latest read: fantastic beasts and where to find them - the original screenplay

latest read: harry potter and the cursed child

The chosen one dealing with his child.

latest read: the silkworm

It took me ages to read this book; not because its hard to read or uninteresting but because life just got in the way of having a chance to finish it.

Once I got going, you just can't put it down, which is a very typical situation when reading a book by Robert Galbraith aka J. K. Rowling.

I thoroughly enjoy the build-up of the story and the character but I feel the conclusion of who actually committed the murder was just too matter-of-fact. It felt like the discovery of the murderer and all the evidence was presented in such a way to end the book.

Spoiler alert:

It was Elizabeth Tassel.

latest read: the cuckoo's calling

Much publicity was placed on this book when it was discovered that the writer of this book, Robert Galbraith is in fact the wonderful and very well-known, best seller story teller and writer named J.K. Rowling. Naturally when it caught wind who the pseudonym belonged to, the book quickly sold out in stores and online.

So when the opportunity presented itself and I saw this on offer, I quickly snatched this up.

This is definitely a cannot-put-down book and somehow reading this book I can see what is going on instead of just reading words in a book. It is true to Rowling's ability to make stories come to life. It was present in the Harry Porter series and the book under her name The Casual Vacancy which were all very good read.

The story revolves around the family Landry and trying to prove that the death of Lula Landry who fell from her luxurious apartment's balcony was in fact murder and not suicide.

Private detective Cormoran Strike was hired to investigate this by Lula's brother, John Bristow. Landry is actually their mother's maiden name. Lula and John were adopted. In fact there were three siblings in the Bristow family. The other is Charlie who died very young when he fell into a quarry while cycling. Cormoran and Charlie were friends then. So with that in mind, John believed that Cormoran would take the case despite the fact that police have closed the case citing suicide as cause of death.

John however did not realised that even though Cormoran is a wounded war veteran both physically and psychologically, with his personal and financial life now in shambles, would and could put a thorough investigation and eventually identify him as the killer of both Lula and Charlie.

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Can't wait for another instalment of Cormoran's investigation, if there are any. 

latest read - the casual vacancy

On the sleeve reads " A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other."

Couldn't agree more.

There's something about the way Ms Rowling writes that makes it so easy to read and her ideas translated perfectly. The story line is quite simple but what's interesting and what keeps you reading is the back story and the overall description of the town and the relationships of the people in it.