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eisenbuns's Reviews (368)
My favorite part of cracking open a book by J.K. Rowling is the smell. I don't know if it's the kind of paper, the freshly-printed ink, or even the glue used to bind the pages together. Whatever it is, I love it. All of it. Breathing in a Rowling novel is like breathing in my four year-old self, opening _Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone_ for the first time in 1997. It smells like home. Couple that with the steady, rhythmic flow of Rowling's writing, and I'm in for a good few days of nostalgia-filtered reading. I've learned to take my time with her books, because I know I'll have to wait a while for the next one.
_The Cuckoo's Calling_ was certainly not a disappointment. While it does fall into genre fiction, (getting away from the beautiful and intense character study that was _The Casual Vacancy_), Rowling really hits her stride about a hundred pages into the novel. Her characters feel wonderfully fleshed-out. Cormoran Strike, the bastard son of a rock star, failing private detective, former soldier and bipedal human being, is more than a little jaded. Robin, his female foil, is fresh-faced and eager -- with her new fiancee and temp job in Strike's office. The two form a very functional and emotionally-satisfying team as they work to solve the possible-murder, possible-suicide of famous supermodel Lula Landry.
I cannot wait for Robert Glabraith to make another appearance on my bookshelf with the next installment of the series. Cormoran Strike is a character I wouldn't mind revisiting again and again and again...
_The Cuckoo's Calling_ was certainly not a disappointment. While it does fall into genre fiction, (getting away from the beautiful and intense character study that was _The Casual Vacancy_), Rowling really hits her stride about a hundred pages into the novel. Her characters feel wonderfully fleshed-out. Cormoran Strike, the bastard son of a rock star, failing private detective, former soldier and bipedal human being, is more than a little jaded. Robin, his female foil, is fresh-faced and eager -- with her new fiancee and temp job in Strike's office. The two form a very functional and emotionally-satisfying team as they work to solve the possible-murder, possible-suicide of famous supermodel Lula Landry.
I cannot wait for Robert Glabraith to make another appearance on my bookshelf with the next installment of the series. Cormoran Strike is a character I wouldn't mind revisiting again and again and again...
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I received an ARC for this book back in 2010, a few months before it came out.
"I can't speak for everyone, but this was definitely one of the most fantastic reads I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I've always been a fan of Shakespeare, and historical fiction, and this book combined both of those beautifully. The character dynamics were easily my favorite thing about the story, and of course the surprises that just kept coming. The overall mystery behind the story of this book was incredible, and it kept me on my toes and guessing the entire time. This is a truly incredible book, and I really hope it gets a lot of recognition when it officially comes out this August. A brilliant read, all around, and I will definitely be re-reading it in the future, as well as looking forward to any other books that Fortier writes."
This was my review back then, and I stand by it now. Fortier is a wonderful writer who has a lot of passion for what she does -- and for the fans which read her books all over the world.
"I can't speak for everyone, but this was definitely one of the most fantastic reads I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I've always been a fan of Shakespeare, and historical fiction, and this book combined both of those beautifully. The character dynamics were easily my favorite thing about the story, and of course the surprises that just kept coming. The overall mystery behind the story of this book was incredible, and it kept me on my toes and guessing the entire time. This is a truly incredible book, and I really hope it gets a lot of recognition when it officially comes out this August. A brilliant read, all around, and I will definitely be re-reading it in the future, as well as looking forward to any other books that Fortier writes."
This was my review back then, and I stand by it now. Fortier is a wonderful writer who has a lot of passion for what she does -- and for the fans which read her books all over the world.
Clarification: 2.5 stars.
The idea behind this was really great. I liked Tris at first, I liked the idea of the factions/etc. And then the romance set in. That was cringe-worthy, and the dialogue was even worse, but I was alright with it. I could handle that. Then, somewhere along the way, Roth lost her pace. Huge, life-changing events happened rapid-fire, to the point where I didn't have time to appreciate or take in what was happening. The first half of the novel seemed well-paced to me, but the latter half (half in terms of action, not half in terms of page number) was disconcerting and had a distinct lack of purpose/emotion. I'm not sure how Roth gets two more books out of this idea, and I don't know if I'll continue reading.
The idea behind this was really great. I liked Tris at first, I liked the idea of the factions/etc. And then the romance set in. That was cringe-worthy, and the dialogue was even worse, but I was alright with it. I could handle that. Then, somewhere along the way, Roth lost her pace. Huge, life-changing events happened rapid-fire, to the point where I didn't have time to appreciate or take in what was happening. The first half of the novel seemed well-paced to me, but the latter half (half in terms of action, not half in terms of page number) was disconcerting and had a distinct lack of purpose/emotion. I'm not sure how Roth gets two more books out of this idea, and I don't know if I'll continue reading.
