The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (you know JK Rowling)
AND I AM disappointed.
I love mystery. Nancy Drew was bae when I was a kid. I ripped through them as a kid so I really thought I would actually enjoy this.
A model who killed herself...or did she? DUN DUN DUN! HOW COOL IS THAT PLOT?! BUT IT FELL SO FLAT. (pun intended)
The side characters were more fascinating than Strike and Robin. I did not care for them AT ALL. They just seem whiny and I felt like the book really focused too much on them instead of the mystery aspect of the book, which bothered me.
As a reader, you were never sure what Strike was thinking of the case or who was the killer unless he told someone else. I understand that was a choice Galbraith chose to make it more suspenseful but it was just frustrating and honestly, cheap. Most of the story was told only via through Strike talking to someone or tales and it's just lazy storytelling to me. I kept waiting for an "aha!" moment and I never got one.
I don't mind too much for slow moving plots as long as it pays off and it just did not pay off for me.
As of right now I'm not continuing. I might later. Is the next one better because I read the summary and it seems cool but I'm not sure. Let me know.
Rating: 1.5 Stars
TLDR; boring main characters, NOT NANCY DREW
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