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Cormoran Strike #1
The Cuckoo's Calling
欧宝娱乐 Choice Award
Nominee for Readers' Favorite Mystery & Thriller (2013)After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.
456 pages, Hardcover
First published April 18, 2013
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About the author
Robert Galbraith
44听books31.6k听followersThis is a pseudonym for , the author of the Harry Potter series and The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adults.
NOTE: There is more than one author with this name on 欧宝娱乐.
Rowling was born to Anne Rowling (n茅e Volant) and Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War.
Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that: "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. When she was a young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and Rowling subsequently read all of her books.
Rowling has said of her teenage years, in an interview with The New Yorker, "I wasn鈥檛 particularly happy. I think it鈥檚 a dreadful time of life." She had a difficult homelife; her mother was ill and she had a difficult relationship with her father (she is no longer on speaking terms with him). She attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother had worked as a technician in the science department. Rowling said of her adolescence, "Hermione [a bookish, know-it-all Harry Potter character] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was eleven, which I'm not particularly proud of." Steve Eddy, who taught Rowling English when she first arrived, remembers her as "not exceptional" but "one of a group of girls who were bright, and quite good at English." Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books.
NOTE: There is more than one author with this name on 欧宝娱乐.
Rowling was born to Anne Rowling (n茅e Volant) and Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War.
Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that: "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. When she was a young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and Rowling subsequently read all of her books.
Rowling has said of her teenage years, in an interview with The New Yorker, "I wasn鈥檛 particularly happy. I think it鈥檚 a dreadful time of life." She had a difficult homelife; her mother was ill and she had a difficult relationship with her father (she is no longer on speaking terms with him). She attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother had worked as a technician in the science department. Rowling said of her adolescence, "Hermione [a bookish, know-it-all Harry Potter character] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was eleven, which I'm not particularly proud of." Steve Eddy, who taught Rowling English when she first arrived, remembers her as "not exceptional" but "one of a group of girls who were bright, and quite good at English." Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books.
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August 13, 2016
Feb 3rd 2014 - Extra things you should know:
1) This is a negative review. If you are looking for reviews that confirm what you are already certain of (that JKR can do no wrong) here are some examples of positive reviews for you - 1, 2, 3.
2) I used some Mary Poppins gifs to make my point in this review. It seemed funny at the time. If you find MP gifs stupid/annoying/beneath you, then please feel free to go to the reviews I linked before.
3) I will no longer reply to comments saying I am stupid or didn't get it. I will no longer reply to insults of any kind or condescending suggestions that I read the book again. If you're tempted to write something like this, save both of us some time and read the previous comments for my answers to people like you. I have way too many unwatched episodes of Law & Order to entertain trolls any longer.
4) I'm sorry to all the people who have been kind and respectful, whether they agreed with me or not. You can just ignore these points.
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Things you should know: 1) Ms Rowling filled my childhood and early teen years with magic. I love Harry Potter and I confess to only adding this book after I found out she was the author. 2) I did not go into this with the intention to compare it to Harry Potter. I did not expect magic or wizards and I fully anticipated this being very different to the HP books. 3) I have read and enjoyed many mystery/crime novels in the past. My favourites being by and . So, there was no reason why I couldn't have enjoyed this book simply because it wasn't magical Potterland. But I didn't and, after putting a lot of thought into this, I think I finally understand why.
Here's the sad truth: I can't stand Rowling's writing when she writes for adults. I actually find it painful to read. Let's be clear from the beginning, I started and never finished because the opening didn't grab me and there was something about it - something which I couldn't put my finger on - that made it an effort to get through. A certain style to the writing which didn't agree with me. I thought perhaps it was a one-off because I'd read all her other works and never had a problem with her writing style. That's why I jumped at the chance to try another adult book by Rowling and sort out what was evidently a bout of silliness on my part. What this book did give me was an answer to why neither of Rowling's adult books worked for me.
Rowling writes in an unusual manner. It's not unique to her work for adults, Harry Potter has it too, but the effect had on both is very different. Rowling's style of writing, including the dialogue between characters, is formal to the point of being old-fashioned. Part of me wants to compare it to Austen but I'm cautious of doing so because of the amount of people (usually including myself) who might read that as a compliment. Rowling's formal style doesn't work, for me, when using it in an adult mystery and pairing it with profanity and grisly murders. It feels out of place and weighs down each page with tedious descriptions that use too many awkward similes, metaphors and adjectives.
"...face the colour of corned beef..."
"...the snow fell with soft fingertip plunks..."
"...long-snouted cameras..."
Her descriptions all felt a bit off to me. And I particularly didn't like the unsophisticated use of big words. It's like when inexperienced indie authors go crazy with thesaurus.com, using clunky words like "exacerbated" and "exorbitant" in casual sentences that don't benefit from it. The characters in this book never check the time or look at their watches, they "consult" their watches. Think I'm being picky? Try reading whole pages where every sentence replaces the obvious words with complex ones and see how far you get without your brain starting to scream. And it felt like every single noun had at least one adjective before it. Not only that, but Rowling repeats similar adjectives when referring to the objects again. In one sentence, we are told she climbed the "steel stairs" and in the next she's continuing up the "metal stairs". WHY???? And also WHYYYYYY???
Another example of Rowling's old-fashioned style is her frequent use of expressions like "oh my!" and "goodness!", expressions I'm sure some of you will recognise from Harry Potter characters. What is this? It's like Mary Poppins or Little Women or, I don't know, Little House on the Prairie. And maybe it works fine in all of those, same as it works fine in Harry Potter, but none of those also had a side-helping of profanity and very adult themes. They do all, however, share the formal language style.
And while I think people were silly to say things about like "ohmigod this had, like, noooooo magic and even fewer dark lords" when Rowling clearly said it was an adult mystery book and I wanted to say to those silly people:
I still think it's entirely relevant to compare the two when looking at Rowling's writing style and the reason why sometimes it works and sometimes it really doesn't. The formal tone with simplistic language - like in Harry Potter - is okay, but dense descriptions and over-complicated sentences made it hard work and tedious in this book. It's like a very formal letter with the occasional random swear word thrown in. And it doesn't work. Not for me, anyway. The style simply doesn't fit the content; there's swearing and murders and people rescuing others by grabbing their breasts...
I'm not even going to talk about the story beyond saying I found it a standard mystery that could have been good if I'd not had these other reasons for not liking it. The killer is not hard to guess for anyone familiar with crime mysteries but that isn't usually what I care about most in crime mysteries anyway. Plus, in this case, I'm just too blinded by my dislike for the writing. *sigh* I think it's fair to say that I'm finally done trying to enjoy Rowling's adult books.
P.S. Yes, I did get a little overexcited when I googled Mary Poppins gifs.
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1) This is a negative review. If you are looking for reviews that confirm what you are already certain of (that JKR can do no wrong) here are some examples of positive reviews for you - 1, 2, 3.
2) I used some Mary Poppins gifs to make my point in this review. It seemed funny at the time. If you find MP gifs stupid/annoying/beneath you, then please feel free to go to the reviews I linked before.
3) I will no longer reply to comments saying I am stupid or didn't get it. I will no longer reply to insults of any kind or condescending suggestions that I read the book again. If you're tempted to write something like this, save both of us some time and read the previous comments for my answers to people like you. I have way too many unwatched episodes of Law & Order to entertain trolls any longer.
4) I'm sorry to all the people who have been kind and respectful, whether they agreed with me or not. You can just ignore these points.
____________________________
Things you should know: 1) Ms Rowling filled my childhood and early teen years with magic. I love Harry Potter and I confess to only adding this book after I found out she was the author. 2) I did not go into this with the intention to compare it to Harry Potter. I did not expect magic or wizards and I fully anticipated this being very different to the HP books. 3) I have read and enjoyed many mystery/crime novels in the past. My favourites being by and . So, there was no reason why I couldn't have enjoyed this book simply because it wasn't magical Potterland. But I didn't and, after putting a lot of thought into this, I think I finally understand why.
Here's the sad truth: I can't stand Rowling's writing when she writes for adults. I actually find it painful to read. Let's be clear from the beginning, I started and never finished because the opening didn't grab me and there was something about it - something which I couldn't put my finger on - that made it an effort to get through. A certain style to the writing which didn't agree with me. I thought perhaps it was a one-off because I'd read all her other works and never had a problem with her writing style. That's why I jumped at the chance to try another adult book by Rowling and sort out what was evidently a bout of silliness on my part. What this book did give me was an answer to why neither of Rowling's adult books worked for me.
Rowling writes in an unusual manner. It's not unique to her work for adults, Harry Potter has it too, but the effect had on both is very different. Rowling's style of writing, including the dialogue between characters, is formal to the point of being old-fashioned. Part of me wants to compare it to Austen but I'm cautious of doing so because of the amount of people (usually including myself) who might read that as a compliment. Rowling's formal style doesn't work, for me, when using it in an adult mystery and pairing it with profanity and grisly murders. It feels out of place and weighs down each page with tedious descriptions that use too many awkward similes, metaphors and adjectives.
"...face the colour of corned beef..."
"...the snow fell with soft fingertip plunks..."
"...long-snouted cameras..."
Her descriptions all felt a bit off to me. And I particularly didn't like the unsophisticated use of big words. It's like when inexperienced indie authors go crazy with thesaurus.com, using clunky words like "exacerbated" and "exorbitant" in casual sentences that don't benefit from it. The characters in this book never check the time or look at their watches, they "consult" their watches. Think I'm being picky? Try reading whole pages where every sentence replaces the obvious words with complex ones and see how far you get without your brain starting to scream. And it felt like every single noun had at least one adjective before it. Not only that, but Rowling repeats similar adjectives when referring to the objects again. In one sentence, we are told she climbed the "steel stairs" and in the next she's continuing up the "metal stairs". WHY???? And also WHYYYYYY???
Another example of Rowling's old-fashioned style is her frequent use of expressions like "oh my!" and "goodness!", expressions I'm sure some of you will recognise from Harry Potter characters. What is this? It's like Mary Poppins or Little Women or, I don't know, Little House on the Prairie. And maybe it works fine in all of those, same as it works fine in Harry Potter, but none of those also had a side-helping of profanity and very adult themes. They do all, however, share the formal language style.
And while I think people were silly to say things about like "ohmigod this had, like, noooooo magic and even fewer dark lords" when Rowling clearly said it was an adult mystery book and I wanted to say to those silly people:
I still think it's entirely relevant to compare the two when looking at Rowling's writing style and the reason why sometimes it works and sometimes it really doesn't. The formal tone with simplistic language - like in Harry Potter - is okay, but dense descriptions and over-complicated sentences made it hard work and tedious in this book. It's like a very formal letter with the occasional random swear word thrown in. And it doesn't work. Not for me, anyway. The style simply doesn't fit the content; there's swearing and murders and people rescuing others by grabbing their breasts...
I'm not even going to talk about the story beyond saying I found it a standard mystery that could have been good if I'd not had these other reasons for not liking it. The killer is not hard to guess for anyone familiar with crime mysteries but that isn't usually what I care about most in crime mysteries anyway. Plus, in this case, I'm just too blinded by my dislike for the writing. *sigh* I think it's fair to say that I'm finally done trying to enjoy Rowling's adult books.
P.S. Yes, I did get a little overexcited when I googled Mary Poppins gifs.
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August 2, 2013
Dull & tedious. I was frustrated with the style of writing. There鈥檚 no action. It鈥檚 all conversation. I wanted it to be over.
COURTROOM STYLE CONVERSATIONS - TELLING NOT SHOWING:
Private eye Strike is investigating a death. Throughout the book Strike has long conversations with many different characters. It felt like a courtroom, asking witnesses 30 or more questions one right after the other. Many of these were discussions about what 鈥渕ight have happened. For example 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think he would have done it because he was...鈥� 鈥淚t could have been this. But assume it鈥檚 not, then what about that?鈥� 鈥淲hy couldn鈥檛 it have been a letter to...鈥� All these conversations are people 鈥渢elling鈥� about the past with their own subjective assumptions, conclusions, and some lies. I鈥檇 prefer Strike actively doing things to discover clues and some interesting, unexpected, or scary action.
Even Robin, my favorite character, she went to Oxford to investigate something. We should have watched her and seen her interacting with people. Instead Robin 鈥渢ells鈥� what she learned to Strike afterwards. Like in the first paragraph, she is answering a bunch of questions about her past activity.
The author used the word 鈥渉ad鈥� a lot - more 鈥渢elling鈥� not showing.
NO CLUES TO THE READER UNTIL THE TELL-ALL AT THE END:
There are no clues until the last fourth of the book. Then there are a few clues but they don鈥檛 mean anything to the reader. For example one character said he noticed drops of water on the floor. I had no idea what that meant until Strike does his 鈥渢ell all鈥� at the end where he explains the long complicated story of what happened, who lied and why, what caused the water drops, etc. I prefer mysteries where the reader learns some clues along the way that mean something.
ROBIN IS THE BEST PART:
The best part was the beginning. I really enjoyed the character Robin, Strike鈥檚 temporary assistant. She shows up on her first day just before a new client arrives. She asks Strike if he and the client would like coffee or tea. Strike says yes without thinking. There is no coffee or tea, but she brings it, and Strike has no idea where she got it. A few times he calls her Sandra without thinking. That relationship was fun. Robin has great initiative and ideas. And she does some neat things. But she is only a small part of the story.
ENDING NOT CLEAR TO ME:
I didn鈥檛 understand 鈥渨hy鈥� John hired Strike. This was answered, but the answer didn鈥檛 feel right.
SWEARING LANGUAGE:
Strike has a long conversation with Evan who used the f-word every other sentence. I was tired of hearing it. It was a long conversation. Other characters used the f-word less frequently which didn鈥檛 bother me as much.
NARRATOR:
The narrator Robert Glenister was good. But I grew tired of the British accent he used for many characters. 鈥淟ook what I got鈥� sounds like 鈥淟oo wha I goh.鈥� He was probably being accurate, but it was not easy listening for long periods of time.
AUTHOR:
J.K. Rowling wrote this under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
DATA:
Narrative mode: 3rd person. Unabridged audiobook length: 15 hrs and 54 mins. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: I didn鈥檛 recall any, but Ernesto corrected me saying there were a few lines by Guy Some. Number of sex scenes: one, referred to no details. Setting: current day London area, England. Book copyright: 2013. Genre: mystery.
COURTROOM STYLE CONVERSATIONS - TELLING NOT SHOWING:
Private eye Strike is investigating a death. Throughout the book Strike has long conversations with many different characters. It felt like a courtroom, asking witnesses 30 or more questions one right after the other. Many of these were discussions about what 鈥渕ight have happened. For example 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think he would have done it because he was...鈥� 鈥淚t could have been this. But assume it鈥檚 not, then what about that?鈥� 鈥淲hy couldn鈥檛 it have been a letter to...鈥� All these conversations are people 鈥渢elling鈥� about the past with their own subjective assumptions, conclusions, and some lies. I鈥檇 prefer Strike actively doing things to discover clues and some interesting, unexpected, or scary action.
Even Robin, my favorite character, she went to Oxford to investigate something. We should have watched her and seen her interacting with people. Instead Robin 鈥渢ells鈥� what she learned to Strike afterwards. Like in the first paragraph, she is answering a bunch of questions about her past activity.
The author used the word 鈥渉ad鈥� a lot - more 鈥渢elling鈥� not showing.
NO CLUES TO THE READER UNTIL THE TELL-ALL AT THE END:
There are no clues until the last fourth of the book. Then there are a few clues but they don鈥檛 mean anything to the reader. For example one character said he noticed drops of water on the floor. I had no idea what that meant until Strike does his 鈥渢ell all鈥� at the end where he explains the long complicated story of what happened, who lied and why, what caused the water drops, etc. I prefer mysteries where the reader learns some clues along the way that mean something.
ROBIN IS THE BEST PART:
The best part was the beginning. I really enjoyed the character Robin, Strike鈥檚 temporary assistant. She shows up on her first day just before a new client arrives. She asks Strike if he and the client would like coffee or tea. Strike says yes without thinking. There is no coffee or tea, but she brings it, and Strike has no idea where she got it. A few times he calls her Sandra without thinking. That relationship was fun. Robin has great initiative and ideas. And she does some neat things. But she is only a small part of the story.
ENDING NOT CLEAR TO ME:
I didn鈥檛 understand 鈥渨hy鈥� John hired Strike. This was answered, but the answer didn鈥檛 feel right.
SWEARING LANGUAGE:
Strike has a long conversation with Evan who used the f-word every other sentence. I was tired of hearing it. It was a long conversation. Other characters used the f-word less frequently which didn鈥檛 bother me as much.
NARRATOR:
The narrator Robert Glenister was good. But I grew tired of the British accent he used for many characters. 鈥淟ook what I got鈥� sounds like 鈥淟oo wha I goh.鈥� He was probably being accurate, but it was not easy listening for long periods of time.
AUTHOR:
J.K. Rowling wrote this under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
DATA:
Narrative mode: 3rd person. Unabridged audiobook length: 15 hrs and 54 mins. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: I didn鈥檛 recall any, but Ernesto corrected me saying there were a few lines by Guy Some. Number of sex scenes: one, referred to no details. Setting: current day London area, England. Book copyright: 2013. Genre: mystery.
December 18, 2023
(B+) 79% | Good
Notes: A prototype yet to find its footing; its complex, interview-heavy plot poker-faces all clues until a bursting end reveal.
Notes: A prototype yet to find its footing; its complex, interview-heavy plot poker-faces all clues until a bursting end reveal.
July 24, 2013
UPDATE 2: This is my final review of the book. Most of what I included in my preemptive thoughts is here, so you don't have to read this whole... thing.
Potential television series title #21: LONDON STRIKE
Alright, let鈥檚 address the hippogriff in the room: finding out that J.K. Rowling published a book under a pseudonym is something that I had I expected might happen post-Potter (and, embarrassingly, searched for), but when the question was brought up as to whether or not she'd write under one, she dismissed the idea, saying that people would quickly find out it was her (which, after reading The Casual Vacancy I concur with, as the tagline could have been "WELCOME TO DURSLEYVILLE"), so the idea was sort of debunked for me.
First, I feel that it鈥檚 necessary to offer in preamble that I actually liked The Casual Vacancy. Yes, it offers some views that some may find preachy, and Rowling鈥檚 stream-of-narrative writing lacks subtlety and dilutes the rawness of her characters. However, I also found it quite affecting- in fact, I鈥檝e since read the novel a few more times more objectively, and the craft behind it becomes more apparent with each re-read. Did Franzen handle social satire better? Yes, but Rowling is in tight possession of a unique, wry wit that鈥檚 all her own. I think that the problem that many fans had is that they鈥檙e accustomed to the J.K. Rowling who writes about morality on a large scale- great battles of good and evil staged with dragons and goblins and ghosts, entrenched in themes of friendship, love, and death. The Casual Vacancy is also a morality tale- but the characters are so clueless, self-destructive and human, that a fan of the Harry Potter books can鈥檛 help but emerge disappointed.
Fortunately, The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling doesn鈥檛 strive for such heights.
When I first heard about the book (after fixing the hole in the ceiling caused by my gargantuan leap of joy) I was excited. I mean, I鈥檇 much rather see J.K. Rowling whip out that killer gift for world building that she has in the realm of science fiction or fantasy, but she is equally skilled in mystery writing. I鈥檝e always, always thought of The Chamber of Secrets as a mystery novel. That was always the appeal of it to me, and I felt that it stood out from the rest of the books because of it. But after J.K. Rowling wrote in the FAQ section of the new Cormoran Stike website that all of the Harry Potter books are essentially who-dun-its, with the exception of the fifth, I realized that they are. Each is essentially a search for a culprit using a limited amount of clues.
Potential television series title #19: BBC鈥橲 SHERLOCK HARRY鈥擡p. 1: 鈥淎 Study in Potions鈥�
But one doesn鈥檛 even need to view the Harry Potter books as mysteries in order to expect Rowling to be a great mystery writer- the immense amount of plotting and interweaving of detail throughout the books is commendable, and alone legitimizes the size of whatever paycheck Rowling got after every book. One of the biggest problems film makers had when adapting the final books of the series is that they came to realize that details that they had carelessly discarded bore great significance in the final books. An invisibility cloak becoming a Hallow, a friend鈥檚 pet rat an animagus. We know how skilled J.K. Rowling is at creating red-herrings and false trails already.
One doesn鈥檛 even need to read all of the books to understand this. Just one chapter, in the Goblet of Fire. In an interview with Charlie Rose last year, J.K. Rowling revealed that chapter 11 of the fourth installment of the series was one that she wrote and rewrote the most, in order to draw suspicion away from a newspaper article written about Mad-Eye Moody. The intention was that it was to be written so that it could be interpreted and reinterpreted by other characters and the readers, so that we wouldn鈥檛 figure out the truth about Moody鈥檚 character until the end. This shows us that Rowling has an eye for the way the reader thinks, something that comes in handy for her towards the climax of Calling.
Still, I had my reservations (see all 503 pages of The Casual Vacancy).
Potential television series title #7: ROBERT GALBRAITH鈥橲 (A.K.A. J.K. ROWLING鈥橲 (it鈥檚 out now, so we won鈥檛 look like douchebags for marketing it this way)) CORMORAN & ROBIN
But I was pleasantly surprised by The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling. I don鈥檛 read much mystery, although I did read a lot of Agatha Christie when I was younger and watch BBC鈥橲 Sherlock now. When I do encounter a mystery, however, I judge it by how well it manages to surprise me. For me, this includes the author laying out all the details for the reader at the beginning- no big surprises towards the end masquerading as a clever twist that are really meant to keep the reader from finding out who did it. It鈥檚 the job of a good detective鈥攁nd a good mystery writer鈥攖o piece together the clues in a way that the reader doesn鈥檛, but theoretically could have. Rowling does this, balancing a cast of characters and an assortment of clues so numerous that I can鈥檛 imagine even the most dedicated mystery savant keeping up. The suspects at one point all seem to have iron-cast motive and opportunity, Rowling quickly outsmarting the reader.
The plotting and the sheer intricacy of the details woven throughout might be the most impressive that I鈥檝e ever encountered in a modern mystery novel. The utter tautness of the book, quite frankly, blew me away. It sticks to the traditional mystery formula. Rowling doesn鈥檛 have a Gillian Flynn-like touch on the genre. There鈥檚 the obligatory introduction of each character and clue to the point where it feels like speed-dating, and there鈥檚 a long exposition at the end about what happens. I was so impressed by the ending, though, that the cookie-cutter feel of it became subdued. And everything- which is perhaps what was most refreshing- is realistic. There鈥檚 no shocking conclusion and- thankfully- no ludicrous segueways between connections.
Rowling鈥檚 gift for prose is evident, once again showing her finesse at maneuvering the English language. Although hardcore mystery fans may get a little tired of Rowling鈥檚 Dickensian style, I was always interested. In the sluggish, monotonous mid-morning hours at work I found myself wanting to pick up my copy of the book to see what happened next.
Her characters are great. The relationship between John and Robin is sweet but covers all its bases- I like that their friendship is just a 鈥渇riendship,鈥� but it鈥檚 not like they鈥檙e not going to each consider the romantic possibilities of the other. Cormoran鈥檚 handicapped, ex-military character felt a little too John Watson for me, but his role as a character that prevails and doesn鈥檛 wallow-for the most part-is satisfying. I enjoyed Robin鈥檚 character too, and hope her part is bigger in the next installment.
The presence of socioeconomic dynamics is featured heavily throughout the novel, and plays key parts in the mystery itself, lingering among character motivations and plot connections. I thought that it was a fascinating feature to include in a mystery novel, and gave it its distinct taste- but I hope that this doesn鈥檛 become a recurring theme throughout the series. It鈥檚 relevant here, but I prefer it as the atmosphere for one mystery alone. These dynamics are relevant ones in our culture, but the way that Rowling presented it in Vacancy was found unpalatable by a lot of readers. If she keeps it in play for each of her subsequent mysteries the way she does here, then the reader might grow bored. Some series鈥� find their tone in a shift of setting, going from the slums to high society. It鈥檚 the job of the main characters to keep the setting grounded, and with the team of John Bristow and Robin Ellacott, Rowling鈥檚 got the materials on hand.
In other ways, however, it feels like Rowling hasn鈥檛 found her tone as a writer. The ambiance here doesn鈥檛 take on the meaty, rich qualities that have characterized the most renowned mystery writers- Robert Louis Stevenson鈥檚 gift for describing shadowy alleys and nightmarish supernaturalism is his hallmark, Christie equally adept at creating grim atmospheres sans the magical realism. Rowling鈥檚 writing is beautiful, but it seems to languish in contemporaneity. In this way it鈥檚 not an escapist novel- immersive, yes, but I found myself becoming more aware of the present rather than absconding from it.
Bottom line, The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling incorporates potent mystery writing, intricate plotting, and likable characters, showcasing some of Rowling鈥檚 best skills as a writer, even if her others don鈥檛 appeal entirely to the target audience here.
UPDATE: I've finished the book, and I was right about Rowling's deftness at mystery writing, particularly around the part about The Chamber of Secrets. Full review to come, but highly recommended. Not phenomenal or on par with Potter, but all the things that didn't work in Vacancy are very much present except that they work in a mystery setting, and that it's all very, very good. Tightest, most intricate plotting I've ever seen in a mystery novel.
So, finding out that J.K. Rowling published a book under a pseudonym is something I'd always expected (and, embarassingly, searched for), but when the question was brought up as to whether she'd write one, she said everyone would figure it out right away (which, after reading The Casual Vacancy I concur with, as the tagline could have been "WELCOME TO DURSLEYVILLE"), so the idea was sort of debunked for me. I'm slightly disappointed that I haven't heard of it, which means that it hasn't received enough acclaim to cross over to the mainstream on its own, which is less than I'd like. But people-
a) It's a J.K. Rowling book
b) We don't have to wait for it. It's already out.
I liked The Casual Vacancy. But I think that the main issue many fans had was that J.K. Rowling is an author who deals with morality on a huge scale, epic battles of good vs. evil, friendship, loneliness, adolescent turmoil and every other drama you could think of set on a stage featuring dragons and ghosts and goblins. Her knack for making rich as well as lovable characters is her hallmark, so segueing into a world where the characters are not only clueless and blind but also distinctly unlikable couldn't have been very easy for fans. Also, her voice as omniscient third-person narrator is certainly well-written as a stream of prose, but sort of diluted the significance of her characters; Vacancy also lacks the edge that made similar novels by Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections) and Maria Semple (Where'd You Go, Bernadette), better. After multiple re-readings of Vacancy, I've grown to like the book a lot more- or rather appreciate it more, because while the craft behind it becomes more obvious with each read its overcast mood is unaccompanied by a payoff.
But this is a crime novel. Why am I excited for this? Because I've always, always thought of The Chamber of Secrets as a mystery novel. You don't even need to look at that book alone to know that Rowling is a master of mystery writing, the seemingly meaningless details sprinkled throughout the Harry Potter series bearing much more gravitas in later installments (much to the chagrin of filmmakers, cutting out important details due to lack of knowledge of said installments). Red herrings and false trails are an essential component in mystery writing, which she is undoubtedly skilled at creating.
So I'll be much more wary of you now Ms. Rowling, and I while I would still prefer that you return to fantasy, or even science-fiction, and even though I sense that you're becoming a very hit-or-miss author, your hits are still potent enough for me to want to read anything and everything you'll ever write again.
Potential television series title #21: LONDON STRIKE
Alright, let鈥檚 address the hippogriff in the room: finding out that J.K. Rowling published a book under a pseudonym is something that I had I expected might happen post-Potter (and, embarrassingly, searched for), but when the question was brought up as to whether or not she'd write under one, she dismissed the idea, saying that people would quickly find out it was her (which, after reading The Casual Vacancy I concur with, as the tagline could have been "WELCOME TO DURSLEYVILLE"), so the idea was sort of debunked for me.
First, I feel that it鈥檚 necessary to offer in preamble that I actually liked The Casual Vacancy. Yes, it offers some views that some may find preachy, and Rowling鈥檚 stream-of-narrative writing lacks subtlety and dilutes the rawness of her characters. However, I also found it quite affecting- in fact, I鈥檝e since read the novel a few more times more objectively, and the craft behind it becomes more apparent with each re-read. Did Franzen handle social satire better? Yes, but Rowling is in tight possession of a unique, wry wit that鈥檚 all her own. I think that the problem that many fans had is that they鈥檙e accustomed to the J.K. Rowling who writes about morality on a large scale- great battles of good and evil staged with dragons and goblins and ghosts, entrenched in themes of friendship, love, and death. The Casual Vacancy is also a morality tale- but the characters are so clueless, self-destructive and human, that a fan of the Harry Potter books can鈥檛 help but emerge disappointed.
Fortunately, The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling doesn鈥檛 strive for such heights.
When I first heard about the book (after fixing the hole in the ceiling caused by my gargantuan leap of joy) I was excited. I mean, I鈥檇 much rather see J.K. Rowling whip out that killer gift for world building that she has in the realm of science fiction or fantasy, but she is equally skilled in mystery writing. I鈥檝e always, always thought of The Chamber of Secrets as a mystery novel. That was always the appeal of it to me, and I felt that it stood out from the rest of the books because of it. But after J.K. Rowling wrote in the FAQ section of the new Cormoran Stike website that all of the Harry Potter books are essentially who-dun-its, with the exception of the fifth, I realized that they are. Each is essentially a search for a culprit using a limited amount of clues.
Potential television series title #19: BBC鈥橲 SHERLOCK HARRY鈥擡p. 1: 鈥淎 Study in Potions鈥�
But one doesn鈥檛 even need to view the Harry Potter books as mysteries in order to expect Rowling to be a great mystery writer- the immense amount of plotting and interweaving of detail throughout the books is commendable, and alone legitimizes the size of whatever paycheck Rowling got after every book. One of the biggest problems film makers had when adapting the final books of the series is that they came to realize that details that they had carelessly discarded bore great significance in the final books. An invisibility cloak becoming a Hallow, a friend鈥檚 pet rat an animagus. We know how skilled J.K. Rowling is at creating red-herrings and false trails already.
One doesn鈥檛 even need to read all of the books to understand this. Just one chapter, in the Goblet of Fire. In an interview with Charlie Rose last year, J.K. Rowling revealed that chapter 11 of the fourth installment of the series was one that she wrote and rewrote the most, in order to draw suspicion away from a newspaper article written about Mad-Eye Moody. The intention was that it was to be written so that it could be interpreted and reinterpreted by other characters and the readers, so that we wouldn鈥檛 figure out the truth about Moody鈥檚 character until the end. This shows us that Rowling has an eye for the way the reader thinks, something that comes in handy for her towards the climax of Calling.
Still, I had my reservations (see all 503 pages of The Casual Vacancy).
Potential television series title #7: ROBERT GALBRAITH鈥橲 (A.K.A. J.K. ROWLING鈥橲 (it鈥檚 out now, so we won鈥檛 look like douchebags for marketing it this way)) CORMORAN & ROBIN
But I was pleasantly surprised by The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling. I don鈥檛 read much mystery, although I did read a lot of Agatha Christie when I was younger and watch BBC鈥橲 Sherlock now. When I do encounter a mystery, however, I judge it by how well it manages to surprise me. For me, this includes the author laying out all the details for the reader at the beginning- no big surprises towards the end masquerading as a clever twist that are really meant to keep the reader from finding out who did it. It鈥檚 the job of a good detective鈥攁nd a good mystery writer鈥攖o piece together the clues in a way that the reader doesn鈥檛, but theoretically could have. Rowling does this, balancing a cast of characters and an assortment of clues so numerous that I can鈥檛 imagine even the most dedicated mystery savant keeping up. The suspects at one point all seem to have iron-cast motive and opportunity, Rowling quickly outsmarting the reader.
The plotting and the sheer intricacy of the details woven throughout might be the most impressive that I鈥檝e ever encountered in a modern mystery novel. The utter tautness of the book, quite frankly, blew me away. It sticks to the traditional mystery formula. Rowling doesn鈥檛 have a Gillian Flynn-like touch on the genre. There鈥檚 the obligatory introduction of each character and clue to the point where it feels like speed-dating, and there鈥檚 a long exposition at the end about what happens. I was so impressed by the ending, though, that the cookie-cutter feel of it became subdued. And everything- which is perhaps what was most refreshing- is realistic. There鈥檚 no shocking conclusion and- thankfully- no ludicrous segueways between connections.
Rowling鈥檚 gift for prose is evident, once again showing her finesse at maneuvering the English language. Although hardcore mystery fans may get a little tired of Rowling鈥檚 Dickensian style, I was always interested. In the sluggish, monotonous mid-morning hours at work I found myself wanting to pick up my copy of the book to see what happened next.
Her characters are great. The relationship between John and Robin is sweet but covers all its bases- I like that their friendship is just a 鈥渇riendship,鈥� but it鈥檚 not like they鈥檙e not going to each consider the romantic possibilities of the other. Cormoran鈥檚 handicapped, ex-military character felt a little too John Watson for me, but his role as a character that prevails and doesn鈥檛 wallow-for the most part-is satisfying. I enjoyed Robin鈥檚 character too, and hope her part is bigger in the next installment.
The presence of socioeconomic dynamics is featured heavily throughout the novel, and plays key parts in the mystery itself, lingering among character motivations and plot connections. I thought that it was a fascinating feature to include in a mystery novel, and gave it its distinct taste- but I hope that this doesn鈥檛 become a recurring theme throughout the series. It鈥檚 relevant here, but I prefer it as the atmosphere for one mystery alone. These dynamics are relevant ones in our culture, but the way that Rowling presented it in Vacancy was found unpalatable by a lot of readers. If she keeps it in play for each of her subsequent mysteries the way she does here, then the reader might grow bored. Some series鈥� find their tone in a shift of setting, going from the slums to high society. It鈥檚 the job of the main characters to keep the setting grounded, and with the team of John Bristow and Robin Ellacott, Rowling鈥檚 got the materials on hand.
In other ways, however, it feels like Rowling hasn鈥檛 found her tone as a writer. The ambiance here doesn鈥檛 take on the meaty, rich qualities that have characterized the most renowned mystery writers- Robert Louis Stevenson鈥檚 gift for describing shadowy alleys and nightmarish supernaturalism is his hallmark, Christie equally adept at creating grim atmospheres sans the magical realism. Rowling鈥檚 writing is beautiful, but it seems to languish in contemporaneity. In this way it鈥檚 not an escapist novel- immersive, yes, but I found myself becoming more aware of the present rather than absconding from it.
Bottom line, The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling incorporates potent mystery writing, intricate plotting, and likable characters, showcasing some of Rowling鈥檚 best skills as a writer, even if her others don鈥檛 appeal entirely to the target audience here.
UPDATE: I've finished the book, and I was right about Rowling's deftness at mystery writing, particularly around the part about The Chamber of Secrets. Full review to come, but highly recommended. Not phenomenal or on par with Potter, but all the things that didn't work in Vacancy are very much present except that they work in a mystery setting, and that it's all very, very good. Tightest, most intricate plotting I've ever seen in a mystery novel.
So, finding out that J.K. Rowling published a book under a pseudonym is something I'd always expected (and, embarassingly, searched for), but when the question was brought up as to whether she'd write one, she said everyone would figure it out right away (which, after reading The Casual Vacancy I concur with, as the tagline could have been "WELCOME TO DURSLEYVILLE"), so the idea was sort of debunked for me. I'm slightly disappointed that I haven't heard of it, which means that it hasn't received enough acclaim to cross over to the mainstream on its own, which is less than I'd like. But people-
a) It's a J.K. Rowling book
b) We don't have to wait for it. It's already out.
I liked The Casual Vacancy. But I think that the main issue many fans had was that J.K. Rowling is an author who deals with morality on a huge scale, epic battles of good vs. evil, friendship, loneliness, adolescent turmoil and every other drama you could think of set on a stage featuring dragons and ghosts and goblins. Her knack for making rich as well as lovable characters is her hallmark, so segueing into a world where the characters are not only clueless and blind but also distinctly unlikable couldn't have been very easy for fans. Also, her voice as omniscient third-person narrator is certainly well-written as a stream of prose, but sort of diluted the significance of her characters; Vacancy also lacks the edge that made similar novels by Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections) and Maria Semple (Where'd You Go, Bernadette), better. After multiple re-readings of Vacancy, I've grown to like the book a lot more- or rather appreciate it more, because while the craft behind it becomes more obvious with each read its overcast mood is unaccompanied by a payoff.
But this is a crime novel. Why am I excited for this? Because I've always, always thought of The Chamber of Secrets as a mystery novel. You don't even need to look at that book alone to know that Rowling is a master of mystery writing, the seemingly meaningless details sprinkled throughout the Harry Potter series bearing much more gravitas in later installments (much to the chagrin of filmmakers, cutting out important details due to lack of knowledge of said installments). Red herrings and false trails are an essential component in mystery writing, which she is undoubtedly skilled at creating.
So I'll be much more wary of you now Ms. Rowling, and I while I would still prefer that you return to fantasy, or even science-fiction, and even though I sense that you're becoming a very hit-or-miss author, your hits are still potent enough for me to want to read anything and everything you'll ever write again.
March 4, 2022
This is a wonderfully entertaining new crime debut, which although it contains nothing amazingly original, works really well. Firstly, there is the main character, Cormoran Strike - a wounded war veteran, with a troubled past, damaged love life and financial woes, which see him sleeping in his office when we first meet him. Strike has left the army, which provided him with the structure and home life his mother never could, and set up as a Private Detective. The only problem is, a lack of paying clients. He then receives a new temporary secretary, Robin Ellacott, with her slightly stuffy fiance and her secret desire to be a detective. Both Strike and Robin, are fully fleshed out characters that we care about deeply by the end of the book.
The crime Strike is asked to investigate involves a famous supermodel, who falls (or is pushed) from her balcony on a snowy, London night. Lula Landry is the adopted daughter of a wealthy family and her adopted brother is insistent that she had no suicidal feelings when he met up with her that day. As Strike sets out to investigate, we are introduced to a cast of identifiable characters - the effeminate dress designer, drug taking Paparazzi avoiding boyfriend, disgrunted 'wannabee' film star chauffeur, elderly, dying mother, disapproving family members, etc. Although the plot is really quite a simple one, it works very well. The author has created a totally realistic scenario, with London almost becoming an extra character as Strike walks the streets and a satisfactory plot with a good cast of suspects.
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.
* Have just found out this was written by J K Rowling. I am glad I didn't know that when I read it and I hope it doesn't put her off continuing the series, now she has been 'outed' as the author. It is a good read on its own merits.
The crime Strike is asked to investigate involves a famous supermodel, who falls (or is pushed) from her balcony on a snowy, London night. Lula Landry is the adopted daughter of a wealthy family and her adopted brother is insistent that she had no suicidal feelings when he met up with her that day. As Strike sets out to investigate, we are introduced to a cast of identifiable characters - the effeminate dress designer, drug taking Paparazzi avoiding boyfriend, disgrunted 'wannabee' film star chauffeur, elderly, dying mother, disapproving family members, etc. Although the plot is really quite a simple one, it works very well. The author has created a totally realistic scenario, with London almost becoming an extra character as Strike walks the streets and a satisfactory plot with a good cast of suspects.
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.
* Have just found out this was written by J K Rowling. I am glad I didn't know that when I read it and I hope it doesn't put her off continuing the series, now she has been 'outed' as the author. It is a good read on its own merits.
October 12, 2018
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賵賮賵噩卅鬲 亘丕賳賴 賲賰鬲亘 賷毓賲賱 賮賷 卮卅 賰丕賳 賷孬賷乇 禺賷丕賱賴丕 丕賱胤賮賵賱賷
賲賭賭丨賭賯賯 禺賭丕氐
賰賭賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲賭賭乇丕賷賰 賲丨賯賯 禺丕氐 ,賵囟丕亘胤 噩賷卮 賲鬲賯丕毓丿 賱賱廿氐丕亘丞..賷賲乇 亘丕氐毓亘 丕賷丕賲 丨賷丕鬲賴
丕賳賮氐賱 毓賳 禺胤賷亘鬲賴..賲賮賱爻..賱賷爻 賱賲賰鬲亘賴 毓賲賷賱 爻賵賷 賵丕丨丿 賮賯胤..賵鬲兀鬲賷 賱賴 爻賰賷乇鬲賷乇丞 賲賳 賲賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲毓賷賳丕鬲 丕賱賲丐賯鬲丞 賷毓賱賲 鬲賲丕賲丕 丕賳賴 賱賳 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲賵賮賷乇 賲乇鬲亘賴丕 賱丕賰孬乇 賲賳 丕爻亘賵毓..丕賱丕 丕匕丕 噩丕亍賴 毓賲賷賱 孬乇賷
噩賭賵賳 亘乇賷賭爻鬲賵..賲丨丕賲 賲賳 毓丕卅賱賴 孬乇賷丞..賷兀鬲賷 賱賲賰鬲亘 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賱賲丕囟 亘賷賳 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賵 丕禺賷賴 丕賱賲鬲賵賮賷
賷爻鬲兀噩乇賴 賱賱鬲丨賯賷賯 賮賷 賯囟賷丞 賯賱亘鬲 丕賱乇兀賷 丕賱毓丕賲 賲賳匕 3 卮賴賵乇 賵賱賰賳 賳鬲丕卅噩 鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賲乇囟賷賴 賱賴..賮賴賵 賲賯鬲賳毓 丕賳 丕賱亘賵賱賷爻 丕賴賲賱 賮賷 丕賱丕丿賱賴 賵丕賳 賵賮丕賴 丕禺鬲赖 賱賲 鬲賰賳 丕賳鬲丨丕乇丕
丕禺鬲赖..丕賱賲鬲亘賳丕賴 ..賴賷 賱賭賭賵賱丕 賱丕賳賭丿乇賷..丕賱賲賵丿賷賱..丕賱鬲賷 卮賴丿賳丕 賵賮丕鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賵賱 賲卮賴丿
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賴賷 兀賵賱賷 鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲 賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲乇丕賷賰...賵丕賱匕賷 爻賷氐賷乇 丕爻賲丕 丨賯賷賯賷丕 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲
丕賵毓丿賰 丕賳賰 爻鬲賳噩匕亘 賲孬賱賷 賱鬲乇賷 亘丕賯賷 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬..賱賳 丕丨乇賯 賱賰 丕賱賯囟賷丞 賮賯丿 賰鬲亘鬲 丕睾賱亘 賴匕丕 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 賵丕賳丕 賲丕夭賱鬲 賮賷 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
丨鬲賷 丕賱賲賯胤賵毓丞 丕賱卮毓乇賷丞 "丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇噩賲鬲賴丕 鬲乇噩賲丞 乇賰賷賰丞 賲賳匕 亘囟毓 爻胤賵乇" 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賵丿 賱賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇 賵丕禺鬲丕乇鬲賴丕 丕賱賲丐賱賮丞 賰賲賯丿賲賴 賱賱賰鬲丕亘 "賵賲賳賴丕 毓賳賵丕賳賴 丕賷囟丕" 爻鬲卮毓乇 丕賳賴丕 鬲胤丕乇丿賰 胤賵丕賱 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬
丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賯丿 賷乇丕賴丕 丕賱亘毓囟 亘胤賷卅丞...賵賱丕 兀賳賰乇 賴匕丕 賮毓賱丕 賮兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賲丐賱賮丞 賷鬲睾賱睾賱 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賮賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵賵氐賮 丕賱丕賲丕賰賳 亘卮賰賱 賷毓乇賯賱 丕丨賷丕賳丕 爻賷乇 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬
賵賱賰賳 賲賳 賯丕賱 丕賳 賲鬲毓鬲賷 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 丕丨丿丕孬賴丕 賮賯胤責... 賮賱丕 鬲賳爻 兀賳賴丕 賱賷爻鬲 乇賵丕賷賴 丕賰卮賳 賵丕賳賲丕 噩乇賷賲丞
爻鬲丨賱賱 賲毓 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱噩乇賷賲賴 賵鬲賯丕亘賱 賰賱 賲賳 賰丕賳 賯乇賷亘 賲賳 "賱賵賱丕 賱丕賳丿乇賷" 賯亘賱 賵賮丕鬲賴丕..爻鬲爻鬲賲毓 賱卮賴丕丿丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮賴 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 氐丕丿賯賴 賵賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 賲丕賰乇賴 鬲丿丕乇賷 卮賷卅丕 賲丕...爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 賵丨丿賰 毓賱賷 氐丨賴 丕賱丕賯賵丕賱 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 鬲丿乇賷亘 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賲鬲丕夭 丨賵賱 賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿
丨賱賱..賮賰乇..乇丕噩毓 丕賱丕丿賱賴..鬲毓乇賮 丕賰孬乇 毓賱賷 賱賵賱丕 丕賵 "賰賵賰賵" 賰賲丕 賷丿賱賱賴丕 丕氐丿賯丕亍賴丕
賵亘丨乇賮賷賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘賴 爻鬲卮毓乇 丕賳賰 賮毓賱丕 "鬲睾賱睾賱鬲" 賮賷 丕賱賯囟賷賴 賵毓丕賱賲 丕賱卮賴乇賴 賲賳 賲賳鬲噩賷賳 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷賳, 賲胤乇亘賷 乇賵賰 賵乇丕亘 , 賲氐賲賲賷 丕夭賷丕亍..賵賳噩賲丕鬲 毓乇賵囟 丕賱丕夭賷丕亍 丕賱賱丕賲毓丕鬲..賵爻鬲丨鬲丕乇 賲毓 丕賱賲丨賯賯 賵丕賱爻賰乇鬲賷乇賴 丕賱匕賰賷賴 丕匕丕 賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賮毓賱丕 丕賳鬲丨丕乇 丕賲 噩乇賷賲賴 賯鬲賱
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丕賱丕賲丕賰賳..賱賳丿賳
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亘丕賱鬲丕賰賷丿 賲賳 賯乇兀 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賯丿 鬲噩賵賱 -賮毓賱賷丕-賮賷 "賴賵噩賵丕乇鬲爻"賵鬲毓乇賮 賰賱 賲賲乇丕鬲賴丕 賵丕賲丕賰賳賴丕 丨鬲賷 賵賱賵 賱賲 鬲馗賴乇 賮賷 丕賱賮賷賱賲 亘賮囟賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘賴 丕賱丨乇賮賷賴 賱賱賲丐賱賮賴
賴賳丕 丕賷囟丕 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賰 爻鬲毓卮賯 賱賳丿賳 賵鬲鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 鬲乇賷 鬲賱賰 "丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱賲氐賵乇賴"亘丕賱賰鬲丕亘賴
賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 賮賷 乇賷賮賷賵 卮賮乇賴 丿丕賮賳卮賷 賵睾賷乇賴 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳
賷賮囟賱 丕賳 鬲亘丨孬 賮賷 氐賵乇 丕賱卮賵丕乇毓 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賴 賵丕賱亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲 匕賰乇賴丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賱鬲鬲毓丕賷卮 丕賰孬乇 賲毓 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賵鬲乇賷 噩賵丕賳亘 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 噩丿賷丿賴 賱賰 毓賳 賱賳丿賳
爻鬲賯賮 賮賷 賲賷丿丕賳 亘賷賰丕丿賷賱賷 亘毓丿 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱賱賷賱 賱鬲卮賴丿 禺胤亘賴 乇賵亘賷賳
爻鬲噩賵亘 卮丕乇毓 丿丕賳賲丕乇賰 賵12 亘丕乇 賰丕賮賷賴 賰孬賷乇丕 丨賷孬 賲賰鬲亘 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賵賲丨賱丕鬲 丕賱噩賷鬲丕乇 賵丕賱丕丿賵丕鬲 丕賱賲賵爻賷賯賷賴 丨賵賱賴
賵爻鬲乇丿丕丿 丕賱亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷賴 匕丕鬲 丕賱胤乇丕夭 丕賱賮賷賰鬲賵乇賷 賲毓 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 丨賷孬 賷賯丕亘賱 卮賴賵丿 丕賱丨丕丿孬 丕賵 賷囟賷毓 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵賷賮賰乇 賮賷 亘丐爻 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮丨爻亘
賵丨鬲賷 丕賱賲亘丕賳賷 丕賱毓乇賷賯賴 丕賱鬲賷 鬲胤賱 毓賱賷賴丕 賳賵丕賮匕 鬲賱賰 丕賱亘丕乇丕鬲 ..丕賱賲亘丕賳賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇噩毓 賱賱毓卮乇賷賳丕鬲 賵丕賱賲夭賷賳賴 亘鬲賲丕孬賷賱 噩丕賰賵亘 丕亘爻鬲賷賳
賵丕賱丕賴賲 賴賵 丕賱丕丨賷丕亍 丕賱乇丕賯賷賴 亘賱賳丿賳 賰胤乇賷賯 亘賷賱賱丕賲賷 丕賵 丨賷 賲丕賷賮賷乇 丕賱乇丕賯賷..鬲賱賰 丕賱丕丨賷丕亍 丕賱賲噩丕賵乇賴 賱賰賳鬲賷噩乇賷賳 噩丕乇丿賳,丕賱卮丕乇毓 丕賱匕賷 賷賯胤賳賴 丕賱丕孬乇賷丕亍 賵匕賵賷 丕賱匕賵賯 丕賱乇丕賯賷..賵賰丕賳鬲 鬲賯胤賳賴 丕賷囟丕 "賰賵賰賵" 賱賵賱丕 賱丕賳丿乇賷
爻鬲乇賰亘 賲鬲乇賵 丕賱丕賳賮丕賯 賵鬲毓丕賳賷 賲賳 丕毓賲丕賱 丕賱亘賳丕亍 賮賷 卮丕乇毓 丿丕賳賲丕乇賰 賵鬲乇賷 丕賱賵丕賳 賱賳丿賳 賮賷 丕賱賲爻丕亍
丕賱禺賱丕氐賴 丕賳賰 亘丿禺賵賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 爻鬲囟賲賳 乇丨賱賴 賱丕丨賷丕亍 賱賳丿賳 賲毓 噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩 丕賮囟賱 賲賳 賷氐賵乇 丕賱丕賲丕賰賳 爻賵丕亍 丕賱禺賷丕賱賷賴 丕賵 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賴
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丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲
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噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賲乇賴 兀禺乇賷 鬲乇爻賲 賱賳丕 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘胤乇賷賯賴 丿賯賷賯賴 鬲噩毓賱賰 賮毓賱丕 鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴賲 賵毓賱賷 卮禺氐賷鬲賴賲 賵賲丕囟賷賴賲 丕賰孬乇 賲毓 賰賱 氐賮丨賴 鬲賯賱亘賴丕 丨鬲賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱孬丕賳賵賷賴 丕賵 匕丕鬲 丕賱丿賵乇 丕賱氐睾賷乇
賰賱 丕賱丿賯賴 丿賷 "丕賱鬲賷 賷毓鬲亘乇賴丕 丕賱亘毓囟 賲賱賱丕" 賲賳 賵噩賴賴 賳馗乇賷 丕孬乇丕亍 賱鬲噩乇亘賴 丕賳 鬲毓賷卮 亘賷賳 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮毓賱丕 賵鬲鬲毓丕賷卮 鬲賱賰 丕賱賯囟賷賴 丕賱鬲賷 賷丨丕賵賱 丕賳 賷賮賰 睾賲賵囟賴丕 丕賱亘胤賱
****賰賭賭賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲賭賭乇丕賷賭賰****
丕賰孬乇 卮禺氐賷賴 賱賲 丕爻鬲胤毓 鬲禺賷賱 賲賳 賷賯賵賲 亘丕賱丿賵乇 賮賷 禺賷丕賱賷..亘丿丕鬲 亘丕賱丕賳 乇賷賰賲丕賳 "亘乇賵賮賷爻賵乇 爻賳丕亘" 賵賱賰賳賴 賰丕賳 丕賰亘乇..乇賵亘乇鬲 丿丕賵賳賷 噩賵賳賷賵乇 賱丕賳賴 賰丕賳 卮賷乇賱賵賰 賴賵賱賲夭 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賳賴 賱賷爻 丕賳噩賱賷夭賷" ..賴賷賵 噩丕賰賲丕賳 賰丕賳 賯乇丕乇賷 丕賱賳賴丕卅賷..丕丨丿賴賲 丕賯鬲乇丨 毓賱賷 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲 "賴丕噩乇賷丿" 胤亘毓丕 亘丿賵賳 賲丐孬乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 氐丕丨亘鬲賴
馗丕亘胤 亘丕賱噩賷卮 爻丕亘賯 賷毓卮賯 丕賳囟亘丕胤 丕賱丨賷丕賴 丕賱毓爻賰乇賷賴 賵賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷賯賵賷 毓賱賷 丕賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 亘賴丕 賱賷爻 賮賯胤 賱賱丨丕丿孬 丕賱匕賷 毓賱賷 兀孬乇賴 賮賯丿 賯丿賲賴 丕賱賷爻乇賷
賲丨賯賯 禺丕氐 睾丕乇賯 賮賷 丕賱丿賷賳 賱賷爻 賱丿賷賴 爻賵賷 毓賲賷賱 賵丕丨丿 丕賵 丕孬賳丕賳 賮賷 丕賮囟賱 丕賱丕丨賵丕賱
賵賱丕 賷丨賯賯 賮賷 乇爻丕卅賱 丕賱鬲賴丿賷丿 亘丕賱賯鬲賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賱賴 亘卮賰賱 賲賳馗賲
賷毓卮賯 卮丕乇賱賵鬲 賵賱丕 賷胤賷賯 丕賱毓賷卮 賲毓賴丕 賱丕賳賴 賱丕 賷鬲丨賲賱 賰匕亘賴丕 丕賱賲鬲賰乇乇
丕亘賳 睾賷乇 卮乇毓賷 賱賳噩賲 乇賵賰 賰亘賷乇 賵賱賰賳賴 賷賰乇賴 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 賴匕賴 卮賴乇鬲賴
卮禺氐賷賴 賲毓賯丿賴 賵賱賰賳賰 爻鬲鬲睾賱睾賱 賮賷 丕毓賲丕賯賴 賵丕爻乇丕乇賴 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 氐賮丨賴 鬲賱賵 丕賱丕禺乇賷 丨鬲賷 鬲氐亘丨 賲賳鬲馗乇丕 賱乇賵丕賷賴 丕禺乇賷 賵賲睾丕賲乇賴 噩丿賷丿賴 賱賴 賰賲丕 丨丿孬 賲毓賷
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賴賷乇賲賵賳賷 丕禺乇賷..丕賰孬乇 噩賲丕賱丕 賵噩丕匕亘賷賴..賳賮爻 丕賱匕賰丕亍 賵爻乇毓賴 丕賱亘丿賷賴賴 賵丨爻賳 丕賱鬲氐乇賮
丕毓噩亘賳賷 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘爻鬲乇丕賷賰 丕賱禺丕氐賴 丕賱賲毓賯丿賴 -亘丿賵賳 乇賵賲丕賳爻賷賴- 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳賲賵 賲賳 賮氐賱 賱丕禺乇 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賴丕 鬲噩毓賱賰 賮毓賱丕 賲鬲卮亘孬丕 亘賴丕 賱鬲毓乇賮 賰賷賮 爻賷賳鬲賴賷 丕賱丕賲乇 賵鬲鬲賲賳賷 -賰賲丕 丕賮毓賱 丕賳丕 - 丕賳 鬲馗賱 丨鬲賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷賴 賵鬲馗賴乇 賮賷 亘丕賯賷 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 丕賱賯丕丿賲賴 賲毓 爻鬲乇丕賷賰
鬲毓丕賳賷 賲賳 乇睾亘賴 禺胤賷亘賴丕 賮賷 丕賳鬲賯丕賱賴丕 "賱毓賲賱 賲賱丕卅賲 丕賰孬乇"賵乇睾亘鬲賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐賴 賮賷 鬲丨賯賷賯 丨賱賲賴丕 亘丕賱毓賲賱 賮賷 賲賰鬲亘 賷孬賷乇 禺賷丕賱賴丕 賵丨亘賴丕 賱賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲
丕毓噩亘賳賷 丕賳 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴 乇爻賲鬲賴丕 "亘丨亘" 卮丿賷丿 賵禺丕氐丕 丕賳賴丕 鬲賱賷賯 亘丕賱賲睾丕賲乇賴..賮爻賳毓乇賮 賲賳 丕賵賱 馗賴賵乇賴丕 丕賳 乇賵亘賷賳 賲賳 氐睾乇賴丕 鬲鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 "賲丨賯賯賴 禺丕氐賴" 亘賳賮爻賴丕
****"賰賵賰賵" 賱賵賱丕 賱丕賳丿乇賷"****
氐賵乇賴 丕賱賲賲孬賱賴 丕賷賲丕 爻鬲賵賳 氐賵乇賴 丕賮鬲乇丕囟賷賴 賱丕賳賷 賱賲 丕爻鬲胤毓 鬲禺賷賱 賱賵賱丕 賰爻賲乇丕亍 賰賲丕 鬲氐賮賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賰賲丕 丕賳賴丕 丕賵賱 賲賲孬賱賴 噩丕卅鬲 亘亘丕賱賷 賲賳匕 丕賳 卮丕賴丿鬲 睾賱丕賮 丕賱賳爻禺賴 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷賴 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘
毓丕乇囟賴 丕夭賷丕亍 卮賴賷乇賴 賲丕鬲鬲.....賱賲丕匕丕 賳賴鬲賲責
丨爻賳丕 , 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 賱賲丕匕丕 賳賴鬲賲 氐賮丨賴 氐賮丨賴
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 賱賵賱丕 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賴 丕賵 "賰賵賰賵"賰賲丕 丕胤賱賯鬲 毓賱賷 賳賮爻賴丕 賵丕氐丿賯丕卅賴丕 賰鬲丿賱賷賱
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴丕 睾賷乇 賲賳 卮賴丕丿賴 丕禺賷賴丕 ,賲賳 丕賱丕禺亘丕乇 賵丕賱賲賯丕賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲 毓賳賴丕 毓賱賷 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲 丕賱鬲賷 亘丨孬鬲 毓賳賴丕 乇賵亘賷賳 賱爻鬲乇丕賷賰
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 賱賵賱丕 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 卮賴丕丿丕鬲 丕賱賲賯乇亘賷賳 賲賳賴丕 賵丕丨丿 鬲賱賵 丕賱丕禺乇 丨爻亘 賯乇亘賴賲 賲賳賴丕
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 丕賰孬乇 賵丕賰孬乇 毓賱賷 卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇爻丕卅賱賴丕 丕賱丕賱賰鬲乇賵賳賷賴 丕賱賲乇爻賱賴 丨鬲賷 鬲氐賷乇 丕賲丕賲賰 賰卮亘丨 鬲卮毓乇 亘乇賵丨賴丕 賰賲丕 丨丿孬 賲毓 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賮賷 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬
賵賲丕夭賱鬲 丕爻鬲賰賲賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賵賮毓賱丕 賴匕賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷賴 丕賱噩賲賷賱賴 -丕賱賲乇賰亘賴 丕賷囟丕-賴賷 賲丕 爻鬲噩毓賱賰 賮毓賱丕 鬲賴鬲賲..賵 鬲鬲爻丕賱
賰賷賮 賲丕鬲鬲 賱賵賱丕 賱丕賳丿乇賷責
The Propaganda 丕賱亘賭賭乇賵亘賭丕噩賭賭賭賳丿丕
"毓賳 丕賱丿毓丕賷賴 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賳鬲丨丿孬"
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丿丕卅賲丕 賲丕 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱卮賴乇賴 爻賱丕丨 匕賵 丨丿賷賳
賲賳匕 丕賵賱 賷賵賲 氐丿賵乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘500+氐賮丨賴 賲賳 賯乇兀 賲賳賴 噩夭亍 丕賵 鬲氐賮丨賴 爻乇賷毓丕 賵賱賲 賷噩丿賴 賰賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賯丕賲 "賮賵乇丕"亘鬲賯賷賷賲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘賳噩賲賴 賵丕丨丿賴 賮賯胤
賰賱 賲賳 賱賲 賷毓噩亘賴 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賰丕賳 賲賳鬲馗乇丕 賱丨馗賴 氐丿賵乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱賷丐賰丿 賮卮賱 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴 賵賷賯賷賲賴 亘賳噩賲賴 賵丕丨丿賴
賱匕賱賰 丕毓鬲賯丿 噩丕亍 賯乇丕乇賴丕 亘氐丿賵乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱噩丿賷丿 亘兀爻賲 丕賱賲爻鬲毓丕乇
賵亘氐乇丕丨賴 -賲孬賱 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴- 賰賳鬲 丕鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 賷胤賵賱 丕賱丕賲乇 賵賷馗賱 賲噩賴賵賱丕 賱噩夭卅賷賳 賲孬賱丕
亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賳賷 賳賮爻賷 賱丕 丕賯乇兀 爻賵賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱卮賴賷乇 賲丐賱賮賴丕 丕賵 丕賱鬲賷 賳丕賱鬲 賳噩丕丨丕 賲賱丨賵馗丕 賮丕賳賷 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賷 丕匕丕 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 "丕匕丕 賲丕鬲賵賮乇鬲 賱賴 丿毓丕賷賴 賰丕賮賷賴 丕賵 氐丿乇 禺亘乇 亘賯乇亘 鬲丨賵賷賱賴 賱賮賷賱賲"丕賳賷 亘丕賱鬲丕賰賷丿 爻兀毓卮賯 丕爻賱賵亘賴 賵賰鬲丕亘鬲賴
丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賮毓賱丕 亘賴丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓賳丕賷賴 亘丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 胤丕賱賲丕 賳噩丿賴丕 賮賷 爻賱爻賱賴 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇..鬲卮毓乇 丕賳 賰賵乇賲賵乇賳 丕賵 乇賵亘賷賳 賵丨鬲賷 賱賵賱丕 賱丿賷賴賲 鬲丕乇賷禺 賵賲丕囟賷 賲毓乇賵賮 賵丕賳鬲 鬲爻鬲賰卮賮 賱賲丨丕鬲 賲賳賴 賲賳 賮氐賱 賱丕禺乇
"丕匕丕 賰賳鬲 賲鬲丕亘毓丕 賱爻賱爻賱賴 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賵鬲氐賮丨鬲 賷賵賲丕 賲賵賯毓 "亘賵鬲乇賲賵乇" 爻鬲噩丿 丕賳 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴 丕囟丕賮鬲 賱賱賲賵賯毓 鬲丕乇賷禺 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 孬丕賳賵賷賴 賰孬賷乇賴 賲賳匕 賲賷賱丕丿賴丕"
亘丕賱賮毓賱 丕匕丕 賮鬲丨鬲 氐賮丨賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷賵賲 14 賷賵賱賷賵 "亘毓丿 賰卮賮 丕賱爻乇 賮賷 賰賱 賲賵丕賯毓 丕賱丕禺亘丕乇"爻鬲噩丿 丕賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 4+賳噩賵賲 賮賷 丕賱噩賵丿乇賷丿夭 賵賰賱 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵夭 賵丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賷 氐賮丨鬲賴 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 丕賷噩丕亘賷賴
賱賲 賷賰賳 賴賳丕賰 鬲賯賷賷賲 亘賳噩賲賴 賵丕丨丿賴 丕賱丕 亘毓丿 丕賳 鬲賲 賰卮賮 丕賱爻乇
毓丕賲丕 賮毓賱丕 賰賳鬲 丕鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 賷馗賱 乇賵亘乇鬲 噩丕賱亘乇賷孬 賲毓乇賵賮丕 賮賯胤 亘丕爻賲賴 丕賱丨乇賰賷..丕卮毓乇 賮毓賱丕 丕賳 噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賰丕賳鬲 丕賳鬲賴鬲 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘賴 賯氐賴 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵鬲丕乇賷禺賴 - 賰賲丕 賷馗賴乇 賮賷 丕睾賱賮賴 丕賱胤亘毓賴 丕賱丕賵賱賷 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕賱鬲賷 丕賳鬲賴鬲 賰賱賴丕 賮賷 14 賷賵賱賷賵 賵氐丕乇鬲 鬲亘丕毓 亘賲卅丕鬲 賵丕賱丕賱丕賮 丕賱丿賵賱丕乇丕鬲 -賵賰賳鬲 賲丨馗賵馗丕 賮賷 丨氐賵賱賷 毓賱賷 丕丨丿賴賲-..賮賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱氐賵乇賴 爻鬲乇賷 賲丕賱賳 鬲乇丕賴 賮賷 丕賷 胤亘毓賴 丕禺乇賷..賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱賲丐賱賮 "丕賱禺賷丕賱賷"乇賵亘乇鬲
爻鬲卮毓乇 賮毓賱丕 賯乇亘賴 噩丿丕 賲賳 卮禺氐賷賴 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賳賮爻賴
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丕賱赌赌赌赌賳赖赌丕賷赌赌赌丞
"亘丿賵賳 匕賰乇 丕丨丿丕孬"
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丕賱馗賴賵乇 丕賱丕賵賱 賵賱賳 賷賰賵賳 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賱賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲乇丕賷賰
賲丨賯賯 禺丕氐 賲賳 賳賵毓 賮乇賷丿..卮禺氐賷賴 孬乇賷賴 賲丨賱賱 亘丕乇毓 賵賯丕乇卅 賲賲鬲丕夭 賱賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿
賵丕賱噩賲賷賱 賮賷 丕賱丕賲乇 丕賳 鬲丨賱賷賱 賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿 噩丕亍 亘胤乇賷賯賴 睾賷乇 賲亘丕卮乇賴 賵賲丿賲噩賴 賲毓 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 亘胤乇賷賯賴 鬲噩毓賱賰 賲賳 賷丨賱賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘賳賮爻賰 賲毓 爻鬲乇丕賷賰
亘丕賯賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賮毓賱丕 爻鬲卮毓乇 丕賳賰 丨賯賯鬲 賲毓賴賲 亘賳賮爻賰 賵鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賷賴賲..鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱丕孬乇賷丕亍 賵丕賱賲賳鬲噩賷賳 賵卮乇賰丕鬲 丕賱賲丨丕賲丕賴 丕賱賰亘賷乇賴,賲氐賲賲賵丕 丕賱丕夭賷丕亍 賵丕賱毓丕乇囟丕鬲 丕賱噩賲賷賱賴..賲胤乇亘賷 丕賱乇丕亘
爻鬲鬲毓乇囟 賱賲囟丕賷賯丕鬲 丕賱亘亘丕乇丕鬲夭賷 ,丕賱賲氐賵乇賷賳 丕賱氐丨賮賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賰丕賳賵丕 爻亘亘丕 賱兀爻賵兀 丨賵丕丿孬 丕賱賲卮丕賴賷乇
賰賲丕 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 亘毓囟 胤亘丕毓 丕賱氐丿丕賯丕鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱毓丕賲賱賷賳 亘丕賱賵爻胤 丕賱賮賳賷
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 丕賰孬乇 毓賳 丨賷丕賴 丕賱賲噩賳丿賷賳 , 亘丕賱丕禺氐 丕賵賱卅賰 丕賱匕賷賳 賷匕賴亘賵賳 賮賷 丨乇亘 賱丕 賲毓賳賷 賱賵噩賵丿賴賲 亘賴丕
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 亘丕賱丨賷丕賴 丕賱毓爻賰乇賷賴,賵丨賷丕鬲賴賲 禺丕乇噩賴丕..賵賰賷賮 賷鬲兀賯賱賲 賲賳 賷禺乇噩 賲賳賴丕 賲毓 丕賱丨賷丕賴 丕賱賲丿賳賷賴
亘丕賱馗亘胤 賰丕賱賵氐賮 丕賱匕賷 賵氐賮鬲賴 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴 毓賳 丕爻賲 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱賲爻鬲毓丕乇
"賲賱丨賵馗賴: 噩夭亍 賲賳 孬賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 鬲賲 丕賱鬲亘乇毓 亘賴 賱囟丨丕賷丕 丕賱丨乇亘 亘丕賱噩賷卮 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷
賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 爻鬲噩丿 亘賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 鬲丿乇賷亘 毓賱賷 賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿 賵丕賱鬲丨賱賷賱
賱丕 丕賳賰乇 丕賳賷 "丕亘胤兀鬲" 賲毓丿賱 賯乇丕卅鬲賷 賰孬賷乇丕 賱丕夭賷丿 賲賳 賮鬲乇賴 丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓賷 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賵丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱丕賵賱 賱爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賵乇賵亘賷賳 賵爻毓丿鬲 噩丿丕 亘丕賳 丕賳賴賷賴丕 賮賷 4 丕爻丕亘賷毓 亘丕賱馗亘胤 賰賵賯鬲 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲 鬲賯乇賷亘丕
丕賱賳賴丕賷賴 賯丿 鬲鬲賵賯毓賴丕 賵賱賰賳賰 賱賳 鬲毓乇賮 賱賲丕匕丕責 賮丕賱丕爻卅賱賴 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲鬲賵賯毓 丕亘丿丕 丕噩丕亘鬲賴丕 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲丐丿賷 賱賳賴丕賷賴 丕囟賲賳 賱賰 丨賱賵賱 匕賰賷賴 賱賴丕..賲賮丕噩兀賴 賱賰賳賰 賷賲賰賳賰 鬲丨賱賷賱賴丕 亘鬲丨賱賷賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵 丕賯賵丕賱賴丕..賵丕毓鬲賯丿 賮毓賱丕 丕賳 丨鬲賷 丕毓丕丿賴 賯乇丕亍賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 爻賷賰賵賳 亘賳賮爻 丕賱丕孬丕乇賴
賴賱 鬲鬲匕賰乇 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賵爻噩賷賳 丕夭賰亘丕賳 ,丕賵 賵賰兀爻 丕賱賳丕乇..賵賰賱 匕賱賰 丕賱睾賲賵囟 賵丕賱鬲乇賯亘 賱鬲噩丿 賲賮丕噩兀鬲 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷賴 賰丕賳鬲 賲乇爻賵賲 鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴丕 亘毓賳丕賷賴 賲賳匕 丕賵賱 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 "鬲賯乇賷亘丕 丨丿孬 匕賱賰 丕賷囟丕 賮賷 賰賱 丕噩夭丕亍 丕賱爻賱爻賱賴"
丕賱丕賲乇 賱丕賷禺鬲賱賮 賴賳丕..鬲卮賵賷賯,賲賮丕噩兀鬲, 賵賳賴丕賷賴 鬲噩賷亘 毓賳 賰賱 丕爻卅賱鬲賰 丕賱賲毓賱賯賴
丕乇卮丨賴丕 亘賯賵賴 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷賮囟賱 賯乇丕亍賴 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱噩乇賷賲賴 賵丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲
丕乇卮丨賴丕 亘賯賵賴 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷丨亘 丕賱賯乇丕亍賴 丨賵賱 毓丕賱賲 丕賱卮賴乇賴
丕乇卮丨賴丕 亘賯賵賴 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷乇賷丿 鬲丨丿賷 賮賷 鬲丨賱賷賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿
丕乇卮丨賴丕 亘賯賵賴 賱賰賱 賲賳 丕毓噩亘賴 噩賵 丕賱鬲卮賵賷賯 賵丕賱睾賲賵囟 賮賷 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇
丕乇卮丨賴丕 賱賲丨亘賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷賴 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷賴
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賲賳 2 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2013
丕賱賷 29 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2013
"噩夭亍 賲賳 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 鬲賲 賮賷 18 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2013"
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賲毓乇賮賴 禺亘乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 "賲賮丕噩兀賴 毓賷丿 丕賱賲賷賱丕丿:) 賵丕賱匕賷 丕卮賰乇 賰賱 賲賳 爻噩賱 丕毓噩丕亘賴 亘賴 賵丕鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 賷賰賵賳 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 丕賱賳賴丕卅賷 毓賳丿 丨爻賳 馗賳賰賲
亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱毓氐賷亘賴 丕賱鬲賷 賲乇乇鬲 亘賴丕 丕賱賷賵賲 14 賷賵賱賷賵 2013
"毓賷丿 賲賷賱丕丿賷 丕賱孬賭賱丕孬賭賷賳"
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賵賱賰賳賷 賮乇丨鬲 噩丿丕 亘丕賱禺亘乇 丕賱乇丕卅毓 丿賴 賵丕賱匕賷 毓乇賮鬲賴 賯亘賱 賮噩乇 丕賱賷賵賲
丕賳 賲賱賰賴 丕賱爻丨乇 亘丕賳噩賱鬲乇丕 "噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩" 賰鬲亘鬲 賰鬲丕亘 噩丿賷丿 鬲丿賵乇 丕丨丿丕孬賴 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱噩乇賷賲賴
賵賱賳 丕賳鬲馗乇 賲毓乇賮賴 禺亘乇 鬲賱賵 丕賱丕禺乇 毓賳賴
丕賵 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賷賵賲 氐丿賵乇賴
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳夭賱 亘丕賱賮毓賱 鬲丨鬲 丕爻賲 賲爻鬲毓丕乇 賱賲丐賱賮 "乇賵亘乇鬲 噩丕賱亘乇賷孬"賲賳匕 丨賵丕賱賷 3 卮賴賵乇
胤亘毓丕 "丨乇賰賴 賲噩乇賲賴" 賲賳 賲丐賱賮賴 乇丕卅毓賴
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 乇賵丕賷賴 噩乇賷賲賴 賰賱丕爻賷賰賷..丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘賷毓 賲賳賴 丨賵丕賱賷 1500 賳爻禺賴 賵賳丕賱 丕爻鬲丨爻丕賳 賰亘賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賳賯丕丿 賵賯乇丕亍 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丿賵賳 賲毓乇賮賴 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷
賱賵 賳賮鬲賰乇 丕賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱爻丕亘賯 賱丕賯賷 丕毓鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 賵鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 爻賱亘賷賴 賰鬲賷乇 噩丿丕 賱賲噩乇丿 丕賱丨賰賲 毓賱賷賴 亘丕爻賲 賲丐賱賮鬲賴
賱鬲賱禺賷氐 賲禺鬲氐乇 賱賮賰乇鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵
賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳丕賱 丕賳鬲賯丕丿丕鬲 亘丕賱丕爻鬲丨爻丕賳 毓丕賱賷賴 噩丿丕 賲賳 丕賱賳賯丕丿 賵丕賱賯乇丕亍
賮毓賱丕 賴丿賷賴 毓賷丿 賲賷賱丕丿 賲賲鬲丕夭賴
賵胤亘毓丕 丿賷 賲賳丕爻亘賴 賲賴賲賴..毓賳丿 賰賱 丕賱賳丕爻 :(..賷賲賰賳 丕氐毓亘 賲乇丨賱賴 噩丿賷丿賴 :(
亘爻 賮毓賱丕 賮乇丨鬲 亘丕賱禺亘乇 丿賴 丕賱賷 噩賴 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賷賵賲
賵胤賱亘鬲賴 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賷賵賲 賲賳 丕賲丕夭賵賳
賵亘毓丿 乇賲囟丕賳 亘賯賷 賯乇丕賷鬲賴 丕賳 卮丕亍 丕賱賱賴
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賮賷 14 賷賵賱賷賵 2013
亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 賮賯丿 兀毓丕丿鬲 匕賰乇賷 丨丕丿孬 賲孬賱賴丕 丕丨夭賳賳賷 噩丿丕 賵丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賲丨亘賷 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 丕賱賲氐乇賷丞..丨丕丿孬 賲賯鬲賱 丕賱爻賳丿乇賷賱賱丕
丨賷孬 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賮賷 賱賳丿賳 亘賵賮丕丞 賳噩賲丞 毓乇賵囟 丕夭賷丕亍"賲賵丿賷賱" 卮賴賷乇丞 廿孬乇 爻賯賵胤賴丕 賲賳 卮乇賮丞 賲賳夭賱賴丕 賮賷 丕賱爻丕毓丕鬲 丕賱丕賵賱賷 賲賳 氐亘丕丨 卮鬲丕亍 賱賳丿賳 丕賱賯丕乇氐 亘兀丨丿 丕賱兀丨賷丕亍 丕賱乇丕賯賷丞
賷鬲夭丕丨賲 丕賱賲氐賵乇賵賳 毓賱賷 噩孬鬲賴丕 賱鬲氐賵賷乇賴丕 賱兀禺乇 賲乇丞貙 賰賲丕 鬲夭丕丨賲賵丕 毓賱賷賴丕 丿賵賲丕 亘丨賷丕鬲賴丕
噩丕乇鬲賴丕 鬲丐賰丿 廿賳賴丕 爻賲毓鬲 氐賵鬲 丕丨丿 賲丕 賷鬲卮丕噩乇 賲毓賴丕 孬賲 乇兀鬲賴丕 鬲爻賯胤..-賵鬲賰丕賮兀 噩丕乇鬲賴丕 亘氐賵乇丞 氐睾賷乇丞 賱賴丕 毓賱賷 丕爻鬲丨賷丕亍 賲毓 氐賵乇丞 丕賱賳噩賲丞 亘賰賱 丕賱氐丨賮 賵丕賱賲噩賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱丨丕丿孬-
賵賱賰賳 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲 鬲賰卮賮 鬲賰匕賷亘 噩丕乇鬲賴丕 賱毓丿賲 賲氐丿丕賯賷丞 丕賯賵丕賱賴丕 賵丕賱兀丿賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丐賰丿 兀賳 丕賱賯鬲賷賱丞 賰丕賳鬲 賵丨丿賴丕 賯亘賱 丕賱丨丕丿孬
賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲 亘丕賱丨賱 丕賱丕賲孬賱 賵丕賱丕爻賴賱 賱爻賰賵鬲賱丕賳丿賷丕乇
"賲賭賭丕鬲鬲 賲賳鬲賭賭丨乇丞"
賴賰匕丕 賷賲賵鬲 丕賱賲卮丕賴賷乇 賵賲噩丕賳賷賳 丕賱卮賴乇丞..丕賱兀賲乇 賵丕囟丨 賱賯丿 賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓丕賳賷 賲賳 賲卮丕賰賱 賳賮爻賷丞...賴賰匕丕 賷賯賵賱 丕賱亘毓囟
賱賯丿 賰丕賳鬲 賲鬲丨賲爻丞 噩丿丕 賱乇丨賱鬲賴丕 賱賱賲睾乇亘 賵毓賯丿 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱噩丿賷丿..賱賲 鬲賰賳 丨夭賷賳丞 賱丿乇噩丞 丕賱丕賳鬲丨丕乇 丕亘丿丕...賴賰匕丕 賷賯賵賱 丕賱亘毓囟 丕賱丕禺乇
賵賮毓賱丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賱丕亘爻丕鬲..賵鬲丨賱賷賱丕鬲 丕賱胤亘 丕賱噩賳丕卅賷 "丿賷 丕賳 丕賷賴" 賱卮賯鬲賴丕..賱賳 鬲噩丿 丕賷 丿賱賷賱 毓賱賷 賵噩賵丿 賯丕鬲賱
丕匕賳 賮賯丿 賲丕鬲鬲 賲賳鬲丨乇丞
兀睾賱賭賭賯鬲 丕賱賯囟賷賭賭丞
賵亘賭賭賭賭丿兀鬲 丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 亘賷賳 賷丿賷賰..亘毓丿 3 卮賴賵乇 賲賳 匕賱賰 丕賱丨丕丿孬
賱賲丕匕丕 賵賱丿鬲 毓賳丿賲丕 賰丕賳 丕賱孬賱噩 賷鬲爻丕賯胤
賰丕賳 賷噩亘 丕賳 鬲丕鬲賷 賵丕賱賵賯賵丕賯 賷鬲賳丕丿賷
丕賵 毓賳丿賲丕 賷禺囟乇 丕賱毓賳亘 賮賷 丕賱卮鬲賱丕鬲
丕賵 毓賱賷 丕賱丕賯賱 毓賳丿賲丕 賷丨卮丿 丕賱爻賳賵賳賵 賮賷 鬲噩賲毓丕鬲
賱賷丨賱賯 亘毓賷丿丕 賷胤賷乇
賴丕乇亘丕 賲賳 氐賷賮 賷賲賵鬲
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賱賲丕匕丕 鬲賲賵鬲 賵丕賱丨賲賱丕賳 鬲鬲賵丕賱丿
賰丕賳 賷噩亘 丕賳 鬲賲賵鬲 賵丕賱鬲賮丕丨 賷鬲爻丕賯胤
丕賵 毓賳丿賲丕 賷兀鬲賷 丕賱噩乇丕丿 賷鬲賯丕賮夭
賵丨賯賵賱 丕賱賯賲丨 鬲氐賷乇 賴卮賷賲丕 賵賮爻丕丿丕
賵賰賱 丕賱乇賷丕丨 鬲鬲賳賴丿 鬲氐賮乇
賱丕卮賷丕亍 噩賲賷賱賴 鬲賲賵鬲
乇賵亘賭賭賷賭賳 廿賷賱丕賰賵鬲 賮鬲丕丞 亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞 卮賯乇丕亍 噩賲賷賱丞 賲乇鬲 亘兀噩賲賱 丕賷丕賲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞..禺胤亘賴丕 丨亘賷亘賴丕 賮賷 噩賵 乇賵賲丕賳爻賷 丨丕賱賲
鬲匕賴亘 賱賱毓賲賱 賰爻賷賰乇鬲賷乇丞 賲丐賯鬲丞 賱丿賷 賲賰鬲亘 賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲乇丕賷賰
賱賲 鬲毓乇賮 毓賳 賲賰鬲亘賴 卮卅 賲賳 賯亘賱..丕賱賲丐爻爻丞 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘丕賱鬲毓賷賳丕鬲 賱兀毓賲丕賱 賲丐賯鬲丞 賱賲 鬲賯賱 賱賴丕 丕賱賲夭賷丿
賵賮賵噩卅鬲 亘丕賳賴 賲賰鬲亘 賷毓賲賱 賮賷 卮卅 賰丕賳 賷孬賷乇 禺賷丕賱賴丕 丕賱胤賮賵賱賷
賲賭賭丨賭賯賯 禺賭丕氐
賰賭賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲賭賭乇丕賷賰 賲丨賯賯 禺丕氐 ,賵囟丕亘胤 噩賷卮 賲鬲賯丕毓丿 賱賱廿氐丕亘丞..賷賲乇 亘丕氐毓亘 丕賷丕賲 丨賷丕鬲賴
丕賳賮氐賱 毓賳 禺胤賷亘鬲賴..賲賮賱爻..賱賷爻 賱賲賰鬲亘賴 毓賲賷賱 爻賵賷 賵丕丨丿 賮賯胤..賵鬲兀鬲賷 賱賴 爻賰賷乇鬲賷乇丞 賲賳 賲賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲毓賷賳丕鬲 丕賱賲丐賯鬲丞 賷毓賱賲 鬲賲丕賲丕 丕賳賴 賱賳 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲賵賮賷乇 賲乇鬲亘賴丕 賱丕賰孬乇 賲賳 丕爻亘賵毓..丕賱丕 丕匕丕 噩丕亍賴 毓賲賷賱 孬乇賷
噩賭賵賳 亘乇賷賭爻鬲賵..賲丨丕賲 賲賳 毓丕卅賱賴 孬乇賷丞..賷兀鬲賷 賱賲賰鬲亘 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賱賲丕囟 亘賷賳 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賵 丕禺賷賴 丕賱賲鬲賵賮賷
賷爻鬲兀噩乇賴 賱賱鬲丨賯賷賯 賮賷 賯囟賷丞 賯賱亘鬲 丕賱乇兀賷 丕賱毓丕賲 賲賳匕 3 卮賴賵乇 賵賱賰賳 賳鬲丕卅噩 鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賲乇囟賷賴 賱賴..賮賴賵 賲賯鬲賳毓 丕賳 丕賱亘賵賱賷爻 丕賴賲賱 賮賷 丕賱丕丿賱賴 賵丕賳 賵賮丕賴 丕禺鬲赖 賱賲 鬲賰賳 丕賳鬲丨丕乇丕
丕禺鬲赖..丕賱賲鬲亘賳丕賴 ..賴賷 賱賭賭賵賱丕 賱丕賳賭丿乇賷..丕賱賲賵丿賷賱..丕賱鬲賷 卮賴丿賳丕 賵賮丕鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賵賱 賲卮賴丿
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賴賷 兀賵賱賷 鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲 賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲乇丕賷賰...賵丕賱匕賷 爻賷氐賷乇 丕爻賲丕 丨賯賷賯賷丕 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲
丕賵毓丿賰 丕賳賰 爻鬲賳噩匕亘 賲孬賱賷 賱鬲乇賷 亘丕賯賷 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬..賱賳 丕丨乇賯 賱賰 丕賱賯囟賷丞 賮賯丿 賰鬲亘鬲 丕睾賱亘 賴匕丕 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 賵丕賳丕 賲丕夭賱鬲 賮賷 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
丨鬲賷 丕賱賲賯胤賵毓丞 丕賱卮毓乇賷丞 "丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇噩賲鬲賴丕 鬲乇噩賲丞 乇賰賷賰丞 賲賳匕 亘囟毓 爻胤賵乇" 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賵丿 賱賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇 賵丕禺鬲丕乇鬲賴丕 丕賱賲丐賱賮丞 賰賲賯丿賲賴 賱賱賰鬲丕亘 "賵賲賳賴丕 毓賳賵丕賳賴 丕賷囟丕" 爻鬲卮毓乇 丕賳賴丕 鬲胤丕乇丿賰 胤賵丕賱 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬
丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賯丿 賷乇丕賴丕 丕賱亘毓囟 亘胤賷卅丞...賵賱丕 兀賳賰乇 賴匕丕 賮毓賱丕 賮兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賲丐賱賮丞 賷鬲睾賱睾賱 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賮賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵賵氐賮 丕賱丕賲丕賰賳 亘卮賰賱 賷毓乇賯賱 丕丨賷丕賳丕 爻賷乇 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬
賵賱賰賳 賲賳 賯丕賱 丕賳 賲鬲毓鬲賷 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 丕丨丿丕孬賴丕 賮賯胤責... 賮賱丕 鬲賳爻 兀賳賴丕 賱賷爻鬲 乇賵丕賷賴 丕賰卮賳 賵丕賳賲丕 噩乇賷賲丞
爻鬲丨賱賱 賲毓 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱噩乇賷賲賴 賵鬲賯丕亘賱 賰賱 賲賳 賰丕賳 賯乇賷亘 賲賳 "賱賵賱丕 賱丕賳丿乇賷" 賯亘賱 賵賮丕鬲賴丕..爻鬲爻鬲賲毓 賱卮賴丕丿丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮賴 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 氐丕丿賯賴 賵賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 賲丕賰乇賴 鬲丿丕乇賷 卮賷卅丕 賲丕...爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 賵丨丿賰 毓賱賷 氐丨賴 丕賱丕賯賵丕賱 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 鬲丿乇賷亘 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賲鬲丕夭 丨賵賱 賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿
丨賱賱..賮賰乇..乇丕噩毓 丕賱丕丿賱賴..鬲毓乇賮 丕賰孬乇 毓賱賷 賱賵賱丕 丕賵 "賰賵賰賵" 賰賲丕 賷丿賱賱賴丕 丕氐丿賯丕亍賴丕
賵亘丨乇賮賷賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘賴 爻鬲卮毓乇 丕賳賰 賮毓賱丕 "鬲睾賱睾賱鬲" 賮賷 丕賱賯囟賷賴 賵毓丕賱賲 丕賱卮賴乇賴 賲賳 賲賳鬲噩賷賳 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷賳, 賲胤乇亘賷 乇賵賰 賵乇丕亘 , 賲氐賲賲賷 丕夭賷丕亍..賵賳噩賲丕鬲 毓乇賵囟 丕賱丕夭賷丕亍 丕賱賱丕賲毓丕鬲..賵爻鬲丨鬲丕乇 賲毓 丕賱賲丨賯賯 賵丕賱爻賰乇鬲賷乇賴 丕賱匕賰賷賴 丕匕丕 賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賮毓賱丕 丕賳鬲丨丕乇 丕賲 噩乇賷賲賴 賯鬲賱
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丕賱丕賲丕賰賳..賱賳丿賳
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亘丕賱鬲丕賰賷丿 賲賳 賯乇兀 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賯丿 鬲噩賵賱 -賮毓賱賷丕-賮賷 "賴賵噩賵丕乇鬲爻"賵鬲毓乇賮 賰賱 賲賲乇丕鬲賴丕 賵丕賲丕賰賳賴丕 丨鬲賷 賵賱賵 賱賲 鬲馗賴乇 賮賷 丕賱賮賷賱賲 亘賮囟賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘賴 丕賱丨乇賮賷賴 賱賱賲丐賱賮賴
賴賳丕 丕賷囟丕 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賰 爻鬲毓卮賯 賱賳丿賳 賵鬲鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 鬲乇賷 鬲賱賰 "丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱賲氐賵乇賴"亘丕賱賰鬲丕亘賴
賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 賮賷 乇賷賮賷賵 卮賮乇賴 丿丕賮賳卮賷 賵睾賷乇賴 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳
賷賮囟賱 丕賳 鬲亘丨孬 賮賷 氐賵乇 丕賱卮賵丕乇毓 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賴 賵丕賱亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲 匕賰乇賴丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賱鬲鬲毓丕賷卮 丕賰孬乇 賲毓 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賵鬲乇賷 噩賵丕賳亘 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 噩丿賷丿賴 賱賰 毓賳 賱賳丿賳
爻鬲賯賮 賮賷 賲賷丿丕賳 亘賷賰丕丿賷賱賷 亘毓丿 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱賱賷賱 賱鬲卮賴丿 禺胤亘賴 乇賵亘賷賳
爻鬲噩賵亘 卮丕乇毓 丿丕賳賲丕乇賰 賵12 亘丕乇 賰丕賮賷賴 賰孬賷乇丕 丨賷孬 賲賰鬲亘 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賵賲丨賱丕鬲 丕賱噩賷鬲丕乇 賵丕賱丕丿賵丕鬲 丕賱賲賵爻賷賯賷賴 丨賵賱賴
賵爻鬲乇丿丕丿 丕賱亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷賴 匕丕鬲 丕賱胤乇丕夭 丕賱賮賷賰鬲賵乇賷 賲毓 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 丨賷孬 賷賯丕亘賱 卮賴賵丿 丕賱丨丕丿孬 丕賵 賷囟賷毓 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵賷賮賰乇 賮賷 亘丐爻 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮丨爻亘
賵丨鬲賷 丕賱賲亘丕賳賷 丕賱毓乇賷賯賴 丕賱鬲賷 鬲胤賱 毓賱賷賴丕 賳賵丕賮匕 鬲賱賰 丕賱亘丕乇丕鬲 ..丕賱賲亘丕賳賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇噩毓 賱賱毓卮乇賷賳丕鬲 賵丕賱賲夭賷賳賴 亘鬲賲丕孬賷賱 噩丕賰賵亘 丕亘爻鬲賷賳
賵丕賱丕賴賲 賴賵 丕賱丕丨賷丕亍 丕賱乇丕賯賷賴 亘賱賳丿賳 賰胤乇賷賯 亘賷賱賱丕賲賷 丕賵 丨賷 賲丕賷賮賷乇 丕賱乇丕賯賷..鬲賱賰 丕賱丕丨賷丕亍 丕賱賲噩丕賵乇賴 賱賰賳鬲賷噩乇賷賳 噩丕乇丿賳,丕賱卮丕乇毓 丕賱匕賷 賷賯胤賳賴 丕賱丕孬乇賷丕亍 賵匕賵賷 丕賱匕賵賯 丕賱乇丕賯賷..賵賰丕賳鬲 鬲賯胤賳賴 丕賷囟丕 "賰賵賰賵" 賱賵賱丕 賱丕賳丿乇賷
爻鬲乇賰亘 賲鬲乇賵 丕賱丕賳賮丕賯 賵鬲毓丕賳賷 賲賳 丕毓賲丕賱 丕賱亘賳丕亍 賮賷 卮丕乇毓 丿丕賳賲丕乇賰 賵鬲乇賷 丕賱賵丕賳 賱賳丿賳 賮賷 丕賱賲爻丕亍
丕賱禺賱丕氐賴 丕賳賰 亘丿禺賵賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 爻鬲囟賲賳 乇丨賱賴 賱丕丨賷丕亍 賱賳丿賳 賲毓 噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩 丕賮囟賱 賲賳 賷氐賵乇 丕賱丕賲丕賰賳 爻賵丕亍 丕賱禺賷丕賱賷賴 丕賵 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賴
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丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲
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噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賲乇賴 兀禺乇賷 鬲乇爻賲 賱賳丕 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘胤乇賷賯賴 丿賯賷賯賴 鬲噩毓賱賰 賮毓賱丕 鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴賲 賵毓賱賷 卮禺氐賷鬲賴賲 賵賲丕囟賷賴賲 丕賰孬乇 賲毓 賰賱 氐賮丨賴 鬲賯賱亘賴丕 丨鬲賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱孬丕賳賵賷賴 丕賵 匕丕鬲 丕賱丿賵乇 丕賱氐睾賷乇
賰賱 丕賱丿賯賴 丿賷 "丕賱鬲賷 賷毓鬲亘乇賴丕 丕賱亘毓囟 賲賱賱丕" 賲賳 賵噩賴賴 賳馗乇賷 丕孬乇丕亍 賱鬲噩乇亘賴 丕賳 鬲毓賷卮 亘賷賳 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮毓賱丕 賵鬲鬲毓丕賷卮 鬲賱賰 丕賱賯囟賷賴 丕賱鬲賷 賷丨丕賵賱 丕賳 賷賮賰 睾賲賵囟賴丕 丕賱亘胤賱
****賰賭賭賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲賭賭乇丕賷賭賰****
丕賰孬乇 卮禺氐賷賴 賱賲 丕爻鬲胤毓 鬲禺賷賱 賲賳 賷賯賵賲 亘丕賱丿賵乇 賮賷 禺賷丕賱賷..亘丿丕鬲 亘丕賱丕賳 乇賷賰賲丕賳 "亘乇賵賮賷爻賵乇 爻賳丕亘" 賵賱賰賳賴 賰丕賳 丕賰亘乇..乇賵亘乇鬲 丿丕賵賳賷 噩賵賳賷賵乇 賱丕賳賴 賰丕賳 卮賷乇賱賵賰 賴賵賱賲夭 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賳賴 賱賷爻 丕賳噩賱賷夭賷" ..賴賷賵 噩丕賰賲丕賳 賰丕賳 賯乇丕乇賷 丕賱賳賴丕卅賷..丕丨丿賴賲 丕賯鬲乇丨 毓賱賷 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲 "賴丕噩乇賷丿" 胤亘毓丕 亘丿賵賳 賲丐孬乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 氐丕丨亘鬲賴
馗丕亘胤 亘丕賱噩賷卮 爻丕亘賯 賷毓卮賯 丕賳囟亘丕胤 丕賱丨賷丕賴 丕賱毓爻賰乇賷賴 賵賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷賯賵賷 毓賱賷 丕賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 亘賴丕 賱賷爻 賮賯胤 賱賱丨丕丿孬 丕賱匕賷 毓賱賷 兀孬乇賴 賮賯丿 賯丿賲賴 丕賱賷爻乇賷
賲丨賯賯 禺丕氐 睾丕乇賯 賮賷 丕賱丿賷賳 賱賷爻 賱丿賷賴 爻賵賷 毓賲賷賱 賵丕丨丿 丕賵 丕孬賳丕賳 賮賷 丕賮囟賱 丕賱丕丨賵丕賱
賵賱丕 賷丨賯賯 賮賷 乇爻丕卅賱 丕賱鬲賴丿賷丿 亘丕賱賯鬲賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賱賴 亘卮賰賱 賲賳馗賲
賷毓卮賯 卮丕乇賱賵鬲 賵賱丕 賷胤賷賯 丕賱毓賷卮 賲毓賴丕 賱丕賳賴 賱丕 賷鬲丨賲賱 賰匕亘賴丕 丕賱賲鬲賰乇乇
丕亘賳 睾賷乇 卮乇毓賷 賱賳噩賲 乇賵賰 賰亘賷乇 賵賱賰賳賴 賷賰乇賴 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 賴匕賴 卮賴乇鬲賴
卮禺氐賷賴 賲毓賯丿賴 賵賱賰賳賰 爻鬲鬲睾賱睾賱 賮賷 丕毓賲丕賯賴 賵丕爻乇丕乇賴 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 氐賮丨賴 鬲賱賵 丕賱丕禺乇賷 丨鬲賷 鬲氐亘丨 賲賳鬲馗乇丕 賱乇賵丕賷賴 丕禺乇賷 賵賲睾丕賲乇賴 噩丿賷丿賴 賱賴 賰賲丕 丨丿孬 賲毓賷
****乇賵亘賷賳 廿賷賱丕賰賵鬲****
賴賷乇賲賵賳賷 丕禺乇賷..丕賰孬乇 噩賲丕賱丕 賵噩丕匕亘賷賴..賳賮爻 丕賱匕賰丕亍 賵爻乇毓賴 丕賱亘丿賷賴賴 賵丨爻賳 丕賱鬲氐乇賮
丕毓噩亘賳賷 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘爻鬲乇丕賷賰 丕賱禺丕氐賴 丕賱賲毓賯丿賴 -亘丿賵賳 乇賵賲丕賳爻賷賴- 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳賲賵 賲賳 賮氐賱 賱丕禺乇 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賴丕 鬲噩毓賱賰 賮毓賱丕 賲鬲卮亘孬丕 亘賴丕 賱鬲毓乇賮 賰賷賮 爻賷賳鬲賴賷 丕賱丕賲乇 賵鬲鬲賲賳賷 -賰賲丕 丕賮毓賱 丕賳丕 - 丕賳 鬲馗賱 丨鬲賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷賴 賵鬲馗賴乇 賮賷 亘丕賯賷 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 丕賱賯丕丿賲賴 賲毓 爻鬲乇丕賷賰
鬲毓丕賳賷 賲賳 乇睾亘賴 禺胤賷亘賴丕 賮賷 丕賳鬲賯丕賱賴丕 "賱毓賲賱 賲賱丕卅賲 丕賰孬乇"賵乇睾亘鬲賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐賴 賮賷 鬲丨賯賷賯 丨賱賲賴丕 亘丕賱毓賲賱 賮賷 賲賰鬲亘 賷孬賷乇 禺賷丕賱賴丕 賵丨亘賴丕 賱賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲
丕毓噩亘賳賷 丕賳 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴 乇爻賲鬲賴丕 "亘丨亘" 卮丿賷丿 賵禺丕氐丕 丕賳賴丕 鬲賱賷賯 亘丕賱賲睾丕賲乇賴..賮爻賳毓乇賮 賲賳 丕賵賱 馗賴賵乇賴丕 丕賳 乇賵亘賷賳 賲賳 氐睾乇賴丕 鬲鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 "賲丨賯賯賴 禺丕氐賴" 亘賳賮爻賴丕
****"賰賵賰賵" 賱賵賱丕 賱丕賳丿乇賷"****
氐賵乇賴 丕賱賲賲孬賱賴 丕賷賲丕 爻鬲賵賳 氐賵乇賴 丕賮鬲乇丕囟賷賴 賱丕賳賷 賱賲 丕爻鬲胤毓 鬲禺賷賱 賱賵賱丕 賰爻賲乇丕亍 賰賲丕 鬲氐賮賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賰賲丕 丕賳賴丕 丕賵賱 賲賲孬賱賴 噩丕卅鬲 亘亘丕賱賷 賲賳匕 丕賳 卮丕賴丿鬲 睾賱丕賮 丕賱賳爻禺賴 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷賴 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘
鈥淲ith all the gallons of newsprint and hours of televised talk that have been poured forth on the subject of Lula Landry鈥檚 death, rarely has the question been asked: why do we care?
毓丕乇囟賴 丕夭賷丕亍 卮賴賷乇賴 賲丕鬲鬲.....賱賲丕匕丕 賳賴鬲賲責
丨爻賳丕 , 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 賱賲丕匕丕 賳賴鬲賲 氐賮丨賴 氐賮丨賴
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 賱賵賱丕 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賴 丕賵 "賰賵賰賵"賰賲丕 丕胤賱賯鬲 毓賱賷 賳賮爻賴丕 賵丕氐丿賯丕卅賴丕 賰鬲丿賱賷賱
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴丕 睾賷乇 賲賳 卮賴丕丿賴 丕禺賷賴丕 ,賲賳 丕賱丕禺亘丕乇 賵丕賱賲賯丕賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲 毓賳賴丕 毓賱賷 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲 丕賱鬲賷 亘丨孬鬲 毓賳賴丕 乇賵亘賷賳 賱爻鬲乇丕賷賰
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 賱賵賱丕 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 卮賴丕丿丕鬲 丕賱賲賯乇亘賷賳 賲賳賴丕 賵丕丨丿 鬲賱賵 丕賱丕禺乇 丨爻亘 賯乇亘賴賲 賲賳賴丕
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 丕賰孬乇 賵丕賰孬乇 毓賱賷 卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇爻丕卅賱賴丕 丕賱丕賱賰鬲乇賵賳賷賴 丕賱賲乇爻賱賴 丨鬲賷 鬲氐賷乇 丕賲丕賲賰 賰卮亘丨 鬲卮毓乇 亘乇賵丨賴丕 賰賲丕 丨丿孬 賲毓 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賮賷 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬
賵賲丕夭賱鬲 丕爻鬲賰賲賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賵賮毓賱丕 賴匕賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷賴 丕賱噩賲賷賱賴 -丕賱賲乇賰亘賴 丕賷囟丕-賴賷 賲丕 爻鬲噩毓賱賰 賮毓賱丕 鬲賴鬲賲..賵 鬲鬲爻丕賱
賰賷賮 賲丕鬲鬲 賱賵賱丕 賱丕賳丿乇賷責
The Propaganda 丕賱亘賭賭乇賵亘賭丕噩賭賭賭賳丿丕
"毓賳 丕賱丿毓丕賷賴 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賳鬲丨丿孬"
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丿丕卅賲丕 賲丕 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱卮賴乇賴 爻賱丕丨 匕賵 丨丿賷賳
賲賳匕 丕賵賱 賷賵賲 氐丿賵乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘500+氐賮丨賴 賲賳 賯乇兀 賲賳賴 噩夭亍 丕賵 鬲氐賮丨賴 爻乇賷毓丕 賵賱賲 賷噩丿賴 賰賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賯丕賲 "賮賵乇丕"亘鬲賯賷賷賲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘賳噩賲賴 賵丕丨丿賴 賮賯胤
賰賱 賲賳 賱賲 賷毓噩亘賴 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賰丕賳 賲賳鬲馗乇丕 賱丨馗賴 氐丿賵乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱賷丐賰丿 賮卮賱 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴 賵賷賯賷賲賴 亘賳噩賲賴 賵丕丨丿賴
賱匕賱賰 丕毓鬲賯丿 噩丕亍 賯乇丕乇賴丕 亘氐丿賵乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱噩丿賷丿 亘兀爻賲 丕賱賲爻鬲毓丕乇
賵亘氐乇丕丨賴 -賲孬賱 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴- 賰賳鬲 丕鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 賷胤賵賱 丕賱丕賲乇 賵賷馗賱 賲噩賴賵賱丕 賱噩夭卅賷賳 賲孬賱丕
亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賳賷 賳賮爻賷 賱丕 丕賯乇兀 爻賵賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱卮賴賷乇 賲丐賱賮賴丕 丕賵 丕賱鬲賷 賳丕賱鬲 賳噩丕丨丕 賲賱丨賵馗丕 賮丕賳賷 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賷 丕匕丕 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 "丕匕丕 賲丕鬲賵賮乇鬲 賱賴 丿毓丕賷賴 賰丕賮賷賴 丕賵 氐丿乇 禺亘乇 亘賯乇亘 鬲丨賵賷賱賴 賱賮賷賱賲"丕賳賷 亘丕賱鬲丕賰賷丿 爻兀毓卮賯 丕爻賱賵亘賴 賵賰鬲丕亘鬲賴
丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賮毓賱丕 亘賴丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓賳丕賷賴 亘丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 胤丕賱賲丕 賳噩丿賴丕 賮賷 爻賱爻賱賴 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇..鬲卮毓乇 丕賳 賰賵乇賲賵乇賳 丕賵 乇賵亘賷賳 賵丨鬲賷 賱賵賱丕 賱丿賷賴賲 鬲丕乇賷禺 賵賲丕囟賷 賲毓乇賵賮 賵丕賳鬲 鬲爻鬲賰卮賮 賱賲丨丕鬲 賲賳賴 賲賳 賮氐賱 賱丕禺乇
"丕匕丕 賰賳鬲 賲鬲丕亘毓丕 賱爻賱爻賱賴 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賵鬲氐賮丨鬲 賷賵賲丕 賲賵賯毓 "亘賵鬲乇賲賵乇" 爻鬲噩丿 丕賳 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴 丕囟丕賮鬲 賱賱賲賵賯毓 鬲丕乇賷禺 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 孬丕賳賵賷賴 賰孬賷乇賴 賲賳匕 賲賷賱丕丿賴丕"
亘丕賱賮毓賱 丕匕丕 賮鬲丨鬲 氐賮丨賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷賵賲 14 賷賵賱賷賵 "亘毓丿 賰卮賮 丕賱爻乇 賮賷 賰賱 賲賵丕賯毓 丕賱丕禺亘丕乇"爻鬲噩丿 丕賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 4+賳噩賵賲 賮賷 丕賱噩賵丿乇賷丿夭 賵賰賱 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵夭 賵丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賷 氐賮丨鬲賴 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 丕賷噩丕亘賷賴
賱賲 賷賰賳 賴賳丕賰 鬲賯賷賷賲 亘賳噩賲賴 賵丕丨丿賴 丕賱丕 亘毓丿 丕賳 鬲賲 賰卮賮 丕賱爻乇
毓丕賲丕 賮毓賱丕 賰賳鬲 丕鬲賲賳賷 丕賳 賷馗賱 乇賵亘乇鬲 噩丕賱亘乇賷孬 賲毓乇賵賮丕 賮賯胤 亘丕爻賲賴 丕賱丨乇賰賷..丕卮毓乇 賮毓賱丕 丕賳 噩賷 賰賷 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賰丕賳鬲 丕賳鬲賴鬲 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘賴 賯氐賴 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵鬲丕乇賷禺賴 - 賰賲丕 賷馗賴乇 賮賷 丕睾賱賮賴 丕賱胤亘毓賴 丕賱丕賵賱賷 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕賱鬲賷 丕賳鬲賴鬲 賰賱賴丕 賮賷 14 賷賵賱賷賵 賵氐丕乇鬲 鬲亘丕毓 亘賲卅丕鬲 賵丕賱丕賱丕賮 丕賱丿賵賱丕乇丕鬲 -賵賰賳鬲 賲丨馗賵馗丕 賮賷 丨氐賵賱賷 毓賱賷 丕丨丿賴賲-..賮賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱氐賵乇賴 爻鬲乇賷 賲丕賱賳 鬲乇丕賴 賮賷 丕賷 胤亘毓賴 丕禺乇賷..賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱賲丐賱賮 "丕賱禺賷丕賱賷"乇賵亘乇鬲
爻鬲卮毓乇 賮毓賱丕 賯乇亘賴 噩丿丕 賲賳 卮禺氐賷賴 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賳賮爻賴
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丕賱赌赌赌赌賳赖赌丕賷赌赌赌丞
"亘丿賵賳 匕賰乇 丕丨丿丕孬"
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丕賱馗賴賵乇 丕賱丕賵賱 賵賱賳 賷賰賵賳 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賱賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 爻鬲乇丕賷賰
賲丨賯賯 禺丕氐 賲賳 賳賵毓 賮乇賷丿..卮禺氐賷賴 孬乇賷賴 賲丨賱賱 亘丕乇毓 賵賯丕乇卅 賲賲鬲丕夭 賱賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿
賵丕賱噩賲賷賱 賮賷 丕賱丕賲乇 丕賳 鬲丨賱賷賱 賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿 噩丕亍 亘胤乇賷賯賴 睾賷乇 賲亘丕卮乇賴 賵賲丿賲噩賴 賲毓 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 亘胤乇賷賯賴 鬲噩毓賱賰 賲賳 賷丨賱賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘賳賮爻賰 賲毓 爻鬲乇丕賷賰
亘丕賯賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賮毓賱丕 爻鬲卮毓乇 丕賳賰 丨賯賯鬲 賲毓賴賲 亘賳賮爻賰 賵鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賷賴賲..鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱丕孬乇賷丕亍 賵丕賱賲賳鬲噩賷賳 賵卮乇賰丕鬲 丕賱賲丨丕賲丕賴 丕賱賰亘賷乇賴,賲氐賲賲賵丕 丕賱丕夭賷丕亍 賵丕賱毓丕乇囟丕鬲 丕賱噩賲賷賱賴..賲胤乇亘賷 丕賱乇丕亘
爻鬲鬲毓乇囟 賱賲囟丕賷賯丕鬲 丕賱亘亘丕乇丕鬲夭賷 ,丕賱賲氐賵乇賷賳 丕賱氐丨賮賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賰丕賳賵丕 爻亘亘丕 賱兀爻賵兀 丨賵丕丿孬 丕賱賲卮丕賴賷乇
賰賲丕 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 亘毓囟 胤亘丕毓 丕賱氐丿丕賯丕鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱毓丕賲賱賷賳 亘丕賱賵爻胤 丕賱賮賳賷
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 丕賰孬乇 毓賳 丨賷丕賴 丕賱賲噩賳丿賷賳 , 亘丕賱丕禺氐 丕賵賱卅賰 丕賱匕賷賳 賷匕賴亘賵賳 賮賷 丨乇亘 賱丕 賲毓賳賷 賱賵噩賵丿賴賲 亘賴丕
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 亘丕賱丨賷丕賴 丕賱毓爻賰乇賷賴,賵丨賷丕鬲賴賲 禺丕乇噩賴丕..賵賰賷賮 賷鬲兀賯賱賲 賲賳 賷禺乇噩 賲賳賴丕 賲毓 丕賱丨賷丕賴 丕賱賲丿賳賷賴
亘丕賱馗亘胤 賰丕賱賵氐賮 丕賱匕賷 賵氐賮鬲賴 丕賱賲丐賱賮賴 毓賳 丕爻賲 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱賲爻鬲毓丕乇
"賲賱丨賵馗賴: 噩夭亍 賲賳 孬賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 鬲賲 丕賱鬲亘乇毓 亘賴 賱囟丨丕賷丕 丕賱丨乇亘 亘丕賱噩賷卮 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷
賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 爻鬲噩丿 亘賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 鬲丿乇賷亘 毓賱賷 賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿 賵丕賱鬲丨賱賷賱
賱丕 丕賳賰乇 丕賳賷 "丕亘胤兀鬲" 賲毓丿賱 賯乇丕卅鬲賷 賰孬賷乇丕 賱丕夭賷丿 賲賳 賮鬲乇賴 丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓賷 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賵丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱丕賵賱 賱爻鬲乇丕賷賰 賵乇賵亘賷賳 賵爻毓丿鬲 噩丿丕 亘丕賳 丕賳賴賷賴丕 賮賷 4 丕爻丕亘賷毓 亘丕賱馗亘胤 賰賵賯鬲 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲 鬲賯乇賷亘丕
丕賱賳賴丕賷賴 賯丿 鬲鬲賵賯毓賴丕 賵賱賰賳賰 賱賳 鬲毓乇賮 賱賲丕匕丕責 賮丕賱丕爻卅賱賴 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲鬲賵賯毓 丕亘丿丕 丕噩丕亘鬲賴丕 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲丐丿賷 賱賳賴丕賷賴 丕囟賲賳 賱賰 丨賱賵賱 匕賰賷賴 賱賴丕..賲賮丕噩兀賴 賱賰賳賰 賷賲賰賳賰 鬲丨賱賷賱賴丕 亘鬲丨賱賷賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵 丕賯賵丕賱賴丕..賵丕毓鬲賯丿 賮毓賱丕 丕賳 丨鬲賷 丕毓丕丿賴 賯乇丕亍賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 爻賷賰賵賳 亘賳賮爻 丕賱丕孬丕乇賴
賴賱 鬲鬲匕賰乇 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇 賵爻噩賷賳 丕夭賰亘丕賳 ,丕賵 賵賰兀爻 丕賱賳丕乇..賵賰賱 匕賱賰 丕賱睾賲賵囟 賵丕賱鬲乇賯亘 賱鬲噩丿 賲賮丕噩兀鬲 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷賴 賰丕賳鬲 賲乇爻賵賲 鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴丕 亘毓賳丕賷賴 賲賳匕 丕賵賱 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 "鬲賯乇賷亘丕 丨丿孬 匕賱賰 丕賷囟丕 賮賷 賰賱 丕噩夭丕亍 丕賱爻賱爻賱賴"
丕賱丕賲乇 賱丕賷禺鬲賱賮 賴賳丕..鬲卮賵賷賯,賲賮丕噩兀鬲, 賵賳賴丕賷賴 鬲噩賷亘 毓賳 賰賱 丕爻卅賱鬲賰 丕賱賲毓賱賯賴
丕乇卮丨賴丕 亘賯賵賴 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷賮囟賱 賯乇丕亍賴 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱噩乇賷賲賴 賵丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯丕鬲
丕乇卮丨賴丕 亘賯賵賴 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷丨亘 丕賱賯乇丕亍賴 丨賵賱 毓丕賱賲 丕賱卮賴乇賴
丕乇卮丨賴丕 亘賯賵賴 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷乇賷丿 鬲丨丿賷 賮賷 鬲丨賱賷賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵賱睾賴 丕賱噩爻丿
丕乇卮丨賴丕 亘賯賵賴 賱賰賱 賲賳 丕毓噩亘賴 噩賵 丕賱鬲卮賵賷賯 賵丕賱睾賲賵囟 賮賷 賴丕乇賷 亘賵鬲乇
丕乇卮丨賴丕 賱賲丨亘賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷賴 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷賴
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賲賳 2 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2013
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"噩夭亍 賲賳 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 鬲賲 賮賷 18 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2013"
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賮賷 14 賷賵賱賷賵 2013
July 30, 2013
A first-time author who goes by the unassuming name of Robert Galbraith comes out with a mystery novel called
The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling
. The book receives favourable reviews and is wholeheartedly accepted by the fraction of the populace that reads it.
And then (and this I borrow from reliable old Wikipedia), the Sunday Times scratches it鈥檚 stubbly chin and wonders how a first-time author with a background in the army and the civilian security industry, could write such an assured debut novel.
So, after much sleuthing and an inquisitive:
followed by a generous bit of loose lips launching the Queen Ship, it was revealed that Robert Galbraith was in fact J.K.Rowling.
I could almost imagine Tom Riddle鈥檚 wand swishing blood-red, curlicue letters in the air:
Ofcourse, all hell promptly broke loose after that.
(I am also pretty sure that Madame Rowling went Loki-at- Comic-Con in the privacy of her tastefully done up living room)
For me, laying my hands on the book (courtesy, the best Hufflepuff in the magical and muggle world, Mith) was nothing short of the Almighty smiling benevolently down at me with a new commandment :
Thou shalt read the new Rowling tablet. Forsaking all others, thou shalt not stir till thou has reached ye last page. Thou shalt be rewarded for thy loyalty
And believe me, it was a wholly rewarding experience.
----------------------------
SYNOPSIS:
Super-Model Lula Landry has plunged to her death from her posh Mayfair balcony. While the media has pegged it down as a suicide by a troubled star, her half-brother is convinced that she has been killed. And so, he hires Cormoran Strike, a down-on-his-luck detective to investigate the case.
As Strike, aided by his new (albeit temporary) secretary, Robin; gathers clues, gets sidetracked and traverses the length and breadth of London to unravel the truth鈥e faces his own demons and realizes that things can get really ugly, really fast.
----------------------------
REVIEW:
The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling is a delightfully straightforward murder mystery.
And at it鈥檚 helm is the equally delightful Cormoran Strike. Cormoran is not your conventionally good-looking, lit-cheroot-hanging-seductively-from-his-lower lip, lady-slaying Private Eye. He is a massive, rugby-player sized man, not-so-easy-on-the-eye and burdened with a prosthetic leg (Mad-Eye Moody lives?), a vindictive ex, a grimy family background and dire finances.
But, hell鈥檚 bells, he is plain out adorable. His innate decency, his blustering efforts to not sully the sexual waters with his attractive new secretary, his attention to detail and his flashes of vulnerability make him a well-rounded main lead.
He is not a fabulously perfect hero and so I have the biggest crush on him. And therefore, if the book translates into a movie (please, please, please), I would fervently hope that Nathan Fillion would fill Cormoron鈥檚 shoes. I mean yes, Fillion is a dreamboat, but he has the whole clumsy-yet-suave air down to a tee and we have already seen how perfectly adequate he looks, cast as a film noir detective in CASTLE鈥檚 The Blue Butterfly.
I mean, look at him:
Coming to Cormoran鈥檚 new secretary, Robin鈥he is an absolute star. Robin is freshly engaged to a very proper young man and is gooey-eyed enough to settle for a two point five existence. But she craves excitement. Not the sordid excitement of a secret fling but the childish glee of solving a mysterious mystery. And she鈥檚 the perfect foil to Cormoron鈥檚 elegant hippo act. Infact, with her strawberry blonde hair and her transparent need to "Run with theDoctor Detective", she reminded me of Amy Pond:
Will love transpire between Robin and Cormoran? If it does, I, for one, will be knitting booties for their bonnie babies.
The Supporting cast of characters is rich and varied. I loved each one of them. From the coke-snorting Tansy to the meticulous security man to the slightly unhinged half-brother to the wolf-masking wearing boyfriend (and prime suspect) to the ego-boosting Ciara Porter to the larger than life rapper to the maliciously camp designer; I loved all their character profiles. Everyone had a solid role to play and everyone was infinitely readable.
Minion kisses for all:
For all the Britophiles out there, this is a treat. Modern day London effectively wears the garb of a smoky 1940s lamplit whodunnit. You are utterly charmed and steadily soak in the atmosphere like a comforting soak in a hot tub.
As for the pace of the plot, it is slow and steady. There are no cliff hangers (the staple of mystery novels) at the end of each chapter. There are no high-octane moments. There are no unexpected plot twists. And yet, you carry on. Your interest never wanes. The story builds up steadily, from a strong skeleton to a steady fleshing out of detail coupled with a handful of sinews worked in with precision and finally, the end result is a fully functioning thriller.
The story is no great shakes. If you have been a mystery enthusiast, you will figure out the baddie pretty soon. But the joy of reading a good crime novel is to rub your hands in glee as you poke your head over the long-suffering detective鈥檚 shoulder and go, in your head, 鈥淥oh, ohh鈥 KNEW IT!鈥�
Rowling鈥檚 writing is flawless, witty and generously peppered with some choice abuses. Ron Weasley would approve. Her skill is strong as ever and shorn of any pretensions. Her observations on human fallacies are uncomfortably accurate. She holds, what could be a rambling storyline together, purely on the strength of her intuitive grasp on her characters' emotions.
At the end of the day, she justifies her right to the Writing Throne.
I come away, utterly and completely enchanted.
----------------------------
And then (and this I borrow from reliable old Wikipedia), the Sunday Times scratches it鈥檚 stubbly chin and wonders how a first-time author with a background in the army and the civilian security industry, could write such an assured debut novel.
So, after much sleuthing and an inquisitive:
followed by a generous bit of loose lips launching the Queen Ship, it was revealed that Robert Galbraith was in fact J.K.Rowling.
I could almost imagine Tom Riddle鈥檚 wand swishing blood-red, curlicue letters in the air:
*Robert Galbraith is J.K.Rowling*
*J.K.Rowling is Robert Galbraith*
Ofcourse, all hell promptly broke loose after that.
(I am also pretty sure that Madame Rowling went Loki-at- Comic-Con in the privacy of her tastefully done up living room)
For me, laying my hands on the book (courtesy, the best Hufflepuff in the magical and muggle world, Mith) was nothing short of the Almighty smiling benevolently down at me with a new commandment :
Thou shalt read the new Rowling tablet. Forsaking all others, thou shalt not stir till thou has reached ye last page. Thou shalt be rewarded for thy loyalty
And believe me, it was a wholly rewarding experience.
----------------------------
SYNOPSIS:
Super-Model Lula Landry has plunged to her death from her posh Mayfair balcony. While the media has pegged it down as a suicide by a troubled star, her half-brother is convinced that she has been killed. And so, he hires Cormoran Strike, a down-on-his-luck detective to investigate the case.
As Strike, aided by his new (albeit temporary) secretary, Robin; gathers clues, gets sidetracked and traverses the length and breadth of London to unravel the truth鈥e faces his own demons and realizes that things can get really ugly, really fast.
----------------------------
REVIEW:
The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling is a delightfully straightforward murder mystery.
And at it鈥檚 helm is the equally delightful Cormoran Strike. Cormoran is not your conventionally good-looking, lit-cheroot-hanging-seductively-from-his-lower lip, lady-slaying Private Eye. He is a massive, rugby-player sized man, not-so-easy-on-the-eye and burdened with a prosthetic leg (Mad-Eye Moody lives?), a vindictive ex, a grimy family background and dire finances.
But, hell鈥檚 bells, he is plain out adorable. His innate decency, his blustering efforts to not sully the sexual waters with his attractive new secretary, his attention to detail and his flashes of vulnerability make him a well-rounded main lead.
He is not a fabulously perfect hero and so I have the biggest crush on him. And therefore, if the book translates into a movie (please, please, please), I would fervently hope that Nathan Fillion would fill Cormoron鈥檚 shoes. I mean yes, Fillion is a dreamboat, but he has the whole clumsy-yet-suave air down to a tee and we have already seen how perfectly adequate he looks, cast as a film noir detective in CASTLE鈥檚 The Blue Butterfly.
I mean, look at him:
Coming to Cormoran鈥檚 new secretary, Robin鈥he is an absolute star. Robin is freshly engaged to a very proper young man and is gooey-eyed enough to settle for a two point five existence. But she craves excitement. Not the sordid excitement of a secret fling but the childish glee of solving a mysterious mystery. And she鈥檚 the perfect foil to Cormoron鈥檚 elegant hippo act. Infact, with her strawberry blonde hair and her transparent need to "Run with the
Will love transpire between Robin and Cormoran? If it does, I, for one, will be knitting booties for their bonnie babies.
The Supporting cast of characters is rich and varied. I loved each one of them. From the coke-snorting Tansy to the meticulous security man to the slightly unhinged half-brother to the wolf-masking wearing boyfriend (and prime suspect) to the ego-boosting Ciara Porter to the larger than life rapper to the maliciously camp designer; I loved all their character profiles. Everyone had a solid role to play and everyone was infinitely readable.
Minion kisses for all:
For all the Britophiles out there, this is a treat. Modern day London effectively wears the garb of a smoky 1940s lamplit whodunnit. You are utterly charmed and steadily soak in the atmosphere like a comforting soak in a hot tub.
As for the pace of the plot, it is slow and steady. There are no cliff hangers (the staple of mystery novels) at the end of each chapter. There are no high-octane moments. There are no unexpected plot twists. And yet, you carry on. Your interest never wanes. The story builds up steadily, from a strong skeleton to a steady fleshing out of detail coupled with a handful of sinews worked in with precision and finally, the end result is a fully functioning thriller.
The story is no great shakes. If you have been a mystery enthusiast, you will figure out the baddie pretty soon. But the joy of reading a good crime novel is to rub your hands in glee as you poke your head over the long-suffering detective鈥檚 shoulder and go, in your head, 鈥淥oh, ohh鈥 KNEW IT!鈥�
Rowling鈥檚 writing is flawless, witty and generously peppered with some choice abuses. Ron Weasley would approve. Her skill is strong as ever and shorn of any pretensions. Her observations on human fallacies are uncomfortably accurate. She holds, what could be a rambling storyline together, purely on the strength of her intuitive grasp on her characters' emotions.
At the end of the day, she justifies her right to the Writing Throne.
I come away, utterly and completely enchanted.
----------------------------
April 26, 2023
鈥淗e had never been able to understand the assumption of intimacy fans felt with those they had never met.鈥�I'll venture a guess that J.K.Rowling is not a stranger to this feeling. Propelled to household-name fame for her lovely gift of imagination, she gets to experience the uglier side of fans' adoration - the side that comes with suffocating hard-to-meet expectations and stifling atmosphere of demanding hype. Is it any wonder she'd look for a respite in releasing a book under a pseudonym?
And yet yours truly is selfishly celebrating the infamous leak of the unknown mystery writer's true identity since otherwise I would have been quite unlikely to pick up this tome given the ever-growing size of my precariously balanced to-read pile that is beginning to dangerously resemble the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Lula Landry, a supermodel, falls to her death from her balcony; the police called it a suicide, her brother feels it was foul play and hires Cormoran Strike, a bear-like ex-soldier, to investigate. Propelled by his desperate need for money and aided by his lovely idealistic temporary secretary Robin Ellacott, Strike plunges into the shallow world of celebrity culture and London's rich and wannabe-rich, slowly unraveling the threads of the mystery of Landry's fall.
The Cuckoo's Calling is an unusual mystery novel by today's industry standards. It's lacking high stakes or important villains or breakneck-fast pace or shocking twists that seem to have become almost a requirement of the genre. Its language is slow, a bit formal and occasionally reminding me of the early years of the past century rather than modern times. It's a slowly developing story, quiet and observant, focused not on the plot but on the wide tapestry of characters, spending time with them through conversations and somewhat old-fashioned 'detecting' in a way that to a certain point reminded me of the works of the Queen of the genre, Miss Agatha Christie. But only to a point, as it's missing the annoying know-it-all smug detective and instead has a gruff but very human quite flawed war veteran tuned PI Cormoran Strike:
鈥淥ther people his age had houses and washing machines, cars and television sets, furniture and gardens and mountain bikes and lawnmowers: he had four boxes of crap, and a set of matchless memories.鈥�I can barely express the enjoyment I experienced from the interactions of Strike with the wide cast of potential suspects and witnesses, most of them belonging to the world of British rich and famous; his ability to zero in on different aspects of their personalities, to study their very essence, to get them to slowly reveal their real frequently shallowly unattractive selves - so often ugly and petty - that satisfyingly replace any number of car chases or gunfights or mad dizzying dashes from place to place to place that I came to expect from the genre.
鈥淗ow could the death of someone you had never met affect you so?鈥�But what I really appreciated in this slowly developing character-centered even-keeled narrative was the ever-increasing spotlight on Lula Landry - a young woman whose death started it all, who ends up being more than just a springboard for the story but its heart, its centerpiece as we get to glimpse more of her through Strike's eyes, as we see her morph from just a pretty face into a full fleshed presence behind the story.
鈥淗e had hoped to spot the flickering shadow of a murderer as he turned the file's pages, but instead it was the ghost of Lula herself who emerged, gazing up at him, as victims of violent crimes sometimes did, through the detritus of their interrupted lives.鈥�Lula may initially appear to have little substance to her, to be little but a blank slate on which gossip-hungry public is eager to project their desires and hopes and even spite. But as the novel progresses, we see the glimpses of her personality and the uglier sides of the world of fame she inhabits - the world of flashing camera lights blinding your each step and every word you say having potential to end up in a yellow press column. Rowling's disdain of such flipside of fame is palpable indeed.
鈥淗ow easy it was to capitalize on a person鈥檚 own bent for self-destruction; how simple to nudge them into non-being, then to stand back and shrug and agree that it had been the inevitable result of a chaotic, catastrophic life.鈥�I quite enjoyed this book. I liked the smart mystery, the unexpected light humor, the apt descriptions (even if at times they would get a tad too wordy), the stinging satire, and, of course, the frequent grave seriousness when Rowling turns her eye to the 'real world' problems.
鈥淭he country was lumbering towards election day. Strike turned in early on Sunday and watched the day's gaffes, counterclaims and promises being tabulated on his portable TV. There was an air of joylessness in every news report he watched. The national debt was so huge that it was diffcult to comprehend. Cuts were coming, whoever won; deep, painful cuts; and sometimes, with their weasel words, the party leaders reminded Strike of the surgeons who had told him cautiously that he might experience a degree of discomfort; they who would never personally feel the pain that was about to be inflicted.鈥�I'll easily recommend this book for anyone who'd like a few enjoyable afternoons with a brainy delicious story. 4 stars and an excited anticipation for more offerings from Rowling, Galbraith or whatever name she chooses to use for her future writing endeavours.
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My old pre-review (the one responsible for the discussion in the comments) is below in a spoiler tag:
September 2, 2017
Meet Cormoran's First Strike..
His first 'Mystery' which haunt me from the early beginning,
even the epigraph.
It starts When snow was falling..and a 'Cuckoo' fell...
A famous model star fall off the balcony to her tragic death..the paparazzi gather around her body just as they did when she was alive..
Her neighbor assert that she heard her arguing and shouting with a man "The Killer" right before seeing her fall.
The police declare that's a lie, the DNA proves there was no stranger there..All the evidences and investigation declare she was alone.
The result is what the police saw was clear from the beginning..Suicide.
'Celebrities always go cuckoo..depression would drive them for that' Some say.
'She was exciting about her new big contract and upcoming trip..she was far from suicide act' Others say.
You'll find thorough the investigations and evidences that no trace of a killer in the scene..
so ...it's Suicide
Case Closed.
And then our Story begins
3 Months later
Robin ,A beautiful blonde young lady living her Best Romantic days after getting engaged to her boyfriend ,Went to work as a Temp secretary for some office, she "surprised" to find out the business of the office is her long lost childish ambition of work..
It was an office of A.. Private Detective..
Cormoran Strike ,An ex-Military, Private detective Living his Worst days of his life, just separated from his fiance, His office just got one client..with all his debts; He just stuck with a new temp secretary he can't even afford paying her for her only week...unless he saved by a wealthy client..
John Bristow ,An unexpected new "wealthy" client to Strike's office, as a favor for old friendship between Strike and the latter's brother .. He came for the detective to dig up a very famous case that he didn't agree with its results...A case of his dead -adopted- sister...A Famous Model...Lula Landry
Yes..Lula Landry "Cuckoo" is the famous Model we've witnessed her tragic death at the first scene...
As I've said, the story will haunt you from the very early beginning, its first scene..even from this 19th Century Poem.
Although I've never been into poems & poetry, But this haunting one -may be cause I've heard it also on youtube- makes me really into the mode of "The Cuckoo's Calling".
Also I have to say that Rowling has a great epigraphs choices, like in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" with 2 epigraphs that fit with the final story of Harry"
Also It haunt me for a 'D茅j脿 vu' for an accident that happened 12 years ago almost like the beginning of this novel,also in London..
A death of A Sweetheart,A Cinderella of Egyptian Cinema...that her case's investigations was almost identical to the case of Cuckoo..from the first scene..
I love also the glimpse for famous tragic death of celebrity which "pushed" by paparazzi or even cases closed "wrongly" as suicide.
There's also that great tribute for the soldiers who are trying to readjust with civilian life after leaving the military one for a reason or another.
Some may say it's a bit slow in the first half, but I really respect, even adore that detailed characters and events..it makes me get to know more about Strike and the lovely Robin as I'm with them in the Private Detective office.. and their cool 'professional' relation.
I've actually got into the case of Lula, investigated with Strike the evidences and tried to interview everyone who was near from Lula the day of her death..And I've even got a GREAT experience decipher the "Body Language" while investigating some characters.
And by the half of the novel -As I've written most of this review, right now- I've really wondered ; Is it really a suicide..or a Murder?
****
The Setting ; London
**
I used to say in Dan Brown's Novels reviews That it's better to use Illustrated edition or keep searching in Google Image search for the places he describe brilliantly in his novels. The same is here..
J.K. Rowling talent in creating a beautifully Magical world in Harry Potter, or realistic fictional Pagford in The Casual Vacancy proved to be still great in describing the magic of real places as London.
You'll really love to see the statue of Eros; Piccadilly Circus while Robin starts a new step in her romantic life..
You'll walk up and down Denmark Street and 12 Bar Caf茅 with its Music Instruments and where The Detective office Locates.
You'll be in real famous Pubs and Bars in London with its Victorian faces.
And these pubs' windows view of the 1920s building decorated with statues by Jacob Epstein
And on the top of all , The elegant Victorian houses at the most wealthy neighborhood and streets like Bellamy Road and Mayfair.
The bottom line is ,you're invited to a lovely journey into the heart of London at the moment you start the novel.
****
The Characters
**
One more time, like all her work, The author writes the characters -even the secondary ones- in very detailed way, you discover more about them and their past by each new chapter, which really makes you as if you actually Living with them..and in this case,you're trying to solve a hidden mystery in a case with the Detective...
**** Cormoran Strike ****
Make a lot of thinking who would play him, -specially it wasn't clear his age at till book two- Alan Rickman is too old, may be Robert Downey Jr. but he's not English -although it didn't stop him being Holmes - and finally Hugh Jackman :)who I stuck with, some suggested Hagrid "without the costumes of course"
Ex-Military still love discipline of the military life; Can't live with it anymore though ..and not because of his injury.
Private Detective with big debts...just a client or two in the best days..and not even investigate the crazy death threatens he got regularly.
Adore his ex-fiancee Charlotte..but can't live with her lies..
Illegitimate son for a famous star..Hates it'd be his "fame".
A very complicated character that you'll love to know him better page after page.. Wanting to know more about him and may you'd end up like me ..Waiting more books for him.
**** Robin Ellacott ****
A New Hermione-type. Super smart,clever, got the spirit of initiative. And this time,Super beautiful. As if Jo this time assert that women are smart even those super pretty ones.
I love how she got a childish dream of her being a Detective herself. and I got so attached with her complicated "romance and nonsense free" relation with Strike and I was praying she'd stay till the end and to see her again in the next books of the series.
**** Lula Landry "Cuckoo" ****
Emma Stone was the first face come in mind when I saw the US edition's cover,I know that at the novel she doesn't look like her at all
Why Do We Care?
Well, you'll know page by page.
You'll get into the real Lula or "Cuckoo" as she and her best pals calls her, by the testimony of her brother,the news and articles written about her that you know from Robin's internet search ,and the tales and testimonies of those who were near her, one by one by how close to her they were as the story goes.
But you'll get better look into her by reading with Strike her personal emails ,clear look as if you looking into her soul,or ghost.
I promise that,before the half of the novel as in my case, you'll really love to know more about that lovely ,complicated character of Lula...And you'll really Care..and wonder.
How Did Lula Landry really Die?
***
The Propaganda
***
Fame sometimes is a double-edged sword..'s 500+ was rated 'one star' in few hours after its release JUST because it's not Harry-ish ; or some didn't like Harry Potter or Rowling herself.
I guess that's why the decision of publishing under Pseudonym..And honestly,as the writer, I wished it'd last longer "Even I may never hear about it unless it get good publicity or hit the news of up-coming movie based on it, And I'm sure I'll still LOVE it even if I didn't know it's Rowling's.
And if you saw the 欧宝娱乐 main page of the book at 14th.July 2013 you'll find all of the reviews very positive and even 4.1+ rating and it didn't start getting a '1 Star' but after the announcement of the real author.
Anyway I'm sure Rowling get GREAT researching Robert-Galbraith bio. as seen on "About the Author" in the 1st Printing of the book -which get sold out after few minutes of the announcement and auctioned with hundredth of dollars and I was lucky to get one of these 1st prints for this small captions about the author that wasn't at any other later printings.
You'd feel Robert's really like Strike himself..
It's clearly that J.K. Rowling did a lot of research about the Ex-Militarily officers and their lives. You'll touch that at many points in the novel.
***
Finally
**
Haunting Case..Check
Catching introduction for the main characters .. Check
Smart Investigations .. Check
Real Exercise on reading the Body Language .. Check
Marvelous setting ,very realistic; still magical.. Check
I fall in love with the mystery of this novel, the characters and every thing , I've read it slowly to keep it in my hand for as long as I can. "took me 4 weeks reading almost as the same duration of the plot" And I'd really recommend it strongly to any crime thriller readers..
I love this praise
But in my case ..The Cuckoo's Calling is why I "newly" fell in love with crime fiction.
I loved investigatings and the detective work,with all the observation and reading the body language.
I loved the characters ,Robin is wonderful ,Lula even we don't have any "live" scene for her even no flashbacks but I truly attached to her case ,Liked her so much,she became a name for me and also.. Cormoran Strike Became a Name.
Mohammed Arabey
Reading from 2nd Oct. 2013
To 29th Oct. 2013
Start writting the review: 18th Oct. 2013
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<<<<<<<<<< 14 / 7 / 2013 The First Review >>>>>>>>>>
The first impression about the news of the book "My birthday surprise" and I'd love to thank everyone like it or comment and I hope you'd like the final review..thanks for your support.
Yesterday ,after Midnight it was 14th July.....
My 30th Birthday :( :( :(
But this News MADE My Day...And My YEAR
J.K Rowling??What?
This Book is J.K. Rowling's!!!!!
No more wait day after day for the plot of her new book, the cover, release dates etc..
No more "negative" reviews just for her name only after just hours of the release of the books As what happened with
That was what made me really Super HAPPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
"And of course you know how anyone would react when He's 30
I've Ordered it at the same day from Amazon
And Truly can't wait
THANK YOU Queen Jo.,Queen of wizard and witches, Queen of Magic
Mohammed Arabey
14th July 2013
His first 'Mystery' which haunt me from the early beginning,
even the epigraph.
Why were you born when the snow was falling?
You should have come to the cuckoo鈥檚 calling,
It starts When snow was falling..and a 'Cuckoo' fell...
A famous model star fall off the balcony to her tragic death..the paparazzi gather around her body just as they did when she was alive..
Her neighbor assert that she heard her arguing and shouting with a man "The Killer" right before seeing her fall.
The police declare that's a lie, the DNA proves there was no stranger there..All the evidences and investigation declare she was alone.
The result is what the police saw was clear from the beginning..Suicide.
'Celebrities always go cuckoo..depression would drive them for that' Some say.
'She was exciting about her new big contract and upcoming trip..she was far from suicide act' Others say.
You'll find thorough the investigations and evidences that no trace of a killer in the scene..
so ...it's Suicide
Case Closed.
And then our Story begins
3 Months later
Robin ,A beautiful blonde young lady living her Best Romantic days after getting engaged to her boyfriend ,Went to work as a Temp secretary for some office, she "surprised" to find out the business of the office is her long lost childish ambition of work..
It was an office of A.. Private Detective..
Cormoran Strike ,An ex-Military, Private detective Living his Worst days of his life, just separated from his fiance, His office just got one client..with all his debts; He just stuck with a new temp secretary he can't even afford paying her for her only week...unless he saved by a wealthy client..
John Bristow ,An unexpected new "wealthy" client to Strike's office, as a favor for old friendship between Strike and the latter's brother .. He came for the detective to dig up a very famous case that he didn't agree with its results...A case of his dead -adopted- sister...A Famous Model...Lula Landry
Yes..Lula Landry "Cuckoo" is the famous Model we've witnessed her tragic death at the first scene...
Why were you born when the snow was falling?
You should have come to the cuckoo鈥檚 calling,
Or when grapes are green in the cluster,
Or, at least, when lithe swallows muster
For their far off flying
From summer dying.
Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?
You should have died at the apples鈥� dropping,
When the grasshopper comes to trouble,
And the wheat-fields are sodden stubble,
And all winds go sighing
For sweet things dying.
As I've said, the story will haunt you from the very early beginning, its first scene..even from this 19th Century Poem.
Although I've never been into poems & poetry, But this haunting one -may be cause I've heard it also on youtube- makes me really into the mode of "The Cuckoo's Calling".
Also I have to say that Rowling has a great epigraphs choices, like in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" with 2 epigraphs that fit with the final story of Harry"
Also It haunt me for a 'D茅j脿 vu' for an accident that happened 12 years ago almost like the beginning of this novel,also in London..
A death of A Sweetheart,A Cinderella of Egyptian Cinema...that her case's investigations was almost identical to the case of Cuckoo..from the first scene..
I love also the glimpse for famous tragic death of celebrity which "pushed" by paparazzi or even cases closed "wrongly" as suicide.
There's also that great tribute for the soldiers who are trying to readjust with civilian life after leaving the military one for a reason or another.
Some may say it's a bit slow in the first half, but I really respect, even adore that detailed characters and events..it makes me get to know more about Strike and the lovely Robin as I'm with them in the Private Detective office.. and their cool 'professional' relation.
I've actually got into the case of Lula, investigated with Strike the evidences and tried to interview everyone who was near from Lula the day of her death..And I've even got a GREAT experience decipher the "Body Language" while investigating some characters.
And by the half of the novel -As I've written most of this review, right now- I've really wondered ; Is it really a suicide..or a Murder?
****
The Setting ; London
**
I used to say in Dan Brown's Novels reviews That it's better to use Illustrated edition or keep searching in Google Image search for the places he describe brilliantly in his novels. The same is here..
J.K. Rowling talent in creating a beautifully Magical world in Harry Potter, or realistic fictional Pagford in The Casual Vacancy proved to be still great in describing the magic of real places as London.
You'll really love to see the statue of Eros; Piccadilly Circus while Robin starts a new step in her romantic life..
You'll walk up and down Denmark Street and 12 Bar Caf茅 with its Music Instruments and where The Detective office Locates.
You'll be in real famous Pubs and Bars in London with its Victorian faces.
And these pubs' windows view of the 1920s building decorated with statues by Jacob Epstein
And on the top of all , The elegant Victorian houses at the most wealthy neighborhood and streets like Bellamy Road and Mayfair.
The bottom line is ,you're invited to a lovely journey into the heart of London at the moment you start the novel.
****
The Characters
**
One more time, like all her work, The author writes the characters -even the secondary ones- in very detailed way, you discover more about them and their past by each new chapter, which really makes you as if you actually Living with them..and in this case,you're trying to solve a hidden mystery in a case with the Detective...
**** Cormoran Strike ****
Make a lot of thinking who would play him, -specially it wasn't clear his age at till book two- Alan Rickman is too old, may be Robert Downey Jr. but he's not English -although it didn't stop him being Holmes - and finally Hugh Jackman :)who I stuck with, some suggested Hagrid "without the costumes of course"
Ex-Military still love discipline of the military life; Can't live with it anymore though ..and not because of his injury.
Private Detective with big debts...just a client or two in the best days..and not even investigate the crazy death threatens he got regularly.
Adore his ex-fiancee Charlotte..but can't live with her lies..
Illegitimate son for a famous star..Hates it'd be his "fame".
A very complicated character that you'll love to know him better page after page.. Wanting to know more about him and may you'd end up like me ..Waiting more books for him.
**** Robin Ellacott ****
A New Hermione-type. Super smart,clever, got the spirit of initiative. And this time,Super beautiful. As if Jo this time assert that women are smart even those super pretty ones.
I love how she got a childish dream of her being a Detective herself. and I got so attached with her complicated "romance and nonsense free" relation with Strike and I was praying she'd stay till the end and to see her again in the next books of the series.
**** Lula Landry "Cuckoo" ****
Emma Stone was the first face come in mind when I saw the US edition's cover,I know that at the novel she doesn't look like her at all
鈥淲ith all the gallons of newsprint and hours of televised talk that have been poured forth on the subject of Lula Landry鈥檚 death, rarely has the question been asked: why do we care?
Why Do We Care?
Well, you'll know page by page.
You'll get into the real Lula or "Cuckoo" as she and her best pals calls her, by the testimony of her brother,the news and articles written about her that you know from Robin's internet search ,and the tales and testimonies of those who were near her, one by one by how close to her they were as the story goes.
But you'll get better look into her by reading with Strike her personal emails ,clear look as if you looking into her soul,or ghost.
I promise that,before the half of the novel as in my case, you'll really love to know more about that lovely ,complicated character of Lula...And you'll really Care..and wonder.
How Did Lula Landry really Die?
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The Propaganda
***
Fame sometimes is a double-edged sword..'s 500+ was rated 'one star' in few hours after its release JUST because it's not Harry-ish ; or some didn't like Harry Potter or Rowling herself.
I guess that's why the decision of publishing under Pseudonym..And honestly,as the writer, I wished it'd last longer "Even I may never hear about it unless it get good publicity or hit the news of up-coming movie based on it, And I'm sure I'll still LOVE it even if I didn't know it's Rowling's.
And if you saw the 欧宝娱乐 main page of the book at 14th.July 2013 you'll find all of the reviews very positive and even 4.1+ rating and it didn't start getting a '1 Star' but after the announcement of the real author.
Anyway I'm sure Rowling get GREAT researching Robert-Galbraith bio. as seen on "About the Author" in the 1st Printing of the book -which get sold out after few minutes of the announcement and auctioned with hundredth of dollars and I was lucky to get one of these 1st prints for this small captions about the author that wasn't at any other later printings.
ROBERT GALBRAITH spent several years with the Royal Military Police before being attached to the SIB (Special Investigative Branch), the plainclothes branch of the RMP. He left the military in 2003 and has been working since then in the civilian security industry. The idea for Cormoran Strike grew directly out of his own experiences and those of his military friends who returned to the civilian world. 鈥淩obert Galbraith鈥� is a pseudonym.
You'd feel Robert's really like Strike himself..
It's clearly that J.K. Rowling did a lot of research about the Ex-Militarily officers and their lives. You'll touch that at many points in the novel.
***
Finally
**
Haunting Case..Check
Catching introduction for the main characters .. Check
Smart Investigations .. Check
Real Exercise on reading the Body Language .. Check
Marvelous setting ,very realistic; still magical.. Check
I fall in love with the mystery of this novel, the characters and every thing , I've read it slowly to keep it in my hand for as long as I can. "took me 4 weeks reading almost as the same duration of the plot" And I'd really recommend it strongly to any crime thriller readers..
I love this praise
The Cuckoo's Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place (Val McDermid)
But in my case ..The Cuckoo's Calling is why I "newly" fell in love with crime fiction.
I loved investigatings and the detective work,with all the observation and reading the body language.
I loved the characters ,Robin is wonderful ,Lula even we don't have any "live" scene for her even no flashbacks but I truly attached to her case ,Liked her so much,she became a name for me and also.. Cormoran Strike Became a Name.
Mohammed Arabey
Reading from 2nd Oct. 2013
To 29th Oct. 2013
Start writting the review: 18th Oct. 2013
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<<<<<<<<<< 14 / 7 / 2013 The First Review >>>>>>>>>>
The first impression about the news of the book "My birthday surprise" and I'd love to thank everyone like it or comment and I hope you'd like the final review..thanks for your support.
Yesterday ,after Midnight it was 14th July.....
My 30th Birthday :( :( :(
But this News MADE My Day...And My YEAR
J.K Rowling??What?
This Book is J.K. Rowling's!!!!!
No more wait day after day for the plot of her new book, the cover, release dates etc..
No more "negative" reviews just for her name only after just hours of the release of the books As what happened with
That was what made me really Super HAPPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
"And of course you know how anyone would react when He's 30
I've Ordered it at the same day from Amazon
And Truly can't wait
THANK YOU Queen Jo.,Queen of wizard and witches, Queen of Magic
Mohammed Arabey
14th July 2013
September 25, 2021
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1), J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith
The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. It is the first novel in the Cormoran Strike series of detective novels and was followed by The Silkworm in 2014 and Career of Evil in 2015.
Disabled Afghan War veteran and struggling private investigator Cormoran Strike is approached by John Bristow, the adoptive brother of Strike's childhood schoolmate Charlie. Bristow believes his supermodel sister Lula Landry, whom his parents adopted after Charlie died, did not jump to her death three months earlier and wants Strike to investigate further.
Although initially unconvinced, Strike takes on the case due to his need for money to repay a loan that he had been given by his biological father, rock star Johnny Rokeby, because Rokeby's lawyer is demanding repayment.
As the investigation commences, Strike meets Robin Ellacott, who has been assigned by a temp agency to act as his secretary, and hires her for a week despite his lack of funds. Robin, who has just become engaged to longtime boyfriend Matthew, turns out to be much more competent than Strike expected, prompting him to extend her stay. ...
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The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. It is the first novel in the Cormoran Strike series of detective novels and was followed by The Silkworm in 2014 and Career of Evil in 2015.
Disabled Afghan War veteran and struggling private investigator Cormoran Strike is approached by John Bristow, the adoptive brother of Strike's childhood schoolmate Charlie. Bristow believes his supermodel sister Lula Landry, whom his parents adopted after Charlie died, did not jump to her death three months earlier and wants Strike to investigate further.
Although initially unconvinced, Strike takes on the case due to his need for money to repay a loan that he had been given by his biological father, rock star Johnny Rokeby, because Rokeby's lawyer is demanding repayment.
As the investigation commences, Strike meets Robin Ellacott, who has been assigned by a temp agency to act as his secretary, and hires her for a week despite his lack of funds. Robin, who has just become engaged to longtime boyfriend Matthew, turns out to be much more competent than Strike expected, prompting him to extend her stay. ...
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June 27, 2014
I like detective novels and I am a fan of J.K. Rowling, so when I found out that this "Robert Galbraith" was a pseudonym of Rowling, I thought that it was the perfect combination of elements that I have to read the book as soon as possible.
I have to admit that in good amount of the book I wasn't enjoying it so much. I was feeling it too slow, and nothing exciting was happening, since Cormoran Strike, the detective, wasn't doing much just asking questions to each witness and the events was getting over and over, it was tedious.
My anchor to keep reading it was Robin, the secretary of Strike, since she is a wonderful character that gives a way positive and radiant atmosphere to the book when she is in the scene. I think that besides that she is smart, proactive and good hearted, also she gets excited about being in the world of private detectives and that exciment was contagious with me.
There are some detective teams that the lead character is so great that sometimes the "sidekick" doesn't get the proper credit, but here I have to tell you that Robin is as important to the effectiveness of the novel as Cormoran, the lead character.
If you took her out of the formula, the magic (pun intended) would dissapear.
Okay, as I was saying, the book was slow and there were too much details about the private life of Cormoran (I mean, why do I want to read about his nephew's birthday party or all the times that he goes to get a shower in the university campus?! Geez!) I want to read about the case and I really think that the book could have less length but I guess that when it's an author with the reputation of Rowling, they can't let to print a good book with a 300+ pages, no, it has to be 400+ or nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if the second book will get 500+ pages. But I really do hope that it would be with less pages.
So, the book was slow, real slow, tedious interviews, but right when I was like 20% of finishing the book, bam! the tempo changed and all the pieces of the puzzle were starting to get into place, you get a good speed of narrative and then you see Cormoran Strike as an awesome detective worthy to be side-by-side with Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade.
Also, I like that the character is smoking cigarrettes. I am not pro or against smoking, I just think that it's silly that nowadays almost all authors are like too much afraid of using characters with the habit of smoke like if that would alienate the readers. I am not here to discuss about medicine and health, I just say that a private detective looks cool smoking.
So, if you decide to read this book, please finish it , don't leave it in the middle of the reading because you're getting bored, I can guarantee you that the smashing ending with be worthy of keeping with the book until the great end.
Bravo Rowling, you did it again! ;)
If there is a second book in this series, I'll be there to read it too.
Update: (June-24-2014)
Indeed there are now a second novel and I am man of my word ;) I am reading the second book now!
I have to admit that in good amount of the book I wasn't enjoying it so much. I was feeling it too slow, and nothing exciting was happening, since Cormoran Strike, the detective, wasn't doing much just asking questions to each witness and the events was getting over and over, it was tedious.
My anchor to keep reading it was Robin, the secretary of Strike, since she is a wonderful character that gives a way positive and radiant atmosphere to the book when she is in the scene. I think that besides that she is smart, proactive and good hearted, also she gets excited about being in the world of private detectives and that exciment was contagious with me.
There are some detective teams that the lead character is so great that sometimes the "sidekick" doesn't get the proper credit, but here I have to tell you that Robin is as important to the effectiveness of the novel as Cormoran, the lead character.
If you took her out of the formula, the magic (pun intended) would dissapear.
Okay, as I was saying, the book was slow and there were too much details about the private life of Cormoran (I mean, why do I want to read about his nephew's birthday party or all the times that he goes to get a shower in the university campus?! Geez!) I want to read about the case and I really think that the book could have less length but I guess that when it's an author with the reputation of Rowling, they can't let to print a good book with a 300+ pages, no, it has to be 400+ or nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if the second book will get 500+ pages. But I really do hope that it would be with less pages.
So, the book was slow, real slow, tedious interviews, but right when I was like 20% of finishing the book, bam! the tempo changed and all the pieces of the puzzle were starting to get into place, you get a good speed of narrative and then you see Cormoran Strike as an awesome detective worthy to be side-by-side with Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade.
Also, I like that the character is smoking cigarrettes. I am not pro or against smoking, I just think that it's silly that nowadays almost all authors are like too much afraid of using characters with the habit of smoke like if that would alienate the readers. I am not here to discuss about medicine and health, I just say that a private detective looks cool smoking.
So, if you decide to read this book, please finish it , don't leave it in the middle of the reading because you're getting bored, I can guarantee you that the smashing ending with be worthy of keeping with the book until the great end.
Bravo Rowling, you did it again! ;)
If there is a second book in this series, I'll be there to read it too.
Update: (June-24-2014)
Indeed there are now a second novel and I am man of my word ;) I am reading the second book now!
June 30, 2017
Enjoyable read! good detective work,action pact,little mysterious and some interesting storyline..the only negative about this book-the plot was slow to get into but picked up eventually..nice ending which only leads to this story continuing..can't wait to see what happen in book#2 (paperback!)
December 5, 2022
鈥淗ow easy it is to capitalise on a person鈥檚 own bent for self-destruction; how simple to nudge them into non-being, then to stand back and shrug and agree that it had been the inevitable result of a chaotic, catastrophic life鈥�
And the result is the apparent suicide of a young and talented model, Lulu Landry. Lulu lived quite a complicated life and worked in the challenging and unforgiving business, of modelling, where beauty and flawlessness is a demand, not a bonus. She also mixed in some dubious circles with unsavoury characters and many people who had an unhealthy obsession with her life and actions. Not least her adopted mother. Suffering depression and with the unrelenting demands of the job, it was immediately assumed that Lucy had jumped from a high rise building to her death.
However, not accepting the cause of death, her brother seeks out Cormoran Strike, with his nerdy side-kick Robin to help with the case. She wasn鈥檛 on loan from batman 鈥� no this was a secretary turned investigator. Not very original on both counts unfortunately.
Review and Comments
I enjoyed this book overall with some annoyances, like the safe pairing of the troubled detective and the nerdy sidekick. A road many authors have tread. The story begins with an air of mystery as to whether Lulu committed suicide, yet the book blurb describes this as a murder investigation. As this was a predictable and easy to solve mystery, it all felt a bit safe, not very adventurous and written to appeal to the masses. And of course, it has achieved that, so a job well done because this is a successful book and from it, we get a new television series.
Now onto the positives. The writing style is great for murder mystery stories and easy flowing, and although the book was too long, the pace was constant and consistent. Rowling certainly has a way with describing things, people, and places where everything felt real, possible, and authentic.
I liked the character development through the story but unfortunately was more intrigued with the victim than the investigators, whom I am going to have to like because we have a whole series with this flawed detective. That said, I confess to lots of eye rolling at the beginning when I thought 鈥� this is not very original but by the end I was liking Strike more. Let鈥檚 hope that continues.
This aside, the range and depth of the other characters was excellent. I was excited with every new character that was introduced and felt they all played a credible part in the overall story.
So, not a very exciting plot because it was so predictable but for the characterisation and the superb writing style, I am rounding this debut novel up from 3.5 stars to 4. I say debut because although gifted, Rowling has made the unusual shift from Fantasy to crime / thriller where I feel the writing style is vastly different, yet this was one of the standouts in the book.
With a character who is 鈥渦sed to playing archaeologist among the ruins of people鈥檚 traumatised memories鈥� then there is more to give in this series. methinks.
And the result is the apparent suicide of a young and talented model, Lulu Landry. Lulu lived quite a complicated life and worked in the challenging and unforgiving business, of modelling, where beauty and flawlessness is a demand, not a bonus. She also mixed in some dubious circles with unsavoury characters and many people who had an unhealthy obsession with her life and actions. Not least her adopted mother. Suffering depression and with the unrelenting demands of the job, it was immediately assumed that Lucy had jumped from a high rise building to her death.
However, not accepting the cause of death, her brother seeks out Cormoran Strike, with his nerdy side-kick Robin to help with the case. She wasn鈥檛 on loan from batman 鈥� no this was a secretary turned investigator. Not very original on both counts unfortunately.
Review and Comments
I enjoyed this book overall with some annoyances, like the safe pairing of the troubled detective and the nerdy sidekick. A road many authors have tread. The story begins with an air of mystery as to whether Lulu committed suicide, yet the book blurb describes this as a murder investigation. As this was a predictable and easy to solve mystery, it all felt a bit safe, not very adventurous and written to appeal to the masses. And of course, it has achieved that, so a job well done because this is a successful book and from it, we get a new television series.
Now onto the positives. The writing style is great for murder mystery stories and easy flowing, and although the book was too long, the pace was constant and consistent. Rowling certainly has a way with describing things, people, and places where everything felt real, possible, and authentic.
I liked the character development through the story but unfortunately was more intrigued with the victim than the investigators, whom I am going to have to like because we have a whole series with this flawed detective. That said, I confess to lots of eye rolling at the beginning when I thought 鈥� this is not very original but by the end I was liking Strike more. Let鈥檚 hope that continues.
This aside, the range and depth of the other characters was excellent. I was excited with every new character that was introduced and felt they all played a credible part in the overall story.
So, not a very exciting plot because it was so predictable but for the characterisation and the superb writing style, I am rounding this debut novel up from 3.5 stars to 4. I say debut because although gifted, Rowling has made the unusual shift from Fantasy to crime / thriller where I feel the writing style is vastly different, yet this was one of the standouts in the book.
With a character who is 鈥渦sed to playing archaeologist among the ruins of people鈥檚 traumatised memories鈥� then there is more to give in this series. methinks.
July 14, 2013
I'm a bit puzzled by the rave reviews. It's okay, but a fairly run-of-the-mill detective story. A private eye with a silly name solves a murder mystery, and there is a long exposition at the end of the how and why. The characters are quite well drawn, and the writing is competent, but I wouldn't seek out any further books with the same star.
I didn't know, when I reviewed this, that it was written by J K Rowling! But it doesn't change my view.
I didn't know, when I reviewed this, that it was written by J K Rowling! But it doesn't change my view.
June 15, 2022
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賵 賲氐賲賲賷賳 丕賱丕夭賷丕亍 丕賱賲禺賳孬賷賳 賵 丕賱毓丕乇囟丕鬲 丕賱噩丕卅毓丕鬲 亘賲卮丕賰賱賴賳 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾賷馗 賲毓馗賲賳丕
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賵 亘胤賱賷賴丕 賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 賵 爻賰乇鬲賷乇鬲賴 乇賵亘賷賳 丨賯賯丕 賱賷 丕賱丿賴卮丞 賵 丕賱鬲毓賱賯 ..賵 賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賰賮賷賳丕 賱賳爻鬲賲乇 賲毓賴賲丕 賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲 賯丕丿賲丞 ..賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 亘乇賵丨賴 丕賱賲乇丨丞 賵 丕賲丕賳鬲賴 ..亘爻丕賯賴 丕賱鬲賷 賮賯丿賴丕 賮賷 丕賱丨乇亘 賵 禺賱賮賷鬲賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱孬賯賷賱丞 :賰丕賳 賱賴 丕賱睾賱亘丞 毓賱賶 丨爻丕亘 乇賵亘賷賳 丕賱鬲賷 丕鬲賵賯毓 賱賴丕 丿賵乇 賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷 丕賰亘乇
賴匕賴 鬲賳鬲賲賷 賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 "賲賳 賮毓賱賴丕" 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷丞..賱賰賳 禺丕賱賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丕賰卮賳 賵 鬲毓鬲賲丿 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賳丕賯卮丕鬲 丕賱賲囟賱賱丞 丕賱賲胤賵賱丞 噩丿丕 賵 丕賱丕爻鬲賳鬲丕噩丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲賲賴賱丞 賵 丕賱毓亘丕乇丕鬲 "丕賱賲賮鬲丕丨賷丞" 丕賱賲鬲賰乇乇丞 賲孬賱 "丕賳 丕賱爻賷丿丞 亘乇賷爻鬲賵 賲賮乇胤丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賲丕賷丞 賵 鬲賲賱賰賷丞"!!責
賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賮 賲毓 丕賱囟丨賷丞賵 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 ..賵 賱賷爻 賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘 丕爻鬲賳鬲丕噩 賲賳 賮毓賱賴丕 丕匕丕 賰賳鬲 爻賷亍 丕賱賳賷丞 亘賲丕 賷賰賮賷 ..賵 賱賰賳 賴匕賴 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲丨爻賳 賮賷 賳氐賮賴丕 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賱匕丕 賵噩亘 丕賱氐亘乇 賯賱賷賱丕 賱賳賷賱 丕賱賲賰丕賮兀丞馃崿 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
賲噩乇丿丞 賲賳 丕賱鬲乇賮 丕賱賲鬲丕丨 賱賲賳 鬲賲 廿毓胤丕亍賴 丕賳匕丕乇丕 亘賲賵鬲賴 丕賱賵卮賷賰
賲噩乇丿 丕賱孬賵丕賳賶 丕賱鬲賷 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲賴丕 賱賰賶 鬲爻賯胤 賮賷 丕賱賴賵丕亍 毓賱賶 丕賱禺乇爻丕賳丞 亘丿鬲 丕賳賴丕 丕爻鬲賲乇鬲 丿賴乇丕..丨丕賵賱鬲 丕賱鬲賲爻賰 亘丕賷 卮賷亍 孬賲 鬲丨胤賲鬲 毓賱賶 丕乇囟 丕賱卮丕乇毓貨
鬲賱賰 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱丿賲賵賷丞 丕賱毓賳賷賮丞 賱賱毓丕乇囟丞 丕賱爻賲乇丕亍 賰丕賳鬲 賴賶 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞 毓鬲賷丿丞 亘丕乇丿丞 賰噩賵 賱賳丿賳 賵 賯丕胤賳賷賴丕 賵 卮丕乇毓 丕賱丿賳賲乇賰 賵 賲賰鬲亘 丕賱賲丨賯賯 丕賱爻乇賷 爻鬲乇丕賷賰 丕賱匕賷 賷丿禺賱賴 匕賱賰 丕賱賲丨丕賲賶 丕賱丕卮賯乇 丕賱亘丕賴鬲 丕賱賲賱丕賲丨 賱賷丨孬 賲禺亘乇賳丕 賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 毓賱賶 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賯丕鬲賱 丕禺鬲赖 丕賱爻賵亘乇 賲賵丿賷賱 丕賱爻賲乇丕亍 丕賱賮丕鬲賳丞
乇賵亘乇鬲 噩丕賱亘乇孬 / 丕賵 噩賵丕賳 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賴賷 丕丨丿 3賲丐賱賮賷賳 賮賯胤 賲賲賳 爻丕賯乇丕 賱賴賲 亘爻毓丕丿丞 丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰鬲亘賵丕 毓賳 賯賵丕毓丿 夭乇丕毓丞 丕賱噩乇噩賷乇 丕賱賵乇賵乇 賵 丕丿禺乇 丕毓賲丕賱賴賲 賱賱丕賵賯丕鬲 丕賱氐毓亘丞 馃尶 賵 賴匕丕 賱賯丕卅賷 丕賱丕賵賱 亘乇賵賱賷賳噩 禺丕乇噩 賴賵噩賵丕乇鬲爻 ..毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲丨賯賯賷賳 丕賱亘丕丨孬賷賳 賵乇丕亍 丕賱丕爻乇丕乇 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賱鬲賯賷 賲毓 毓丕賱賲 乇禺丕賲賷 賲鬲乇賮 亘丕乇丿 賲賱賷亍 亘氐丨賮 丕賱鬲丕亘賱賵賷丿
賵 亘丕賱丕孬乇賷丕亍 丕賱睾丕賲囟賷賳
賵 亘丕賱賲卮丕賴賷乇 丕賱賲丿賲賳賷賳 丕賱賲毓賯丿賷賳
賵 賲氐賲賲賷賳 丕賱丕夭賷丕亍 丕賱賲禺賳孬賷賳 賵 丕賱毓丕乇囟丕鬲 丕賱噩丕卅毓丕鬲 亘賲卮丕賰賱賴賳 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾賷馗 賲毓馗賲賳丕
賱賰賳 賰毓丕丿鬲賴丕 賱賲 鬲亘鬲毓丿 乇賵賱賷賳噩 賰孬賷乇丕 毓賳 毓丕賱賲 丕賱丕賷鬲丕賲 賵 丕賱亘賷賵鬲 丕賱亘丿賷賱丞..賵 丕賱丕爻乇丕乇 丕賱毓丕卅賱賷丞 賵丕賱丕丨賲丕賱 丕賱毓丕胤賮賷丞 丕賱夭丕卅丿丞 賮賷 賰賱 丕爻乇丞
賵 亘胤賱賷賴丕 賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 賵 爻賰乇鬲賷乇鬲賴 乇賵亘賷賳 丨賯賯丕 賱賷 丕賱丿賴卮丞 賵 丕賱鬲毓賱賯 ..賵 賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賰賮賷賳丕 賱賳爻鬲賲乇 賲毓賴賲丕 賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲 賯丕丿賲丞 ..賰賵乇賲賵乇丕賳 亘乇賵丨賴 丕賱賲乇丨丞 賵 丕賲丕賳鬲賴 ..亘爻丕賯賴 丕賱鬲賷 賮賯丿賴丕 賮賷 丕賱丨乇亘 賵 禺賱賮賷鬲賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱孬賯賷賱丞 :賰丕賳 賱賴 丕賱睾賱亘丞 毓賱賶 丨爻丕亘 乇賵亘賷賳 丕賱鬲賷 丕鬲賵賯毓 賱賴丕 丿賵乇 賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷 丕賰亘乇
賴匕賴 鬲賳鬲賲賷 賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 "賲賳 賮毓賱賴丕" 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷丞..賱賰賳 禺丕賱賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丕賰卮賳 賵 鬲毓鬲賲丿 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賳丕賯卮丕鬲 丕賱賲囟賱賱丞 丕賱賲胤賵賱丞 噩丿丕 賵 丕賱丕爻鬲賳鬲丕噩丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲賲賴賱丞 賵 丕賱毓亘丕乇丕鬲 "丕賱賲賮鬲丕丨賷丞" 丕賱賲鬲賰乇乇丞 賲孬賱 "丕賳 丕賱爻賷丿丞 亘乇賷爻鬲賵 賲賮乇胤丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賲丕賷丞 賵 鬲賲賱賰賷丞"!!責
賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賮 賲毓 丕賱囟丨賷丞賵 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 ..賵 賱賷爻 賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘 丕爻鬲賳鬲丕噩 賲賳 賮毓賱賴丕 丕匕丕 賰賳鬲 爻賷亍 丕賱賳賷丞 亘賲丕 賷賰賮賷 ..賵 賱賰賳 賴匕賴 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲丨爻賳 賮賷 賳氐賮賴丕 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賱匕丕 賵噩亘 丕賱氐亘乇 賯賱賷賱丕 賱賳賷賱 丕賱賲賰丕賮兀丞馃崿 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
April 13, 2018
Oh, wow.
I鈥檓 speechless. I am speechless at how bad this was.
The only thing that kept me from quitting altogether was the characters. The only two, to be precise.
I was more interested in Strike and Robin鈥檚 personal lives than that sorry excuse for a mystery plot.
The entire mystery/thriller (?) element of the book and the investigation process were so painfully and mind numbingly boring that not only did I forget every single character the moment they were no longer in the scene, I also seriously couldn鈥檛 care less as to who murdered the model. I just couldn鈥檛 muster the mental fibre to give a shit.
Strike and Robin were the only saving grace of this book.
I鈥檓 speechless. I am speechless at how bad this was.
The only thing that kept me from quitting altogether was the characters. The only two, to be precise.
I was more interested in Strike and Robin鈥檚 personal lives than that sorry excuse for a mystery plot.
The entire mystery/thriller (?) element of the book and the investigation process were so painfully and mind numbingly boring that not only did I forget every single character the moment they were no longer in the scene, I also seriously couldn鈥檛 care less as to who murdered the model. I just couldn鈥檛 muster the mental fibre to give a shit.
Strike and Robin were the only saving grace of this book.
September 4, 2022
I admit that I am not a great fan of contemporary detective fiction. I find most books are too grim, even perverted with gratuitous violence, or unnecessarily long-winded with too much forced, fake-philosophical contemplation from detectives instead of actual action.
So I am happy to say that I enjoyed JKR's debut detective novel a lot. The minus 1 star is for the writing, which had a superfluity of totally awkward metaphors & "artistic" descriptions & over-complicated sentences. This grated a bit at the beginning, but as the story slowly, but surely drew me in, I forgot about them.
The private detective, Cormoran Strike, was created along the much too-obvious cliche-panels of the contemporary mystery genre: ex-soldier with a past & the scars of war (a missing leg), neglected child of an uncaring mother (the rock-star father is a bit of an unexpected, but good touch), at the brink of a dysfunctional relationship, who smokes & drinks. Yet, to my surprise, I found him really likeable. His assistant, Robin was a refreshing ray of sunlight that is normally not allowed to dwell in this type of fiction, so well done, JKR.
The investigation of the crime is classically & nicely built-up: you get the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle to put the whole picture together. You are gradually introduced to the circle of potential perpetrators and presented with possible motives for the murder as you learn about the personality and background of the victim. JKR places her clues inconspicuously along with the red herrings, but you can pick them up & discover the real motive fairly early in the narrative, if not the person of the murderer. Yet, the story remains interesting till the very end.
I will most definitely read the next book of the series.
So I am happy to say that I enjoyed JKR's debut detective novel a lot. The minus 1 star is for the writing, which had a superfluity of totally awkward metaphors & "artistic" descriptions & over-complicated sentences. This grated a bit at the beginning, but as the story slowly, but surely drew me in, I forgot about them.
The private detective, Cormoran Strike, was created along the much too-obvious cliche-panels of the contemporary mystery genre: ex-soldier with a past & the scars of war (a missing leg), neglected child of an uncaring mother (the rock-star father is a bit of an unexpected, but good touch), at the brink of a dysfunctional relationship, who smokes & drinks. Yet, to my surprise, I found him really likeable. His assistant, Robin was a refreshing ray of sunlight that is normally not allowed to dwell in this type of fiction, so well done, JKR.
The investigation of the crime is classically & nicely built-up: you get the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle to put the whole picture together. You are gradually introduced to the circle of potential perpetrators and presented with possible motives for the murder as you learn about the personality and background of the victim. JKR places her clues inconspicuously along with the red herrings, but you can pick them up & discover the real motive fairly early in the narrative, if not the person of the murderer. Yet, the story remains interesting till the very end.
I will most definitely read the next book of the series.
December 8, 2017
3.5ish stars.
Far from perfect, but far from awful. Despite its many faults it's never less than highly readable and fluid. It's never particularly pulse-pounding but it somehow always held my attention.
It honestly isn't twisty or suspenseful enough for me. It's super streamlined and reads more or less like a series of neat, orderly interviews with each of the various players in the mystery. Even at the 11 o'clock reveal, there's never a sense of danger or serious tension, it's just the natural progression of things. Detective investigates mystery; detective follows lead 1; detective follows lead 2; repeat several more times; detective solves mystery; case closed.
Cormoran's a decent character but I really could have done without being told 849 times how hairy he is. It seems like Rowling goes through each of his individual body parts to describe how hairy they all are. Maybe someone can explain to me why he has hot psychos and supermodels all wanting to bed him... Robin has plenty of page time but she really should have been featured a lot more! She's one of the best things the novel has going for it.
I'm down to read book 2 but not in a rush.
Far from perfect, but far from awful. Despite its many faults it's never less than highly readable and fluid. It's never particularly pulse-pounding but it somehow always held my attention.
It honestly isn't twisty or suspenseful enough for me. It's super streamlined and reads more or less like a series of neat, orderly interviews with each of the various players in the mystery. Even at the 11 o'clock reveal, there's never a sense of danger or serious tension, it's just the natural progression of things. Detective investigates mystery; detective follows lead 1; detective follows lead 2; repeat several more times; detective solves mystery; case closed.
Cormoran's a decent character but I really could have done without being told 849 times how hairy he is. It seems like Rowling goes through each of his individual body parts to describe how hairy they all are. Maybe someone can explain to me why he has hot psychos and supermodels all wanting to bed him... Robin has plenty of page time but she really should have been featured a lot more! She's one of the best things the novel has going for it.
I'm down to read book 2 but not in a rush.
May 16, 2018
A hard-boiled mystery about the suspicious suicide of a supermodel and a curmudgeon as the detective, who delves into the underground world of the rich and famous, daring to ask questions no one else will.
This was the first book I've ever...wait for it... read by writing under a pseudonym as Robert Galbraith. Is this your reaction?
Or perhaps, you look a little like this?
I know, I know.. where have I been? How could I have never read the Harry Potter series? To be honest, the hell if I know. In addition, I'm not a big fan of the fantasy genre. Anyhow, this was a great mystery novel. Although I figured out the "who-dunnit," I didn't wholly realize who it was until the last 50 pages. There were some parts that lagged, but overall, the writing was very well executed. I can't compare it to any of her other books, as I haven't read them, but if you like mysteries, especially those of the "who-dunnit" variety, you will definitely eat this one up.
This was the first book I've ever...wait for it... read by writing under a pseudonym as Robert Galbraith. Is this your reaction?
Or perhaps, you look a little like this?
I know, I know.. where have I been? How could I have never read the Harry Potter series? To be honest, the hell if I know. In addition, I'm not a big fan of the fantasy genre. Anyhow, this was a great mystery novel. Although I figured out the "who-dunnit," I didn't wholly realize who it was until the last 50 pages. There were some parts that lagged, but overall, the writing was very well executed. I can't compare it to any of her other books, as I haven't read them, but if you like mysteries, especially those of the "who-dunnit" variety, you will definitely eat this one up.
December 5, 2021
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禺氐賵氐丕賸 禺賵丿 丕爻鬲乇丕蹖讴
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賲鬲兀爻賮丕賳賴 爻丕賳爻賵乇賴丕卮 夭蹖丕丿 亘賵丿. 丿乇 丨丿 爻丕賳爻賵乇 丌亘噩賵 :|
丿乇 丕氐賱 3.5 亘丕蹖丿 亘丿賲卮 賵賱蹖 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丕爻鬲乇丕蹖讴 賵 乇丕亘蹖賳 賴賲賵賳 4
July 1, 2017
I鈥檓 about to reveal my secret!!!!!!!! I have purchased lots and lots of Harry Potter鈥檚 books 鈥� you know the time that every small and big kid wanted one鈥�.well, I gave them out as birthday and Christmas presents鈥�.but me鈥�. I haven鈥檛 read any of them鈥�.though my son devoured each book and I have the entire series in my bookcase鈥 just haven鈥檛 had that 鈥渞ead me, read me鈥� pull鈥�.Yes, truly!!!.
I started book #1 and gave up after a couple of chapters. I know鈥�.I should have persevered but I did not鈥︹€�.maybe one day鈥t did take me over 30 years to read the Lord of the Rings books (which I totally loved)...so who knows!! But wait, I am not doing a review on Harry Potter or Frodo! I鈥檓 writing about a totally different book altogether and the only connection to Magical Harry P is the author.
That鈥檚 right!!! A more different genre could have never been guessed by us veracious readers!!!鈥� And if you haven鈥檛 read all the hype about her writing something not in same genre of Harry P and using a pseudonym鈥hen you must be one of the very few people on this planet!! And if anyone ever believed that it was 鈥渙vers鈥� for JK after the epic and magical saga of Harry P..let me just say how wrong they would be!!! Yes, even despite all the hype and build-up.
A Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling by Robert Galbraith a.k.a J.K. Rolling is actually pretty good. No magic wands, no potions, witches and spells鈥ere we have a good, gripping, and interesting mystery tale filled with supermodels, fame, family, murder, betrayal, greed that introduces a character that is not your hero norm, but wow鈥�..by the end of the book鈥�.he鈥檚 become one of those unforgettable fiction characters that stay with you for a long time.
I loved the take on rockstars!!!!!!!!!!!
The writing style is really great - elegant prose that flows beautifully, keeping you turning page after page.
I loved the Englishness in this story鈥︹€�..I really smiled reading this鈥︹€︹€�
and gothic London 
are so vividly written that you can feel the cold,
the grayness 
and menace that surrounds this world of rock stars, supermodels, designers and the paparazzi.Incredible sense of place and characters that brings it and them all to life.
Allright鈥�.let me just say 鈥� get this book, not because it鈥檚 a J.K. Rowling only but that it鈥檚 a great mystery read.
Some quotes that I thought were great鈥�..
I started book #1 and gave up after a couple of chapters. I know鈥�.I should have persevered but I did not鈥︹€�.maybe one day鈥t did take me over 30 years to read the Lord of the Rings books (which I totally loved)...so who knows!! But wait, I am not doing a review on Harry Potter or Frodo! I鈥檓 writing about a totally different book altogether and the only connection to Magical Harry P is the author.
That鈥檚 right!!! A more different genre could have never been guessed by us veracious readers!!!鈥� And if you haven鈥檛 read all the hype about her writing something not in same genre of Harry P and using a pseudonym鈥hen you must be one of the very few people on this planet!! And if anyone ever believed that it was 鈥渙vers鈥� for JK after the epic and magical saga of Harry P..let me just say how wrong they would be!!! Yes, even despite all the hype and build-up.
A Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling by Robert Galbraith a.k.a J.K. Rolling is actually pretty good. No magic wands, no potions, witches and spells鈥ere we have a good, gripping, and interesting mystery tale filled with supermodels, fame, family, murder, betrayal, greed that introduces a character that is not your hero norm, but wow鈥�..by the end of the book鈥�.he鈥檚 become one of those unforgettable fiction characters that stay with you for a long time.
I loved the take on rockstars!!!!!!!!!!!
鈥淟ike other inveterate womanizers Strike had encountered, Duffield鈥檚 voice and mannerisms were slightly camp. Perhaps such men became feminized by prolonged immersion in women鈥檚 company, or perhaps it was a way of disarming their quarry.鈥�Cormoran Strike is a private investigator whose business is not doing too well. One-legged (lost the other in Afghanistan fighting for Britain!!), overweight, bad dresser, not handsome in the least, homeless and living in his office 鈥� a total underdog!! Really!! his father, the ageing rock star who never married Cormoran鈥檚 dead groupie mother, is even demand interest on a loan he made to C!!! But under all that is an honorable and honest human being and that鈥檚 what pulls you in and has you wanting him to win all the obstacles in his life.
鈥淪trike was used to playing archaeologist among the ruins of people鈥檚 traumatized memories;鈥�Besides C, there are so many other memorable characters. Robin, his secretary was the other favorite of mine in this story
鈥淩obin was disposed to feel desperately sorry for anyone with a less fortunate love life than her own 鈥� if desperate pity could describe the exquisite pleasure she actually felt at the thought of her own comparative paradise.鈥�, about a murder of Lula Landry, a supermodel.
The writing style is really great - elegant prose that flows beautifully, keeping you turning page after page.
I loved the Englishness in this story鈥︹€�..I really smiled reading this鈥︹€︹€�
She looked away from him, drawing hard on her Rothman鈥檚; when her mouth puckered into hard little lines around the cigarette, it looked like a cat鈥檚 anus.The imagery鈥︹€�
鈥淵eah,鈥� he said.The settings in a dark
Duffield had returned, holding another drink, cleaving his way back through the crowd, whose faces revolved after him, tugged by his aura. His legs in their tight jeans were like black pipe cleaners, and with his darkly smudged eyes he looked like a Pierrot gone bad.
and gothic London are so vividly written that you can feel the cold, the grayness and menace that surrounds this world of rock stars, supermodels, designers and the paparazzi.Incredible sense of place and characters that brings it and them all to life.Allright鈥�.let me just say 鈥� get this book, not because it鈥檚 a J.K. Rowling only but that it鈥檚 a great mystery read.
Some quotes that I thought were great鈥�..
鈥淗ow easy it was to capitalize on a person鈥檚 own bent for self-destruction; how simple to nudge them into non-being, then to stand back and shrug and agree that it had been the inevitable result of a chaotic, catastrophic life.鈥�How true is this????
鈥淭he dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.鈥�
鈥淐ouples tended to be of roughly equivalent personal attractiveness, though of course factors such as money often seemed to secure a partner of significantly better looks than oneself.鈥�And yes, I am hoping we get a bit more of Cormoran Strike. I loved his way of solving the case and it would make a great series.
March 19, 2016
16 Jul' 2013
Full confession:
Pfft yeah, I totally did grab this after I heard it was written by JK Rowling?
Mostly because I hadn't even heard of this book prior to the news. But the blurb itself makes it sound like my type of novel on a cold, rainy day, regardless of the author.
Look, I'd like to pretend as if I were one of those people who wouldn't give a limp banana that Rowling wrote this book. I'd love to have the same level of self-restraint to cringe my nose in disgust and walk away from the bandwagon.
But, so help me God, I do love Rowling's every bit of written word, and I cannot keep away from her dry British humour, her morbidly fascinating characters, and the thoroughness she puts into her work.
So, prigs to the left, please.
***
I knew Rowling was writing a crime novel for adults, which is why I was a little more than baffled when I picked up The Casual Vacancy and found it far from the murder-mystery I had been anticipating.
This -- The Cuckoo's Calling -- is that murder-mystery I have long been salivating over. And the long wait definitely paid off; I was not disappointed.
It starts on a grim, curious note. A young celebrity has died, plummeting to her untimely doom. And as Rowling does best, a note of glorified tension permeated this opening, drawing us from the very first turn of the page, into Lula Landry's tragic fate.
What follows is the investigation into her death, formally written off as mental-health-induced suicide, by the most unlikely of all heroes: Cormoran Strike and his assistant, Robin.
If you imagine a dashing, more contemporary version of Sherlock Holmes -- perhaps one Benedict Cumberbatch in all his dreamy-eyed glory -- you better put your panties back on because Strike is no poster-boy:
But no less do we come to admire this former military man. He is quick, he is astute, and he is very much human. Like always, the best part of Rowling's work is her ability to craft such life-like characters , whose problems and thoughts echo only too real, that no matter how bizarre or spectacular the events, we never for a second lose our immersion in the authenticity of her world.
The amount of care put into every description really does show in her prose. The small, contextual humour she manages to sneak into the narrative makes it feel as if we were sharing a secret.
This novel managed to be stimulating, engaging, and touching at the same time. As leisurely as the plot unfolds, never did I lose interest in Strike's investigation. My favourite fact being that there actually was an investigation! (cue the gasps)
We are taken along for the ride; no clues or tidbits are left out from us readers, bereaving us from the chance of making our own accusations. No, we are kept invested in the outcome of Strike's investigation as if we were part of it ourselves. My suspicions shifted from one character to another, never making The Cuckoo's Calling a predictable nor boring read.
Strike and Robin's relationship -- initially tip-toeing on propriety -- admittedly worried me at first. This is where you know you've read one too many Young-Adult or self-proclaimed "Adult" novels, and actually expect Rowling to do the unforgivable and use the opportunity to build up romantic tension and, God forbid, the dreaded Love Triangle.
But this is Rowling we are talking about, and she steered way clear off that iceberg. Our two protagonists' chemistry remained friendly, albeit a little professional, before turning into the warm relationship a tutor might have with his apprentice. Of course if future books take this into another direction, we will see how I take it. In the meantime, I am keeping my fingers crossed.
It is dynamics such as these -- between characters, within characters -- that makes The Cuckoo's Calling such a multi-faceted and descriptive novel. We see characters through many others' eyes, and yet we are left to make our own judgements, never having our thoughts made up for us like so many writers attempt to do.
The peak of the novel, although not exactly a new or never-before-seen turn of events, still came out as a surprise for me. The small details collided into a seamless blanket that covered everything nice and smoothly. I was very satisfied with the ending; no questions left unanswered, no forced bit of cliffhanger to goad us into buying the next book ...
So yes, I jumped on this bandwagon. And I do not regret it one bit.
***
> My review of The Silkworm
> My review of Career of Evil
> You can also find more reviews at
Full confession:
Pfft yeah, I totally did grab this after I heard it was written by JK Rowling?
Mostly because I hadn't even heard of this book prior to the news. But the blurb itself makes it sound like my type of novel on a cold, rainy day, regardless of the author.
Look, I'd like to pretend as if I were one of those people who wouldn't give a limp banana that Rowling wrote this book. I'd love to have the same level of self-restraint to cringe my nose in disgust and walk away from the bandwagon.
But, so help me God, I do love Rowling's every bit of written word, and I cannot keep away from her dry British humour, her morbidly fascinating characters, and the thoroughness she puts into her work.
So, prigs to the left, please.
***
Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?
You should have died at the apple's dropping,
when the grasshopper comes to trouble,
and the wheat-fields are sodden stubble,
And all the winds go sighing,
for sweet things dying.
-Christina G. Rossetti, "A Dirge"
I knew Rowling was writing a crime novel for adults, which is why I was a little more than baffled when I picked up The Casual Vacancy and found it far from the murder-mystery I had been anticipating.
This -- The Cuckoo's Calling -- is that murder-mystery I have long been salivating over. And the long wait definitely paid off; I was not disappointed.
It starts on a grim, curious note. A young celebrity has died, plummeting to her untimely doom. And as Rowling does best, a note of glorified tension permeated this opening, drawing us from the very first turn of the page, into Lula Landry's tragic fate.
What follows is the investigation into her death, formally written off as mental-health-induced suicide, by the most unlikely of all heroes: Cormoran Strike and his assistant, Robin.
If you imagine a dashing, more contemporary version of Sherlock Holmes -- perhaps one Benedict Cumberbatch in all his dreamy-eyed glory -- you better put your panties back on because Strike is no poster-boy:
Her accidental assailant was massive; his height, his general hairiness, coupled with a gently expanding belly, suggested a grizzly bear.
But no less do we come to admire this former military man. He is quick, he is astute, and he is very much human. Like always, the best part of Rowling's work is her ability to craft such life-like characters , whose problems and thoughts echo only too real, that no matter how bizarre or spectacular the events, we never for a second lose our immersion in the authenticity of her world.
The amount of care put into every description really does show in her prose. The small, contextual humour she manages to sneak into the narrative makes it feel as if we were sharing a secret.
This novel managed to be stimulating, engaging, and touching at the same time. As leisurely as the plot unfolds, never did I lose interest in Strike's investigation. My favourite fact being that there actually was an investigation! (cue the gasps)
We are taken along for the ride; no clues or tidbits are left out from us readers, bereaving us from the chance of making our own accusations. No, we are kept invested in the outcome of Strike's investigation as if we were part of it ourselves. My suspicions shifted from one character to another, never making The Cuckoo's Calling a predictable nor boring read.
Strike and Robin's relationship -- initially tip-toeing on propriety -- admittedly worried me at first. This is where you know you've read one too many Young-Adult or self-proclaimed "Adult" novels, and actually expect Rowling to do the unforgivable and use the opportunity to build up romantic tension and, God forbid, the dreaded Love Triangle.
But this is Rowling we are talking about, and she steered way clear off that iceberg. Our two protagonists' chemistry remained friendly, albeit a little professional, before turning into the warm relationship a tutor might have with his apprentice. Of course if future books take this into another direction, we will see how I take it. In the meantime, I am keeping my fingers crossed.
It is dynamics such as these -- between characters, within characters -- that makes The Cuckoo's Calling such a multi-faceted and descriptive novel. We see characters through many others' eyes, and yet we are left to make our own judgements, never having our thoughts made up for us like so many writers attempt to do.
The peak of the novel, although not exactly a new or never-before-seen turn of events, still came out as a surprise for me. The small details collided into a seamless blanket that covered everything nice and smoothly. I was very satisfied with the ending; no questions left unanswered, no forced bit of cliffhanger to goad us into buying the next book ...
So yes, I jumped on this bandwagon. And I do not regret it one bit.
***
> My review of The Silkworm
> My review of Career of Evil
> You can also find more reviews at
May 25, 2020
Cormoran, Cormoran, Cormoran.
I'm not sure if it is Cormoran the character, or Cormoran the narrator for the audiobooks, that I love so much, but either way, I'm in love.
Robert Glenister's voice IS Cormoran, it's just absolute perfection.
This story was right up my alley. I love characters like Strike. Gritty and flawed, yet super intelligent, humble and genuine.
Additionally, I truly enjoyed the chemistry between him and his accidental assistant, Robin. I can't wait to watch their relationship grow as the series continues.
The mystery element was strong as well. It never let up and the police procedural aspects of Cormoran's investigation felt spot on. I will definitely be continuing with this series!
Well done, JKR, my Queen!
I'm not sure if it is Cormoran the character, or Cormoran the narrator for the audiobooks, that I love so much, but either way, I'm in love.
Robert Glenister's voice IS Cormoran, it's just absolute perfection.
This story was right up my alley. I love characters like Strike. Gritty and flawed, yet super intelligent, humble and genuine.
Additionally, I truly enjoyed the chemistry between him and his accidental assistant, Robin. I can't wait to watch their relationship grow as the series continues.
The mystery element was strong as well. It never let up and the police procedural aspects of Cormoran's investigation felt spot on. I will definitely be continuing with this series!
Well done, JKR, my Queen!
November 1, 2020
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After reading I had decided that I probably wouldn鈥檛 read any of her adult fiction books. I didn鈥檛 expect it to be like Harry Potter but I really wasn鈥檛 expecting it to be more of a character study and it was really bleak. I was depressed after reading it. I mention this because I didn鈥檛 have very high hopes going into The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling and therefore I am pleasantly surprised.
This is a pretty straight up who-dun-it. There isn鈥檛 a lot of action or anything like that it is an intellectual, interview the people and come up with the big picture. Think Rockford Files, Simon and Simon, Nancy Drew, Angel (without the vampires). I鈥檝e read where some people figured it out and knew who the killer was and to them I say BRAVO鈥uz I failed completely. Yes, all the clues were there and I should have been able to put it all together but I looked left when I totally should have looked right and so I was surprised. But I totally like it when I鈥檓 fooled.
Strike is a likeable enough fellow. He is a bit down on his luck both professionally and personally but that is not going to stop him from trying to get something done. I was rooting for Strike he is pretty likable as a down-and-out-just-trying-to-pick-up-the-pieces-character.
He has a very easy repore with people and a way of getting them to talk, controlling the situation without seeming like he is controlling the situation and he was a bit of a romantic in some ways even if his own romance was completely in the toilet.
Robin his new temporary secretary has always dreamed of a job like this, even if her new employer doesn鈥檛 seem excited to have her there. But she is going to make the most of this experience while she is looking for a permanent position. This was a very good start to a working relationship and hmmm鈥�.could it go in the direction of a romantic entanglement eventually. Well Robin does have a fianc茅 now but things can change. Can鈥檛 they? I definitely see a budding relationship of some sort there, whether it turns into a strong friendship later or more I鈥檒l be fine either way. But I think that dress will cause some problems...tehee
Overall it was a decent mystery and I enjoyed the interviews with the various characters. There is quite a bit about Strike, his past, his current stalker and I liked diving into all of that. It made him feel far more real to me. I will definitely be continuing on with this pseudonym of J.K Rowling.
I鈥檓 adding this just because it was my favorite conversation of the book and I do love drunken declarations. Strike is a bit of a romantic isn鈥檛 he
After reading I had decided that I probably wouldn鈥檛 read any of her adult fiction books. I didn鈥檛 expect it to be like Harry Potter but I really wasn鈥檛 expecting it to be more of a character study and it was really bleak. I was depressed after reading it. I mention this because I didn鈥檛 have very high hopes going into The Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling and therefore I am pleasantly surprised.
This is a pretty straight up who-dun-it. There isn鈥檛 a lot of action or anything like that it is an intellectual, interview the people and come up with the big picture. Think Rockford Files, Simon and Simon, Nancy Drew, Angel (without the vampires). I鈥檝e read where some people figured it out and knew who the killer was and to them I say BRAVO鈥uz I failed completely. Yes, all the clues were there and I should have been able to put it all together but I looked left when I totally should have looked right and so I was surprised. But I totally like it when I鈥檓 fooled.
Strike is a likeable enough fellow. He is a bit down on his luck both professionally and personally but that is not going to stop him from trying to get something done. I was rooting for Strike he is pretty likable as a down-and-out-just-trying-to-pick-up-the-pieces-character.
鈥淥ther people his age had houses and washing machines, cars and television sets, furniture and gardens and mountain bikes and lawnmowers: he had four boxes of crap, and a set of matchless memories.鈥�
He has a very easy repore with people and a way of getting them to talk, controlling the situation without seeming like he is controlling the situation and he was a bit of a romantic in some ways even if his own romance was completely in the toilet.
Robin his new temporary secretary has always dreamed of a job like this, even if her new employer doesn鈥檛 seem excited to have her there. But she is going to make the most of this experience while she is looking for a permanent position. This was a very good start to a working relationship and hmmm鈥�.could it go in the direction of a romantic entanglement eventually. Well Robin does have a fianc茅 now but things can change. Can鈥檛 they? I definitely see a budding relationship of some sort there, whether it turns into a strong friendship later or more I鈥檒l be fine either way. But I think that dress will cause some problems...tehee
Overall it was a decent mystery and I enjoyed the interviews with the various characters. There is quite a bit about Strike, his past, his current stalker and I liked diving into all of that. It made him feel far more real to me. I will definitely be continuing on with this pseudonym of J.K Rowling.
I鈥檓 adding this just because it was my favorite conversation of the book and I do love drunken declarations. Strike is a bit of a romantic isn鈥檛 he
September 7, 2022
3.5*
Likable but could have been better with some some editing. I felt like it was too long and hence a drag at times.
Likable but could have been better with some some editing. I felt like it was too long and hence a drag at times.
August 7, 2013
When it was revealed that J.K. Rowling had written a novel under the pseudonym, Robert Galbraith; I knew I had to read it. Rowling filled my childhood with magic, intrigue, and beauty with her Harry Potter series so I was eager to read her sophomore adult novel. It angers me how Rowling was betrayed by a friend who had revealed that she was the genius behind The Cuckoo's Calling. Every cloud does have it's silver lining and now, millions of people will be introduced to a clever mystery noir. Another silver lining is that Rowling will be donating her royalties from The Cuckoo's Calling to charity for the next 3 years. I'm still angered how someone could have betrayed Rowling in such a cruel manner.
The Cuckoo's Calling is a much stronger novel than The Casual Vacancy and will definitely appeal to a wider audience than her adult debut. The Cuckoo's Calling is filled with all of Rowling's signature wit and charm that readers love. It's extremely evident from the writing style that Rowling still has the ability to create a tour de force, a novel that will definitely be looked on fondly 50 years in the future. This novel is a triumphant return for the Queen of Literature and it proves that J.K's domain and prowess doesn't just extend to children's literature.
This is an impressive piece of literature that is filled with immense intrigue and mystery. Albeit the beginning does have it's faults and is a tad slow-paced, this novel was extremely riveting. From start to finish, The Cuckoo's Calling does have it's share of dull moments, but they are overshadowed by the brilliance of Cormoran Strike. This is the mystery novel that I've been waiting for!
This novel has all of the star qualities of Stieg Larsson's novel and BBC's Sherlock. Cormoran actually really reminded me of Dr. Watson from BBC's Sherlock (Martin Freeman). Maybe it's because of their military past or that they both are a bit troubled? I really liked Cormoran, but I thought that he should confront his girlfriend and move on. I wasn't a huge fan of Robin, Cormoran's secretary because I never learned too much about her. I really didn't like how Robin put up with her boyfriend, Matthew (I think) who kept on bossing her around and Robin didn't really act like anything was wrong with that. The whole plotline with Robin was extremely predictable right from when she was interested and was too simplistic.
The mystery in The Cuckoo's Calling is well-throughout with just enough intrigue to keep me peeled to the page. I actually had no idea who the killer was throughout the novel; I had my incorrect suspicions though. I really liked how Rowling explored the world of the media and celebrities in such an unique and unusual way. You never really see celebrities as actual people in novels, they are usually portrayed as these untouchable gods that ordinary people have to gloat over. The fact that Rowling to decide to add a layer of vulnerability to Landry, added an interesting touch to this book.
The Cuckoo's Calling is a novel worthy of immense praise. I'll admit that the only reason I read this book was because it was written by Rowling. I'm definitely eagerly awaiting the next installment in the Comoran Strike series and I can't wait to see what antics Strike and Robin get into next. Color me surprised, but I really enjoyed The Cuckoo's Calling!
March 16, 2025
4.5 猸�
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袣芯褉屑芯褉邪薪 械 蟹邪斜械谢械卸懈褌械谢械薪 褔邪褋褌械薪 写械褌械泻褌懈胁, 泻芯泄褌芯 械 胁械褌械褉邪薪 芯褌 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪 懈 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 屑褍 械 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪 褋 褌褉褍写薪芯褋褌懈. 袧械谐芯胁邪褌邪 薪芯胁邪 褋械泻褉械褌邪褉泻邪 袪芯斜懈薪 锌褗泻 械 屑薪芯谐芯 懈薪褌械谢懈谐械薪褌薪邪, 泻邪褌芯 写胁邪屑邪褌邪 锌芯褋褌械锌械薪薪芯 褋械 锌褉械胁褉褗褖邪褌 胁 写芯斜褗褉 械泻懈锌. 袣芯褉屑芯褉邪薪 薪械芯褔邪泻胁邪薪芯 械 薪邪械褌 写邪 褉邪蟹褋谢械写胁邪 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯褌芯 褋邪屑芯褍斜懈泄褋褌胁芯 薪邪 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪邪 屑邪薪械泻械薪泻邪, 锌芯薪械卸械 薪械泄薪懈褟褌 斜褉邪褌 褋屑褟褌邪, 褔械 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 械 褍斜懈褌邪. 小谢褍褔邪褟褌 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪 写芯褋褌邪 蟹邪锌谢械褌械薪 懈 褋械 锌芯谢褍褔邪胁邪褌 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪懈 芯斜褉邪褌懈...
袦薪芯谐芯 褏褍斜邪胁 泻褉懈屑懈薪邪谢械薪 褉芯屑邪薪... 鈥炐椥拘惭娧� 薪邪 泻褍泻褍胁懈褑邪褌邪鈥� 械 褋谢芯卸械薪 懈 褍胁谢械泻邪褌械谢薪芯 锌芯写薪械褋械薪, 褌邪泻邪 褔械 薪械褋褗屑薪械薪芯 械 褋锌芯谢褍褔谢懈胁 写械斜褞褌 胁 写械褌械泻褌懈胁褋泻懈褟 卸邪薪褉! 袛卸芯邪薪 袪芯褍谢懈薪谐 锌褉械薪邪褋褟 懈 胁 薪械谐芯 屑邪谐懈褟褌邪 薪邪 写芯斜褉芯褌芯 锌懈褋邪薪械, 泻芯褟褌芯 褍胁械褉械薪芯 胁谢邪写械械, 褌褗泄 泻邪褌芯 芯褌薪芯胁芯 褋谢邪写泻芯写褍屑薪芯 懈 褋 谢械泻芯褌邪 胁褗胁谢懈褔邪 褔懈褌邪褌械谢懈褌械 胁 褋胁芯褟褌邪 褌胁芯褉斜邪, 泻邪泻褌芯 懈 胁薪懈屑邪褌械谢薪芯 懈蟹谐褉邪卸写邪 泻芯谢芯褉懈褌薪懈 懈 胁褗谢薪褍胁邪褖懈 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸懈. 小邪屑芯褌芯 泻褉懈屑懈薪邪谢械 屑懈 褏邪褉械褋邪 褍屑械褉械薪芯 懈 懈屑邪褏 锌芯-谐芯谢械屑懈 芯褔邪泻胁邪薪懈褟, 薪芯 谐械褉芯懈褌械 懈 褌械褏薪懈褌械 胁蟹邪懈屑芯芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟, 泻邪泻褌芯 懈 褑褟谢芯褋褌薪邪褌邪 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪, 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 屑械 褋锌械褔械谢懈褏邪!
袣芯褉屑芯褉邪薪 械 蟹邪斜械谢械卸懈褌械谢械薪 褔邪褋褌械薪 写械褌械泻褌懈胁, 泻芯泄褌芯 械 胁械褌械褉邪薪 芯褌 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪 懈 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 屑褍 械 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪 褋 褌褉褍写薪芯褋褌懈. 袧械谐芯胁邪褌邪 薪芯胁邪 褋械泻褉械褌邪褉泻邪 袪芯斜懈薪 锌褗泻 械 屑薪芯谐芯 懈薪褌械谢懈谐械薪褌薪邪, 泻邪褌芯 写胁邪屑邪褌邪 锌芯褋褌械锌械薪薪芯 褋械 锌褉械胁褉褗褖邪褌 胁 写芯斜褗褉 械泻懈锌. 袣芯褉屑芯褉邪薪 薪械芯褔邪泻胁邪薪芯 械 薪邪械褌 写邪 褉邪蟹褋谢械写胁邪 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯褌芯 褋邪屑芯褍斜懈泄褋褌胁芯 薪邪 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪邪 屑邪薪械泻械薪泻邪, 锌芯薪械卸械 薪械泄薪懈褟褌 斜褉邪褌 褋屑褟褌邪, 褔械 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 械 褍斜懈褌邪. 小谢褍褔邪褟褌 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪 写芯褋褌邪 蟹邪锌谢械褌械薪 懈 褋械 锌芯谢褍褔邪胁邪褌 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪懈 芯斜褉邪褌懈...
May 12, 2013
Two words for this: simply stunning.
Cormoran Strike is my new hero. What an absolutely fantastic character Robert Galbraith has created. I just love everything about him, his size, his lovely caring attitude and his fearless quest to uncover the truth of the apparent suicide of Lula Landry, supermodel.
Coromoran is hired by Lula's adoptive brother, John Bristow, to investigate her death as he doesn't believe she committed suicide, albeit the Police do and have ruled it so. There is also the very suspicious uncle of Lula and John, one Tony Landry, who is their mother's brother. John Bristow has hired Cormoran as he remembered him being friends with his younger brother. Charlie, who had sadly died at aged eight many years before.
There then follows one of the best investigations I have had the pleasure of reading, and I honestly thought I had been watching a drama on TV as the characters are so vividly described, together with the whole process of Coromoran's extremely sharp brain.
The writing is delicious and extremely descriptive and I literally couldn't put the book down until I had finished it, it was only my sleep deprived eyes that made me put it down each night!
I think we have a new PI on the block now, so everyone had better watch out as he is good, very very good. Robin is his very very likeable and extremely efficient secretary and I love her commitment to Cormoran and his failing investigative business.
I do have one complaint about this book and that is that it had to end. I am now left feeling extremely sad that I don't have Strike and Robin in my life and will have to wait until the sequel (hopefully) is out. Please please take note Mr Galbraith!
Very high recommended. 20/10.
Cormoran Strike is my new hero. What an absolutely fantastic character Robert Galbraith has created. I just love everything about him, his size, his lovely caring attitude and his fearless quest to uncover the truth of the apparent suicide of Lula Landry, supermodel.
Coromoran is hired by Lula's adoptive brother, John Bristow, to investigate her death as he doesn't believe she committed suicide, albeit the Police do and have ruled it so. There is also the very suspicious uncle of Lula and John, one Tony Landry, who is their mother's brother. John Bristow has hired Cormoran as he remembered him being friends with his younger brother. Charlie, who had sadly died at aged eight many years before.
There then follows one of the best investigations I have had the pleasure of reading, and I honestly thought I had been watching a drama on TV as the characters are so vividly described, together with the whole process of Coromoran's extremely sharp brain.
The writing is delicious and extremely descriptive and I literally couldn't put the book down until I had finished it, it was only my sleep deprived eyes that made me put it down each night!
I think we have a new PI on the block now, so everyone had better watch out as he is good, very very good. Robin is his very very likeable and extremely efficient secretary and I love her commitment to Cormoran and his failing investigative business.
I do have one complaint about this book and that is that it had to end. I am now left feeling extremely sad that I don't have Strike and Robin in my life and will have to wait until the sequel (hopefully) is out. Please please take note Mr Galbraith!
Very high recommended. 20/10.
July 3, 2019
1.) The Cuckoo's Calling 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
2.) The Silkworm 鈽呪槄鈽�
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SO GOOD. I literally had NO IDEA who the killer was until the very end. Jo is such a clever woman!
2.) The Silkworm 鈽呪槄鈽�
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SO GOOD. I literally had NO IDEA who the killer was until the very end. Jo is such a clever woman!
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