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I had forgotten this was written by the one and only J. K. Rowling when I was started the book! I had it on my wish list for a bit and could not remember who had recommended it to me, but I am sure it was because I wanted to read more of Rowling's genius. I still have not read Casual Vacancy yet either and not sure I will after this. The book was entertaining and I did want to know "who dunnit!?" but there was really nothing special about the book or the writing as it was a pretty standard detec
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I really liked this book. It had a good storyline and plot and some really good characters. I really wanted to be able to give it more than 3 stars because there were moments when I couldn't put it down. But I felt like there was just too much "flowery language." By the time the book was over it just felt like there was a lot of overly descriptive filler that could have been left out without compromising the story. Overall, it was a great read and one I would recommend to anyone who likes a good
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The book was overly descriptive in parts, but I enjoyed it until the last few chapters. The end was a bit of a let down and made me feel like much of the previous reading was a waste of time. It was engaging enough to finish pretty quickly, though.
The mystery was okay. A lot of tedious interviews and paperwork, which is probably realistic for what detective work is actually like, but isn't always that interesting in a detective novel. The best part for me, and what will bring me to the second book if I decide to read it, was the developing friendship between Strike and Robin.
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This book was extremely long and slow. Nothing exciting happened. It was just 500 pages of a bunch of characters being questioned one after the other and then the main character slowly putting clues together. So that means long scenes of inner thoughts going over everything that was said during the questioning of the other characters. Because I was listening to the audiobook version then I found myself nodding off quite a bit when the story got really tedious. I would not recommend this book. I
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1) I can't believe I just read a book by J.K. Rowling.
2) I can't believe I actually liked it.
3) I can't believe it's part of a series and now I have to read book 2.
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2) I can't believe I actually liked it.
3) I can't believe it's part of a series and now I have to read book 2.
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