The Running Grave: Cormoran Strike Book 7

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I was spoiled on the ending of the book yesterday in my comments by an anti-author troll. It is what it is.

I've always said that Strike and Robin's relationship exist in a kind of adolescent/tween bubble, amplified by the often lascivious nature of their investigations. At best, we might get a Ron/Hermione outcome, where thing finally happen at the very end of the last book.

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Seventh Strike novel to publish this September, in the tenth anniversary year of the bestselling series by Robert Galbraith One of the ironies of this series is how two detectives can be so perceptive and astute, yet so clueless about their own mutual attraction. It’s been brilliant to see the enormous success of the Robert Galbraith books over the past ten years and an honour to publish them. With over 11 million copies sold in the English language to date, the story of Strike and Robin has captured readers’ imaginations and, like so many others, I can’t wait to see what happens to them over the course of the final four books in the series.’ David Shelley, Group Chief Executive, Hachette UK

Then the part about the mystery…The subject matter heavily resembling the kind of toxicity that has been hurled at the author herself is extremely engrossing. The kind of social media hatred that can be created to hamper an individual, is explored thoroughly by the author. NOPE, there is nothing about TRANSGENDER phobia portrayed in the story, and in fact, you have to give it to her for producing such a detailed and in-depth study of the masks that hides the faces in social media.To be honest, I had no intention of reading or reviewing another book by JKR. I’d be good if I never heard her name again. She once wrote a brilliant series of children’s books that teaches nothing so much as the importance of love and tolerance. And since then she’s forgotten that lesson, exposed her own flaws, and written six adult books of varying quality ( The Casual Vacancy was not very good, the early Cormoran Strike books were solid). I doubt I'd have had much time to read it last week anyway. I've been very busy. I spent all Sunday at my cousin's baby shower, for example. Returning actors include Kerr Logan (Alias Grace, Showtrial) as Matthew, Sarah Sweeney (Bastard Executioner, Cider With Rosie) as Lucy, and Ben Crompton (Game Of Thrones, Rebecca) as Shanker. This has been an extremely political book. At least, socio-politically aggressive and in-your-face. Still, it's been clever in not having either main character express a clear political bias. And there is far too much detail about Strike and Robin’s detective agency – they have clients on the go other than Will’s family, who are endlessly described, which seems neither necessary nor a good idea. When Rowling starts telling us the shift patterns of the employees you think this really is getting out of hand.

JKR is free to write whatever she wants. But I do wonder how many people care about a story that 1) is inspired by a literal billionaire whining that a bunch of her fans stopped liking her because they formed their own opinions about her publicly stated opinions, and 2) has the premise that it is the wealthy, powerful person who is in mortal danger at the hands of some secret conspiracy of wokeness, as opposed to the all-to-real violence actually perpetrated against marginalized communities. Anticipating mean and malicious harassment, I should have finished the book faster. But, as I said in an earlier update, my book arrived a week late. So, it can't be helped.

Notes: Political but even-handed, left and right get reprimanded, merits weight, no novelette, it makes you hate the internet. Again, we have an example of mirroring. The restaurant scene in Whitstable is essentially identical to the Ritz scene at the start. Sullivan, Kevin P. (24 September 2015). "New details about J.K. Rowling's BBC series revealed". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 9 December 2015. They're especially good for those who enjoy LONG reads with a lot of personal life and character/world building along the way. If you like a pure procedural or puzzle mystery, they may not be for you.

Of course, not having finished the book, I can't confirm it's actually true. So I'll just treat it as if it isn't. The recruits are put into groups – I kept expecting the Sorting Hat to arrange it – and they have to learn a whole new vocabulary and way of living, but instead of potions and spells there are spirit wives, free love, and a resistance to notions of family.Cormoran Strike is a series of crime fiction novels written by British author J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The story chronicles the cases of the fictional British private detective Cormoran Strike and his partner Robin Ellacott. Seven novels in the series have so far been published. Rowling stated after the third book that she has plans for at least another ten. [1] The seventh novel, titled The Running Grave, was released on 26 September 2023. [2] The first two novels were adapted for BBC One and aired as five episodes in August and September 2017. [3] Career of Evil aired as two episodes in February and March 2018. [4] A fourth series, an adaptation of Lethal White, aired as four episodes in August and September 2020. [5] A fifth series, an adaptation of Troubled Blood, aired as four episodes in December 2022.