Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

24 reviews

ladythana's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

magicsarah's review against another edition

mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

satuhurme's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Classism

ange99's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, and War

missgray's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

rebekah_sturgill's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I feel like the people who like this book are unfamiliar with mystery novels generally and are Potter fan specifically. The writing was stilted and did not fit the context. The plot was predictable and was laboriously drawn out. The cussing and sexual references were gratuitous, like Rowling needed to prove to someone that she wasn't writing a kids book here. I have no intentions of reading the other books in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Racial slurs, Murder, and Alcohol

cottagefairynatalie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

srm's review

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I knew what was going to happen thanks to seeing the TV show, but it was still a very enjoyable ride, getting to know Cormoran and Robin and watching them work out the solution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, War, and Classism

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This first novel in the Cormoran Strike series isn’t as strong as the later ones but it’s deftly told with Rowling’s signature complexity. Neither main character is particularly likable at first but they grow on the reader. Strike’s stubborn tenacity is both a weakness and a strength - it enables his success as an investigator even as it dooms his love life. 

I’m rereading the entire series after having just finished the newest book. I wanted to immerse myself in Strike and Robin’s world and read straight through starting at the beginning. If you like dense, intellectual mysteries, try this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

jselliot's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A solid mystery. I admit I spent a fair amount of time suspecting the uncle, but the actual killer makes all too much sense when you line all the ducks up in a row. I also enjoyed the character development between Robin and Strike, although Matthew remains a point of distaste from start to end of the book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse and Violence

Minor: War