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Career of Evil

By: Robert Galbraith
Narrated by: Robert Glenister
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Publisher's summary

Winner of the 2016 Audie Mystery Award

Now a major BBC drama as part of the Cormoran Strike series.

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.

Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past whom he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.

With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them....

A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to switch this audiobook off.

©2015 J. K. Rowling (P)2015 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence... A pleasure to read." ( The Times on The Silkworm)
"Huge credit is due to Galbraith in portraying [Strike] so vividly.... Galbraith has pulled off a thoroughly enjoyable classic and I'm already looking forward to Strike's next outing." (Peter James, Sunday Express on The Silkworm)
" The Cuckoo's Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place." (Val McDermid on The Cuckoo's Calling)
"The novel is the work of a master storyteller." ( Daily Telegraph on The Cuckoo's Calling)

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Good but far from the 2 first boks.

It is a good book, unnerving and lots of suspense but I found the relationship between Robin and Strike exagerated a little silly. I really dont understand why they workshop to getter anymore. I also was not very keen on the "ripper" story. To much gore and hate for my taste and the theme is "old".

Great job by the narrator. ..

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This book needs editing.

JK Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith is, while I'm guessing aimed adults, filled with many of the same tropes she used in her Harry Potter books. Minor spoilers for both the Potter books and the Strike novels in general and this one in particular hereafter.

I won't go into the plot other than saying I think is rather thin, convoluted and needlessly violent. Descriptions of abuse are very clear and precise, where other parts of the book are vague and you get the feeling you're trying to change a light bulb with oven mittens on your hands. What irks me something furious is the harebrained way the female main character - Robin - is acting. What wasn't fun to read in the Potter novels, namely the romantic angst of "woe me, does she/he love me?" of Harry with his love interests or Ron Weasley's eventual relationship with Hermione, makes a rather unwelcome comeback in these Cormoran Strike books. Only, here it's Strike and Robin, caught in a love triangle with Matthew (and any beautiful girl stumbling over Strike and into his bed, which makes it a what? A quartet?). Of course, the love isn't consummated but it get's in the way on a constant basis. About as often as we find Strike eat anything from fish and chips to haute cuisine, he mulls over his feelings for Robin. And what of Robin? She of low self-esteem is constantly questioning Strike's way of acting/re-acting. This way of communicating is so reminiscent of the Potter books, where the protagonists are teenagers and therefore excused for acting like this, I wonder who JKR is writing this stuff for exactly. Judging by the violence and angst, it might just be for the Potter generation grown up.

I don't have the printed version of the book and only listened to the (excellent production with Robert Glenister giving a great performance) audio book, but I am not ashamed to admit that half-way through I became so annoyed with it, I had to stop several times more than is usual for me. All because of the seemingly endless meandering of the plot, the pointless interviews and flashbacks, the needless misunderstandings between Strike/Robin and, of course, the police. I did finish it in the end and I readily admit I liked the ending. It's something JKR does very well. I'm not speaking about the case and its resolution, this I thought sucked und the whole point of view of the killer is so sphincter clenchingly bad, I pity the editor who had to live through it. Those parts made me cringe about as much as the quotes from the Blue Oyster Cult, which appeared to me a fancy way of puffing up the whole thing even more.

As much as my own review might profit from rigorous editing, so would Career of Evil by JK Rowling aka Robert Galbraith definitely do, too. The book's too long and clocking in at almost 18 hours, we're talking about five hours too long. Easily achieved with less angst, less food reviews, less moping around, less quoting and cutting the tour of London entries by half. On the other hand, we could do with a laugh once in a while, but the sort of laugh that isn't borne of Schadenfreude, but of genuine good humor.

Anyway, that's my thoughts on this title.

#Depressing #Violent #tagsgiving #sweepstakes

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unfotgettable


Loved every moment. Beautifully narrated. Brilliant read and clever
enthralling book to always remember.

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Amazing as always!

Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) has keep growing since his first detectives book. His narrative is very graphic, full of descriptions, and the way he carefully knits the story and the characters is so clever and inviting. This is a book for the strong of heart, it has a lot of suspense and as a reader (listener) one gets enough jumping with surprise and disbelieve, a lot of emotional roller coaster and a little emphatic crying. I loved every minute of it, and I will be waiting anxiously for the next Cormoran Strike book!

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feeding of violence

terribly dark for a Rowling's work. Surprisingly full of violence and blood. The repetitive display of the main antagonist's sick psyche at a certain point became tiresome and unnecessary.

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never knew which way its going to go. loved it.

best of Strike so far, can't wait for the next few books, it's one heck of a series

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Complicated characters

Dislike the severe blaspheming, The general swearing using the F word seems to be the acceptable norm for writers!?

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Excellent narrator!

I enjoyed this strange story, but the narrator made it come ALIVE! Good to relax the mind & destress.

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This series keeps going strong

Better than the 2nd book and perhaps even the 1st, these characters are now firmly entrenched in my own literary firmament. This story was wonderfully intricate and a fast-paced romp of a mystery. I eagerly look forward to the next...

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Loved it!

Another great book in the series!!! Great story and I like the narrator’s voice too.

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