The Running Grave

A Cormoran Strike Novel

Hardcover, 960 pages

English language

Published Sept. 27, 2023 by Little Brown & Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-57210-1
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4 stars (7 reviews)

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Review of 'The Running Grave' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

For years I've looked forward to listening to each Cormoran Strike (private detective) thriller, but J.K. Rowling let me down with this one and the one before it (The Ink Black Heart). Excruciatingly long, The Running Grave is dragged down by the inclusion of unnecessary lesser cases, probably meant to mimic the busyness of a real detective agency, but that only distract from the main plot. I skipped over most of these parts. There is also a wrap up discussion among the key characters at the end that goes on, and on, and on...The plot, which involves Strike's assignment to extricate a wealthy man's son from a cultish church that is a chamber of horrors, is overly complicated with too many characters to keep track of.

Then there's Strike and his assistant Robin flirting yet again with a relationship that never quite materializes. I suppose it gives a reason to …

Review of 'Running Grave' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Idk how each book keeps getting better but it does. The cult in this book was so well imagined that it was believable and terrifying in how true something like this could be and has been in the past. Absolutely terrifying. The entire section of Robin undercover was just incredibly nerve wracking! The endings of these are always well tied up and well explained, and there’s always the little hook of the relationship progressing to keep you going waiting for the next. Absolutely love this series!

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