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Review: Loved it. Can't wait for more in this series! - Again, (as in another review) I am moved to use other's descriptions in my review, because there seem to be people out there who express themselves as I would like to, but can't seem to find the words. However, I did include some of my own words, which follow the "quoted sections." I also need to say that I only bought the book after I found out it was written by J.K. Rowling. I'm glad I did. "Keris Nine" said "It's hard to put your finger on exactly what it is that makes The Cuckoo's Calling such a terrific new Private Investigator crime fiction debut...it's an utterly compelling read with strong characters that wraps you up completely and thrillingly into the investigation." I love these characters and want more of them! I felt as I did at the end of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...I missed her. I miss Cormoran and Robin. I even miss Guy! "Karen" said the compelling descriptions "made one feel like another occupant in the scene. You could feel the weather, the tension, the pain, the atmosphere in the gatherings." Oh wow...the pain Cormoran was having was his leg made my leg hurt. What descriptions! "Sid Nuncius" said "I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a very well-written and engrossing read and promises to be the start of a very good series." All I can add to that, Sid, is from your lips to J.K. Rowling's ears! He also went on to say: "I think the book's real strength is the dialogue; I found the many interview scenes utterly engrossing and the various voices thoroughly believable as well-drawn characters emerge. This made the whole book come to life for me and develop as a very classy crime novel." This is not your Harry Potter dialogue...it's very raw, but as much as I hate overuse of any one word...especially a swear word...the swear word used frequently in this novel fits each character and I felt was quite believable and utterly understandable...given each situation and each character. "S Riaz" commented, "Both Strike and Robin, are fully fleshed out characters that we care about deeply by the end of the book." Love them...want more of them. He went on to say "I would say that Cormoran Strike is the best new addition to the P I genre that I have read for a long time. He certainly deserves a series and I hope to see him appear in many more books. There were tantalising glimpses of his past which need much further exploration and perhaps the author can be kinder to him in the next book and, at least, get him a proper place to sleep. I feel he will serve the author well and deserves a little looking after! If you enjoy really intelligent, well written crime novels (P D James, etc) then this will be a book you will love. Great start to what will, hopefully, become a long running series." And, lastly (and, by the way, I only stopped because I was afraid you were getting bored!), "d kemp" said exactly what I was thinking, too: "While crime/thrillers/detective stories are my preferred genre, I rarely read first-time novels. ...It was a complete delight. I was fascinated by the story, cared about the main characters and can't wait to read, what I'm certain will be, the follow-up books in this series. In addition to the believable plot, great characters and vivid description of London I loved the way Mr Galbraith entered the psyche of both his male and female protagonists so convincingly."
Review: A LONG AND WINDING ROAD - There’s not much to research about Robert Galbraith, author of “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” because he’s nowhere to be found. In fact, he doesn’t exist. He’s the invention of J.K. Rowling who created the male pseudonym to “take my writing persona as far away as possible from me,” whatever that means. And what’s in a name? Galbraith may be a spirit, but his robe is of good lineage. The writing is excellent and reflects Rowling’s genius for storytelling. London private investigator Cormoran Strike has suffered through many personal challenges, not the least of which was losing a leg in Afghanistan and, most recently, spends his time with a glass of booze in his office/sleeping quarters, smoking cigarettes and getting fat. His volatile girlfriend has dumped him, he has no clients, and has a temporary secretary foisted on him with no means of paying her salary. The same day the temp comes to work, a long lost friend with strong financial underpinnings calls on him to look into the death of said caller’s sister who apparently bailed out of her high rise apartment window, meeting an untimely death on the pavement below. Suicide says the authorities. Not so, says the brother. The story of Strike’s investigation, aided by his eager new secretary, Robin, makes for good reading with complex details, knotty twists and turns, bizarre suspects, and a killer in plain sight, although the reader doesn’t know it. We get to ramble around in all sorts of London environments from damp gloominess to glittery high society. The dialogue is high quality and softens what could be the hard edge of struggling through an overlong book. Strike smokes constantly to stay awake as he reads through reams of police reports, perhaps making the reader also wish for a puff or two. But the author painstakingly weaves the story back and forth through one innocuous circumstance after another, keeping the reader in his or her seat, if not on the edge of it. There is an intoxicating aspect to all the detail, but it is a tedious read.. Critics are mixed in their reviews. It seems some cannot separate Rowling from her Harry Potter image. That’s a shame because the only parallels I found were good writing, inventive plotting, fascinating characters, and relentless detail. Crime fiction and fantasy are very different in both their interest and appeal. I am not a fantasy fan but love crime and mystery. I didn’t find any disconcerting crossovers: I thought Rowling moved very well among her sleuthy characters, capturing the boredom, little victories, and unrelenting puzzle-solving that inhabit their world. I recommend this book. Although it is relentless, I found it to be a very good crime fiction novel. As expected, because of the appealing nature of Strike and Robin, Rowling has written two more in the series and I’m going to read them. I don’t mind reading a lengthy book if it’s well written. Also, as expected, after Rowling was outed as the writer Robert Galbraith, the sales rose dramatically and, apparently, Rowling has no intention of discarding her alto ego. Good on her. Schuyler T Wallace Author of TIN LIZARD TALES

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved it. Can't wait for more in this series!
*by K***Y on July 22, 2013*

Again, (as in another review) I am moved to use other's descriptions in my review, because there seem to be people out there who express themselves as I would like to, but can't seem to find the words. However, I did include some of my own words, which follow the "quoted sections." I also need to say that I only bought the book after I found out it was written by J.K. Rowling. I'm glad I did. "Keris Nine" said "It's hard to put your finger on exactly what it is that makes The Cuckoo's Calling such a terrific new Private Investigator crime fiction debut...it's an utterly compelling read with strong characters that wraps you up completely and thrillingly into the investigation." I love these characters and want more of them! I felt as I did at the end of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...I missed her. I miss Cormoran and Robin. I even miss Guy! "Karen" said the compelling descriptions "made one feel like another occupant in the scene. You could feel the weather, the tension, the pain, the atmosphere in the gatherings." Oh wow...the pain Cormoran was having was his leg made my leg hurt. What descriptions! "Sid Nuncius" said "I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a very well-written and engrossing read and promises to be the start of a very good series." All I can add to that, Sid, is from your lips to J.K. Rowling's ears! He also went on to say: "I think the book's real strength is the dialogue; I found the many interview scenes utterly engrossing and the various voices thoroughly believable as well-drawn characters emerge. This made the whole book come to life for me and develop as a very classy crime novel." This is not your Harry Potter dialogue...it's very raw, but as much as I hate overuse of any one word...especially a swear word...the swear word used frequently in this novel fits each character and I felt was quite believable and utterly understandable...given each situation and each character. "S Riaz" commented, "Both Strike and Robin, are fully fleshed out characters that we care about deeply by the end of the book." Love them...want more of them. He went on to say "I would say that Cormoran Strike is the best new addition to the P I genre that I have read for a long time. He certainly deserves a series and I hope to see him appear in many more books. There were tantalising glimpses of his past which need much further exploration and perhaps the author can be kinder to him in the next book and, at least, get him a proper place to sleep. I feel he will serve the author well and deserves a little looking after! If you enjoy really intelligent, well written crime novels (P D James, etc) then this will be a book you will love. Great start to what will, hopefully, become a long running series." And, lastly (and, by the way, I only stopped because I was afraid you were getting bored!), "d kemp" said exactly what I was thinking, too: "While crime/thrillers/detective stories are my preferred genre, I rarely read first-time novels. ...It was a complete delight. I was fascinated by the story, cared about the main characters and can't wait to read, what I'm certain will be, the follow-up books in this series. In addition to the believable plot, great characters and vivid description of London I loved the way Mr Galbraith entered the psyche of both his male and female protagonists so convincingly."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A LONG AND WINDING ROAD
*by S***E on May 6, 2016*

There’s not much to research about Robert Galbraith, author of “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” because he’s nowhere to be found. In fact, he doesn’t exist. He’s the invention of J.K. Rowling who created the male pseudonym to “take my writing persona as far away as possible from me,” whatever that means. And what’s in a name? Galbraith may be a spirit, but his robe is of good lineage. The writing is excellent and reflects Rowling’s genius for storytelling. London private investigator Cormoran Strike has suffered through many personal challenges, not the least of which was losing a leg in Afghanistan and, most recently, spends his time with a glass of booze in his office/sleeping quarters, smoking cigarettes and getting fat. His volatile girlfriend has dumped him, he has no clients, and has a temporary secretary foisted on him with no means of paying her salary. The same day the temp comes to work, a long lost friend with strong financial underpinnings calls on him to look into the death of said caller’s sister who apparently bailed out of her high rise apartment window, meeting an untimely death on the pavement below. Suicide says the authorities. Not so, says the brother. The story of Strike’s investigation, aided by his eager new secretary, Robin, makes for good reading with complex details, knotty twists and turns, bizarre suspects, and a killer in plain sight, although the reader doesn’t know it. We get to ramble around in all sorts of London environments from damp gloominess to glittery high society. The dialogue is high quality and softens what could be the hard edge of struggling through an overlong book. Strike smokes constantly to stay awake as he reads through reams of police reports, perhaps making the reader also wish for a puff or two. But the author painstakingly weaves the story back and forth through one innocuous circumstance after another, keeping the reader in his or her seat, if not on the edge of it. There is an intoxicating aspect to all the detail, but it is a tedious read.. Critics are mixed in their reviews. It seems some cannot separate Rowling from her Harry Potter image. That’s a shame because the only parallels I found were good writing, inventive plotting, fascinating characters, and relentless detail. Crime fiction and fantasy are very different in both their interest and appeal. I am not a fantasy fan but love crime and mystery. I didn’t find any disconcerting crossovers: I thought Rowling moved very well among her sleuthy characters, capturing the boredom, little victories, and unrelenting puzzle-solving that inhabit their world. I recommend this book. Although it is relentless, I found it to be a very good crime fiction novel. As expected, because of the appealing nature of Strike and Robin, Rowling has written two more in the series and I’m going to read them. I don’t mind reading a lengthy book if it’s well written. Also, as expected, after Rowling was outed as the writer Robert Galbraith, the sales rose dramatically and, apparently, Rowling has no intention of discarding her alto ego. Good on her. Schuyler T Wallace Author of TIN LIZARD TALES

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by N***A on April 7, 2022*



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