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labeet 's review for:
The Running Grave
by Robert Galbraith
I don't seem to tire of Ms Rowling's writing even if she has for years been "the unmentionable" – like a character in her books. I'm down to only a small handful of crime-fiction writers that I still follow. When younger I read crime fiction by the dozens and I can thank all those for becoming much better and faster at reading in English. However, I find that the more I read, the more picky I get. This is good, I guess, since there are already far too many excellent books out there to read in a lifetime. Also, far too much crime fiction is more about gory sadistic murders (of women) and less about the intelligence and deduction skills that it takes to solve complicated crimes. I do prefer the latter.
This crime fiction series about the grumpy, one-legged ex-soldier Cormoran Strike and his business partner (still!!!!) the brilliant Robin Ellacott shows all of Rowling's skills as a writer (even though I do think the books are too long): She can really pace a story, she writes effortlessly and elegantly, she does very solid research, she never patronises her readers and she's really very funny, sometimes sarcastic even, especially when describing the very rich, but also when describing hypocrisy.
I liked this story about a "church" (=cult) and how difficult it is to take it down once it's being endorsed by the rich and famous. Her previous novel about online bullying and harassment was too close to home not to smack of something too personal.
This crime fiction series about the grumpy, one-legged ex-soldier Cormoran Strike and his business partner (still!!!!) the brilliant Robin Ellacott shows all of Rowling's skills as a writer (even though I do think the books are too long): She can really pace a story, she writes effortlessly and elegantly, she does very solid research, she never patronises her readers and she's really very funny, sometimes sarcastic even, especially when describing the very rich, but also when describing hypocrisy.
I liked this story about a "church" (=cult) and how difficult it is to take it down once it's being endorsed by the rich and famous. Her previous novel about online bullying and harassment was too close to home not to smack of something too personal.