by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
"After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.
Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man."
Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man."
I adored this novel. A vast selection of characters intertwined in a story has never been my favorite, as I generally prefer a handful of very well developed characters as opposed to many fleeting ones. The Cuckoo's Calling had the perfect combination; so many individuals were involved in the mystery at hand, and yet each was described expertly, almost becoming three dimensional entities as they were created on the pages.
The vocabulary in this novel was very impressive, the writing style precise and lyrical. Everything was constructed very visually, and I could easily see this being adapted into a movie. Robin and Strike were such interesting and likeable main characters, and I am so glad that this is the beginning of a new series.
The way that each component of evidence came together gradually and believably was incredible. This story was crafted so carefully and intelligently; it really was a pleasure to read.
The vocabulary in this novel was very impressive, the writing style precise and lyrical. Everything was constructed very visually, and I could easily see this being adapted into a movie. Robin and Strike were such interesting and likeable main characters, and I am so glad that this is the beginning of a new series.
The way that each component of evidence came together gradually and believably was incredible. This story was crafted so carefully and intelligently; it really was a pleasure to read.
5/5 stars.
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