Okay, this review will be totally subjective. It’s my personal thinking, feeling and experiences during reading this book.
To be honest, all I can say is : I keep being distracted by the development of feelings between Strike and Robin. The book started exactly where it left us in The Career of Evil, Robin’s wedding. This chapter ended very sweet for both of them somehow (OMG, I almost reveal it here and it will be a sweet spoiler! Haha!). The next following chapters, Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) slipped this kind of sweetness from both Robin and Strike. For example when they showed a bit of jealousy when they saw other’s lovers, or when they’re in the middle of something but their mind wondering thinking about each other. Mostly, I giggled suddenly right after I read their analysis or deduction because they did it with full effort to put their focus not to each other.
Sometimes, I didn’t catch up with the case that I need to re-read some passages back. Or, I just drifted away with the hope I’d soon read about those two. And I felt more excited about them than the case itself. Oops. Not complaining tho. It’s just my way to enjoy this book.
Maybe because of this I didn’t really take a note about the other characters. The development felt too shallow. Even when the truth is finally revealed, I didn’t feel the excitement. Or maybe is it because too many characters ? We have Chiswell’s family and friends, the trio Geraint Winn-Della Winn-Aamir Malik and their acquaintance, Jimmy-Billy-Flick and their comrades and not to mention Strikes and Robin’s families and friends who are come and go in this book. I also felt like there are some chapters or stories that actually don’t relate to the case and make the story dragged too far. For example when Strike needs to take care of his nephew (although this part leads to my fav moment of Strike & Robin 😀 ) and I still don’t get the point why Robert needs to mention Charlotte too much in this book. I know maybe it’s meant to show the conflict of what strike has inside his heart. But, still, it’s too much.
So yeah, I will only recommend this book series to you who want to get a fresh feel of a detective stories. Or to you whom I know are the fans of JK Rowling (tho, after her “incident” in Twitter, it won’t be that many).
My Verdict : Story Plot : 3.0/5.0 Characters Development : 3.5/5.0 Overall : 3.25/5.0
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