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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

Robert Galbraith

Start date: December 28, 2015

Finish date: December 28, 2015

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Dec 05, 2014 Snem rated it really liked it

Shelves: part-of-a-series

Ok don't kill me here, but I have what might be a unique perspective on this book as a person who has never read the Harry Potter series *ducks books, wands, owls and all matter of other objects I wouldn't know about because I never read the books* I've been meaning to read Potter for years, but I'm just a bad person I guess.

Regardless, this book got me. I sorta figured out the mystery, but not really. Once all the pieces fell into place I was genuinely surprised. In the end I did care for the ...more

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Dec 04, 2017 Heather rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: book-group, read-2017

4.5 stars.

Mysteries aren't generally my thing, but I really love Galbraith's writing and characters. Robin and Cormoran practically step off of the page, and I want to hug them both. I love that Cormoran is smart, able to fit in to any social situation, and doesn't get riled by the snobbery or hostility of witnesses. Robin is amazing: especially her intelligence, efficiency, and super-human tact. I heart their relationship.

As I said, I'm not really a mystery person, so I wasn't trying to second ...more

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Feb 17, 2017 Whitney Archer rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, 2017

I really enjoyed listening to this. I don't know if I would have ever guess it was Rowling unless I did a sentence by sentence comparison with Harry Potter, but I loved the pace and the details. ...more

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