My Review of Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith

This is book five of the Cormoran Strike series. I’ve enjoyed them, but this is by far the biggest book I’ve ever read,

I really enjoyed the story line, and the intricate details that brought it alive. The descriptions put me beside the characters and made me feel I was there too. I’ve never known an author to write in this way. The words painted a picture and therefore transported me right into the action.

Solving a forty-year old mystery was always going to be difficult. Cormoran and Robin leave no stone unturned.

What I really enjoyed was the chemistry between the main characters. Although it was frustrating at times because they constantly hid their true feeling from each other. Another thing I really liked was the glimpses of humour that popped up unexpectedly from the intricate, and often complicated plot. These added much relief to darkness of this thriller.

What I didn’t like was that although brilliantly conveyed, it was over written, with over nine hundred pages. I learnt that when Strike went to interview someone, it would last for a very long chapter. No detail was spared, from what type of biscuit he was offered to what it reminded him of when he last ate it. Towards the end I was desperate to find whodunit. This resulted in skimming through the pages to get there.

Overall, Troubled Blood is a brilliant book. The mystery of it, the cleverly woven clues, and the characters themselves. I adored the ending between Comoran and Robin. Their moment of love, friendship, and respect, spoke volumes to each other. It left me wondering if they would finally connect in the next book.

An Ink Black Heart, is the next on line, and another marathon read with over a thousand pages. Troubled Blood took me seventeen days to complete. So I need a breather before I start the sixth.

I had hoped this would be the last. But unfortunately not. I’ve just spotted on Amazon that there will be seven in total and six are available now. I don’t want to read any more because of their size. However, I probably will because they are so addictive!

The First Three of the Series