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I'm so proud because I definitely figured this one out about halfway through. Of course there were enough twists and turns and false leads that I doubted my theory a few times. This was such an exciting... also disgusting... book. I would HIGHLY recommend the audiobook!
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Better than the first one, and a fabulous audiobook. Highly recommend listening to these vs. reading in print!
More like 3.5 stars. Much stronger than Cuckoo's Calling, IMO. You can see my full spoiler-free review here: http://youtu.be/-JRDS1r1gsw
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Second mystery in the Strike series. Like the first book, I was more interested in the personal life of Strike and his relationship with his assistant Robin, than in the mystery. Strike is hired by Leonora Quine to find her missing novelist husband, Owen, an unsuccessful author. Quine is later found murdered in a grotesque fashion based on the plot of his most recent, unpublished novel. All the characters involved in crime and the publishing world were unlikeable and many were grotesque.
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I love Cormoran Strike and I was so excited to read his next adventure. The premise is interesting: a writer is dead because he wrote lots of bad secrets about real people in his next book. The gory details, dark secrets and mysteries, are really promising. But somehow there's something amiss here. The complicated details are slowing down the plot, and although I'm happy that Galbraith took time to develop the characters (including relationship between Cormoran and Robin), some of the red herrin
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I enjoyed this better than The Cuckoo's Calling and am interested to see where the series leads.
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I enjoyed this one as much, if not more than the first Cormoran Strike novel. Great characters and smart twists!
This was my second reading, and I listened on audio this time. The ghoulishness of the murder is a little more immediate, listening, rather than reading and I got a little worn out with its details being repeated. I also feel like “Galbraith” is a little too admiring of Strike, though not as much as in the first book. Lots of comments on what a great, thorough detective he is. But the clues are well distributed and the character development in these books is top notch. And now on to book three…
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Nov 14, 2015
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I enjoyed this. While the crime at the center of the novel was pretty gory, the convoluted plot line was enjoyable. Cormoran Strike is sort of like a sober version of Harry Hole - on the outside of things, brilliant detective, but without the terrible choices/mistakes. Anyway, if you like murder mysteries, give this a try. I recommend starting with the first novel in the series (this is #2) but it's not truly necessary.
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