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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) - December 2015
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Am I seriously the only one reading this?! o.O
I wanted to read it but I promised a lot of BRs for December so I can't read it now.... may be in last week :P
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I'll look for thee by moonlight, I'll watch for thee by moonlight :D
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!
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(^.^)
Gehna wrote: "I wanted to read it but I promised a lot of BRs for December so I can't read it now.... may be in last week :P"Last week? What about ready player one. :P
Utkarsh wrote: "Gehna wrote: "I wanted to read it but I promised a lot of BRs for December so I can't read it now.... may be in last week :P"Last week? What about ready player one. :P"
Oops... yeah... woh bhi toh padhni thi :O
Sorry Shoa, not even the last week then :P
lolthat's what i thought....am i the only one who is reading this book.
so many guys voted for this book...looks like no one is reading. now i am going to start reading this one.
Shoa wrote: "I started the book this morning. Though I only got as far as the prologue :|Am I seriously the only one reading this?! o.O"
Yes! Lol, your nomination won na, now read. :P
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Shoa wrote: "@Gehna and Utkarsh: I have Ashish on my team now! Pffffbt, you two! :P"high five :D :P
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high five :D :P"
*high-five* :D
Thanks Ashish! Tune meri laaj rakhli :P
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yaay! :D
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And also enjoying the subtly humorous undertone :)
Shoa wrote: "I'm on the third chapter. I'm liking both the protagonists already! :DAnd also enjoying the subtly humorous undertone :)"
and i am reading this book in british accent :D
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And also enjoying the subtly humorous undertone :)"
and i am reading this book in british accent :D"
Bloody hell! Me toooo! :D
At least all the lines of Coroman Strike :D
I've been following all the group polls since a long time but it's for the first time that I am literally reading the selected book in the poll. I've started reading it on my Kindle and so far so good. Let's hope the last novel for 2015 turns out to be a pleasant read. :-)
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yaay..that's great! (^.^)
I completed reading the book. I wonder why she used a pseudonym. Strike appears such an unlikely character to be able to solve a complicated case, but ...
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Yes, even I wondered the same! Anyway..it's just namesake..most of the people know it's really her!
And yes, Strike does seem like an unlikely hero, but an endearing one all the same! :D
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Whatever has been revealed about Strike's troubled past and present so far, is only making me develop an affinity for him! (^.^)
Cuckoo's Calling has the quintessence of Agatha Christie murder mysteries. (No, I am not playing spoilsport by letting out the plot. I'm just talking of a typical Agatha Christie plot.) Such novels open with a murder. It might appear an accident or a suicide, and the case is closed. Someone is not convinced that it's an accident or suicide, he manages to reopen the investigation.
The motives are searched and with each motive a new suspect surfaces. One by one, the suspects are cleared. One person, say Mr. X, seems fully involved in the murder. But he does something highly creditable and wins the trust of the reader as well as the detective that he is above suspicion. Another person's, say Mr. Y's, actions are suspicious, even he could be hiding from the law. The detective corners Y, to find that he has a dark secret which he is trying to hide, but he has nothing to do with murder.
The plot now thickens, the motive is unclear and the reader is now suspecting every character. Then matter becomes more clear; it seems the killer is cornered. The detective and the police move in only to find that he too is killed.
While all this is happening, the killer, who is also helping in the investigation, is making several false moves, which are being noticed subtly by the detective. With inadequate proof, the detective can do nothing, but he lays a bait, and the killer bites it. He is nailed.
Finally the reader says, 'All the while I knew who had dunnit. I knew it was Mr. X, because he was the one ... blah, blah...
Now reached part 4...highly detailed characters and each of them has a murky past and the plot thickens as the characters develop...Strike is unusual but good detective,nonetheless.And I happen to love Robin!
I'm also going to read this one. I'll start whenever I get the time, probably tomorrow!
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Strike is unusual but good detective,nonetheless.And I happen to..."
I suppose you've finished it already! I'm still on Part 3 -_-
I seem to be the discussion lagger, rather than leader :P
Nevertheless, I'm really enjoying the book! (^.^)
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Oh, hello there! That's great! So, you can be the discussion lagger now! :D
I liked this book. Bit slow in the beginning, but worth a read:)
felt draggy and too much conversation. overall it was okay type book but definitely going to read 2nd part.
I have always wondered why authors go for physically challenged detectives. Be it Cormoran Strike, Lincoln Rhyme, somehow authors will attribute to them some super human power, some real brawny shit and what not. And these detectives will have the Police Department licking their feet. And then these 'detectives/ supermen' will also bed the hottest girl around. This cliched element of "Life gave me lemons but I f**kicng made lemonade out of it" somehow turns me off entirely. What are your views on this ?
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Or perhaps to make their detecting feats more impressive.
Hard, hard to even talk about it since I haven't even read ''Career Of Evil''
Dear friends,
With 2015 drawing to a close, it's time for the last Group Read of the year.
So, please put on your detective hats and..