skconaghan 's review for:

The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Bloody brilliant. Detailed. I love combing through the nitty gritty and fine hair detail of a crime procedural. This is all that AND the inner whirling of several psychological playgrounds and cesspools of a diverse cast of fascinating characters.

By this time, if you’re reading these novels, you know Corm and Robin in all their many loveable and contrarily unlikeable attributes. This unrequited banter of deepening affection weaves through these pages, a trove of satisfying and frustrating and hopeful interactions.

An unconventional break from the traditional novel style—you feel almost as if this is rather an interactive online experience. The chat rooms controlled by narcissist cowards, the wrath, biting banter, and vile commentary people feel bold enough to post behind their cowardly (safe) computer screen is all exposed and uncovered. And herein lies the truth, the mystery, of the layers of pseudonyms and online persona can be peeled back to find the culprit(s).

So well executed. I love getting caught up in the mystery of this series.