After being very under-whelmed by the previous Cormoran Strike book (The Ink Black Heart), this 7th novel in the series was an absolute joy. As clichéd as it sounds, it was gripping. An absolute page-turner. And my faith in the wonderful J.K. Rowling (aka Robert Galbraith) was fully restored. It’s …
Initially thrilled by the sheer heft of the latest Cormoran Strike novel, which promised to be a bumper read, I was quickly disillusioned. It was long and repetitive and – oh gosh, dare I say it? – quite tedious. So much extraneous detail. So much background that we didn’t really …
Had I heard of the book and/or Robert Galbraith before the latter was unmasked as J.K.Rowling? No. Did I read “The Cuckoo’s Calling” because of the above ? Yes. Is it a good read, regardless of who wrote it? Yes, yes and yes. As a non Harry Potter fan (I …
