I picked
up a copy of The Cuckoo’s Calling back in January {believe it or not} started
reading it, got side tracked, started reading a few other books, and just got
around to reading and finishing the book last week. Let me tell you, it is a
good read; I cannot believe I have had The Cuckoo’s Calling since January and
just got around to reading it last week.
I can
usually predict the outcome of a book pretty early on. I have been on the
search for a book that has a few loops in it so the plot twist is not too easy
to predict – I usually figure out the twist about 50 – 100 pages in, there were
a little less than a 100 pages left in The Cuckoo’s Calling before I finally
figured out the twist.
TheCuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith {aka J.K. Rowling} is the first in the
series about a detective, Cormoran Strike; I fully intend to pick up the next
book in the series, The Silkworm, ASAP! Strike is not your typical run of the mill
private investigator. He fought in Afghanistan, lost his leg to a land mine,
and is just barely scraping by. He currently has to resort to living in his
office after his break up with his longtime girlfriend. Oh, did I mention that
Strike is related to a rock star and just happens to know his next clients
family from many, many years ago.
John Bristow, the distraught brother of
the super model Lula {also known as Cuckoo} hires Strike to investigate the
death of his sister. Lula was sadly seen falling from her balcony window by a
couple people. Strike sets out to prove wheatear Lula’s death was a suicide {as
the police have ruled it} or if it was a murder.
Keep in
mind that J.K. Rowling may have written The Cuckoo’s Calling, but it is no
Harry Potter. Then again can you really compare a book series about witchcraft
and wizards to a murder mysteries type book series… The Cuckoo’s Calling is an
entertaining read, and one that will keep you up till the early hours of the
morning. Needless to say, it is not an easy book to put down.
Lovely post. New post on my blog ;). Keep in touch, pls. Kiss
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I will be sure to stop by your blog later on :)
DeleteStill haven't finished the book, so I'm gonna bookmark this post and come back to it when I do so I'm not spoiled!
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The last bit of the book is really good! Hope you are enjoying The Cuckoo's Calling!
Deleteoh, I have never read or even heard about The Cuckoo’s Calling. It must be really interesting, if J.K. Rowling wrote it:)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the advice!
It is a really good book! Definitely worth reading!
DeleteI read another of Jk's books and it was a bit dark but I am eager to give this a try!!
ReplyDeleteThe Cuckoo's Calling is a bit on the dark side, but it is such a good read!
DeleteHeard good things about this book, putting it on my summer reading list!
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It would be a great book to read beach side or pool side or even on a rainy summer afternoon!
DeleteAny time :) Happy to see you enjoyed this post!
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
ReplyDeleteLove the review of this book- sounds interesting I will have to ad this to my list of must reads!
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It is an excellent light read! Happy to see that you enjoyed this blog post!
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