Goodreads Summary:
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…
A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down.
My Thoughts:
This series gets better with every new book. I am anxious for the next book, I have been the second or two after I finished this book come to think of it. Which is why I should stop reading books the minute they come out. I hate all the waiting!
Cormoran is a fully developed character now, as is Robin. I like their interactions and their development into caring about each other. Yes the romantic tension between the two has been building since book one, which is predictable, but I don't mind certain things falling into the norm. We learned more about Cormoran's past in this book and it wasn't pleasant. His dark and twisty past is catching up to him in his present life which is finally starting to work out for the better. The dark and twisty at times gets really dark and twisty but it was good to see why Cormoran is the way he is. We also got a fair amount of Robin's history. Which again, dark and twisty! We now understand what really drew her to detective work. We also learn why Robin is so loyal to her fiance when they seem not to be a good match for each other anymore. I think we all have a tendency to try to push back the dark and twisty things from our past. This book in its own way shows us that we need to deal with the dark and twisty or it will come back and bite us in the ass when we really don't want it to, but may need it to. It is valuable to remember the things that formed our realities.
I wouldn't say that this book was the best thing I have ever read but I would say I really enjoyed it and I think it is worth recommending. I flip flop between liking and really hating that I know JK Rowling is the author of these books. She will forever be the author who brought me Harry Potter (a series that I can read over and over again just like so many of you). It is hard not to wish that these books were just as bewitching, but that isn't what these stories are for. I will say that they are good reads and you won't want to put it down, particularly during some of the creepier parts. You will care about these characters, you will limp with Cormoran when his leg is hurting. You will feel Robin's frustration with the people in her life when they tend to treat her like she will break. Overall I would recommend this book to mystery fans, detective story fans, JK Rowling's adult fans, and anyone looking to start a series that isn't fantasy based.
While writing this review I was listing to an episode of the Gilmore Girls. Who else can't wait for November for the revival?!?!?!
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