKR just let Robin and Strike be friends and business partners?
This stupid will they/won't they get together is childish and annoying- Especially as it's now drawn out over six books!
I find it off putting the constant references to Strikes amputated leg. We get it, he's an amputee. No need to go on and on ad nauseam about it.
After reading through over 1000 pages the ending was wrapped up in 7 PAGES!!!
It reads as a fan fiction, mid series filler book to me. Did JKR really write this mess of a book?
I'm so disappointed. I was really attached to this series and looked forward to each new book. I can only give 1 star. Cannot recommend at all. Very sad 😔
Firstly, This book was full of spelling errors. It has to be the worst amount of errors I've ever seen. At one point two characters names had been switched in two sentences!!!
It's full of the foul language. Out of character foul language.
It's 500 pages too long, easily. In all previous books in this series I barely noticed the length of the book, well maybe the last one a little. This time I
found it painfully slow, tedious and boring. JKR needs a new editor. And proofreader.
I have no interest in online gaming or social media sites and struggled to comprehend a lot of the endless reams of 'tech speak'
I didn't like any of the characters introduced this time. None were at all likeable including Strike! I didn't care about them or what happened to them.
Who was the target audience? Teenagers?
Too many characters. I kept getting them mixed up.
No main character development since previous book. It's stagnated.
Too many unbelievable red herrings.
Why can't JKR just let Robin and Strike be friends and business partners?
This stupid will they/won't they get together is childish and annoying- Especially as it's now drawn out over six books!
I find it off putting the constant references to Strikes amputated leg. We get it, he's an amputee. No need to go on and on ad nauseam about it.
After reading through over 1000 pages the ending was wrapped up in 7 PAGES!!!
It reads as a fan fiction, mid series filler book to me. Did JKR really write this mess of a book?
I'm so disappointed. I was really attached to this series and looked forward to each new book. I can only give 1 star. Cannot recommend at all. Very sad 😔
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing and Toxic friendship