cherold reviewed Lethal White by J. K. Rowling
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4 stars
Every Cormoran Strike book has a distinct personality. Cuckoo's Calling was about methodical procedure, Silkworm was a classic whodunit, Career of Evil was "personal peril/serial killer". Lethal White, for much of the first half, is entirely focused on the slowly-heating non-romance of the principals; there's barely any detecting for the early chapters.
Since the previous book ended in a way that suggested this "will they/won't they" thing was heading in the "they won't" direction, much of Lethal White involves resetting that situation. Galbraith clearly isn't in a hurry to come to a resolution, but she doesn't seem inclined to keep that suspense unending.
When the book finally gets to the detecting, it's an interesting, rather involved case of blackmail and politics with a variety of fairly interesting characters. Although I wouldn't say I was as drawn by the mystery in as I was for the first two.
Still, a nice …
Every Cormoran Strike book has a distinct personality. Cuckoo's Calling was about methodical procedure, Silkworm was a classic whodunit, Career of Evil was "personal peril/serial killer". Lethal White, for much of the first half, is entirely focused on the slowly-heating non-romance of the principals; there's barely any detecting for the early chapters.
Since the previous book ended in a way that suggested this "will they/won't they" thing was heading in the "they won't" direction, much of Lethal White involves resetting that situation. Galbraith clearly isn't in a hurry to come to a resolution, but she doesn't seem inclined to keep that suspense unending.
When the book finally gets to the detecting, it's an interesting, rather involved case of blackmail and politics with a variety of fairly interesting characters. Although I wouldn't say I was as drawn by the mystery in as I was for the first two.
Still, a nice return to form after that annoying serial-killer thing.