By Robert Galbraith ( Pseudonym) J. K. Rowling
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16160797-the-cuckoo-s-calling?from_search=true
Book Review: ***1/2 ( SPOILERS AHEAD)
It was a good mystery....did like how it
started but it was very very slow to pick up …you really need to have patience
to want to know about the story as the build-up is slow.. ...the gist of the
story is that a model (Lula Landry) falls off her second floor balcony flat and
after some investigation the police declare it as suicide. Her brother is not
convinced with this verdict and hence after three months he hires the
protagonist (Cormoran Strike) to investigate further in the matter. The whole
investigation wraps up in 2-3 weeks. We
will start with the good points first. I liked how the story and entire
unfolding of characters happened…we get a good glimpse of how being in a
spotlight is…how the glamour industry works and how insecure the people up
there are…although we don’t really get a complete understanding of any other
secondary characters but I liked how the investigator and his secretary (Robin)
developed a rapport and how he utilised some of her enthusiasm for solving the
case but how their friendship remained just that being friends…without further
complications…
The negatives: I don’t like a mystery
wherein it’s not exactly completely explained as to how he drew his inferences…(SPOILERS AHEAD) like
how did he know just from the water on the stairs that it must be from the
flower pot…or how did he absolutely and so surely infer that one of the witness
was on the balcony when the crime happened…there was a lot of surmising that
happened…and it wasn’t properly explained as to how he came to those inference
which left me a bit dissatisfied when the book ended…plus what was the reason
for the brother to hire him after all these days? And why hire in the first
place…
Now about the author…unlike other reviews I
didn’t want to focus too much just on the author…which I found is the case with
many other reviewers here…yes it is J K Rowling who wrote it but let’s approach
the book without any pretence and any hype and give it a fair chance..well it wasn’t
mind blowing like the harry potter books…but considering its her first foray in
to mystery the story was good just that she should work a bit better in explaining
how she has concluded certain things in the end instead of leaving us hanging
and finding our own explanations.
Feel free to give you comments on my review.
Feel free to give you comments on my review.
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