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please note, this review may contain spoilers***
Summed
up in a sentence? "Another
dark yet enticing novel in the Strike series!”
SYNOPSIS
Cormoran
Strike is back, with his assistant Robin Ellacott, in a mystery based
around soldiers returning from war.
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 who 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…
Career of Evil is the third in the series featuring
private detective Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott. A
mystery and also a story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in
their personal and professional lives.
MY
OPINIONS
With
this being the third in a series, I knew what to expect in regards to
character development and the running of the novel. However, I was
not expecting what I actually got! I was expecting nitty gritty, and
a troublesome relationship between Strike and Robin, but what I got
instead was actually so much more!
First
of all, can I just point out that there is some scenes that are kind
of graphic. As in, severed leg, missing body parts kind of graphic.
At some points I didnt want to continue, but the graphic parts were
swift and were infrequent enough to not put me off too much.
Jumping
between Strike, Robin and the culprit was a technique well carried
out by Galbraith, as it allowed us to see just what was going through
each characters head. This is particularly helpful when trying to
build a profile for the killer as well.
One
of the things that stood out to me was Robins character development.
Throughout this book we see her struggle to come to terms with her
relationship, and the fact that it feels to her like it is no longer
worth it. This is something I really felt made Robin more relatable
as a character, as she has previously been seen as someone who tends
to have it pretty good (in my eyes anyway).
Personally
I love the series and the development of the characters over the
series. I would love to see Robin get with Strike but that is
definitely off the cards after Career of Evil, which is a little sad,
but the prospect would always have been unrealistic anyway!
MY
RATING
Overall
I am giving this novel 4.5 out of 5 stars. The only reason it wasnt a
5 star rating is because some aspects of the novel were a bit too
graphic for me. However, this didnt put me off in the end, as these
bits were infrequent enough to work through.
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