I had high hopes for this book, but I guess that was a bit unfair. I should have known nothing can touch Harry Potter...I enjoyed the book and it was written well (obviously), but I wasn't gripped by the story. It had a good plot twist, but the characters were unrelatable.
The reason I started this book was because I really loved J.K. Rowling pervious book [b:The Casual Vacancy|13497818|The Casual Vacancy|J.K. Rowling|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358266832s/13497818.jpg|19926990] and not because it was some kind of a mystery novel.Well,that did good fo...
The Cuckoo’s Calling was a fun mystery with a disarming private detective and an assistant he can’t live without. Cormoran Strike was interesting as he juggles a number of issues going on in his life, but still meticulously attempts to find the truth behind the suicide of a super model. My favorit...
I bought the Kindle edition of this book, using a gift card. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and i...
Writing skills can do you well, for fantasy. But when what you're writing is a mystery, other skills are necessary. Word flow is not enough. You need feelings of "mystery" in the mystery novel. And sadly, once you know Rowling, you sort of know where all of her characters are going. You do not e...
Of course no one in their right mind expects wizards, magic or any other fantasy stuff. But really, was it magic that endeared Harry Potter to me? Definitely not. The two most striking features of Harry Potter were, in order named: 1) superb psychology, 2) lousy logic.And considering that, how come ...
This review also posted at A Bookish CompulsionI will admit it, this book only hit my radar after finding out that it was written by J.K. Rowling. As a huge Harry Potter fan, who just hadn’t been able to stomach the Peyton Place similarities of Casual Vacancy, I was both curious and excited to give ...
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