“The Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith (aka J K Rowling)
Published by Little Brown
Finished 8/31/16 – 3/5 stars
Let me first say that my opinion is not affected by a
comparison to the way the Harry Potter books were written. I think I read one and then my daughters read
the others on their own. Plus, those
were children’s books so I don’t really think they should be compared. I have, however, read a great deal of
mysteries and found myself comparing this book to some of those. Because of that, I am giving this book just
an OK rating. When I read a mystery, there
needs to be suspense. I like to be on
the edge of my seat multiple times throughout the book. It needs to be a true page turner. Not necessarily the entire time but at least
some. Not only did this book not have
that, I felt that part of the conclusions came out of left field. There is nothing wrong with a surprise ending
(I prefer them), but most of those come with some foreshadowing that you just didn’t
realize at the time. For this story, I
had no issue with who the guilty party ended up being, but I did have a little
issue with the way the detective apparently figured some of it out. It seemed all wrapped in a bow in which half of
the bow was made of magical ribbon.
With that being said, I did enjoy the story line and the
characters. Although not full of
suspense, I did want to continue picking it up to find out what really happened
so there were positives within the reading experience. It’s a good book…..just not great. This is the first in a series in which two more
books have been released so far and the average rating seems to improve with
each one so maybe I’ll enjoy the others more.
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