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You wanted more Robin? You got it.

November 15, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

Oh, man, I have so many thoughts. And I’m also not entirely sure what I think about some of what happened in this book. On the one hand, I LOVED IT. The case and Robin and Strike’s personal lives dovetailed beautifully. So much of this book was character shiz, which is my favorite kind of shiz. And I’ve been saying for the past two books that I wanted MORE ROBIN and MORE ROBIN is exactly what I got. Robin backstory. Robin frontstory. Robin Robin Robin. […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: British, career of evil, cormoran strike, Detective Fiction, girl detectives, J.K. Rowling, JK Rowling, murder, mystery, narfna, Robert Galbraith

narfna's CBR7 Review No:171 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: British, career of evil, cormoran strike, Detective Fiction, girl detectives, J.K. Rowling, JK Rowling, murder, mystery, narfna, Robert Galbraith ·
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the Spellman Files

June 17, 2014 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I can’t decide what I thought about The Spellman Files. Isabel definitely reminded me of Veronica Mars, which I loved, but there was just one too many story lines going on that the whole novel felt a bit ADD. “I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.” There is boy drama,  family drama and one last case. Like Veronica, Isabel is a private investigator who works for her family and has a natural knack for the profession. Her family is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: girl detectives, Lisa Lutz, the spellman files

Caitlin_D's CBR6 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: girl detectives, Lisa Lutz, the spellman files ·
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