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The Silkworm

[a Cormoran Strike Novel]
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Mar 18, 202462Patty33 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed "The Cuckoo's Calling" but could not get into this book.
Jun 15, 2023Caro12 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Gruesome. Completely different from Harry Potter.
Mar 21, 2023dirtbag rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This is the second of her adult novels that I have read and I have had the same reaction to both of them. They start well with lot's of action and end up being dull and endless with her trying to demonstrate that she is the cleverest…
Feb 23, 2022
2d in series
Dec 26, 2021cbader52 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Good whodonit. Set in the London publishing world, our hero Cormoran Strike is hired to find a missing author by the author's wife. Strike finds him dead, gruesomely murdered. The police like the wife as the killer, but Strike isn't…
Dec 03, 2020librariladi rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I listened to this second installment in the Cormoran Strike series and once again applaud Robert Glenister for his narration. His voice and characterization of Cormoran, Robin, and the usual cast of misfits tied up in any J.K. Rowling…
Sep 11, 2020PimaLib_ChristineR rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Galbraith writes mysteries as intricate as silk lace. In The Silkworm characters and motives abound. The central mystery, while lurid and over-the-top, is set in a realistic world. There aren't ten people confined at a weekend getaway,…
Apr 08, 2020
Rowling as Galbraith keeps her classic style of story telling and elevated with the murder mystery plots that keep me guessing. I enjoy that she reveals little to too the reader off until the very last second. Novel 2 of the Strike series…
Jan 21, 2020
I found this installment in the CB Strike mystery series tedious. The first book, The Cuckoo's Calling, was an enjoyable read with intriguing character and plot development. The story moved along at a great place. In this book, the…
Dec 28, 2019SidheWrites rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
While I didn't find this as compelling as the first novel in the series, I did enjoy the fact that there were a list of viable suspects and that the author kept me guessing until the end. I am not overly fond of the odd relationship…
Oct 14, 2019
This second book in the series moves at a quicker pace and is much more interesting than Cuckoo's Calling. The murderer is unexpected and the journey to find out is worth taking.
Feb 19, 2019GORDON PAUL COWAN rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I've missed J. K. Rowling since Harry grew up. I was so happy to find her writing under a pseudonym and was delighted to find all of the 'Strike' novels available at my library. I read this, her second novel in the series, first, without…
Feb 13, 2019
Again "R Galbraith" does not disappoint. Not a fast easy read but one you can cosy up to in front of a fire on a Canadian snow day or on a lazy summer afternoon on the Muskoka dock. One should not hurry through this mystery. Like …
Jan 19, 2019Hillsboro_JeanineM rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A bibliomystery with many suspects and a nod to Peter Greenway's film "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover". Cormoran and Robin make a good team in solving this case.
Jan 17, 2019goddessbeth rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Cormoran Strike is again the gruff, scruffy, good-hearted but bad-mannered noir-esque private detective in this second book of the series. We get more of Robin, and the development of their partnership. This new case has nothing to do with…
Jan 01, 2019
Robert Galbraith, AKA J.K. Rowling, has not made a smooth transition to adult fiction. I borrowed this book after reading other reviews, and even though I suspect that I will be in the minority, I found it tedious, much too long, and…
Oct 15, 2018WhidbeyIslander rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Usually I look on starting a 650+ page book with trepidation. And sometimes I think a book could have been a few hundred pages shorter. But this one satisfied and deserved the length to unfurl its plot and expand on the relationship of…
Nov 06, 2017Beverleigh rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I thought Cuckoo's Calling better. I enjoyed the book but found it difficult keeping everyone straight if I happened to put down for a bit. Strike and Robin are both likable characters but not so much the others. Am looking forward to…
Mar 03, 2017yasghanem rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I liked The Cuckoo's Calling better. This one was a little harder to follow. There were a lot of characters and then their respective characters in the novel that's written by the victim. So it there were a lot of names to keep track of.…
Jan 26, 2017ArapahoeTiegan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
1/26/17: Found out through Robert Galbraith's page on Goodreads that there is going to be a BBC show for these books!!
Dec 07, 2016AKALange rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I like the main character a lot in this book, he's complex and a well rounded character. For some odd reason though it took forever for me to get into this book, for a long time I felt like I didn't want to finish.
Aug 23, 2016
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days--as he has done before--and she wants Strike to find him and…
Jul 08, 2016Jeanneknits2 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I really enjoy the characters of Strike and his assistant Robin. I enjoyed the story but think it could have used some editing. I found it difficult to keep track of all the characters. So many were involved in the publishing industry…
Jun 18, 2016rlabree rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Can't wait to read rest of Cormoran Strike series. Don't put off reading this book, you'll be hooked if you enjoy a good murder mystery with characters that are so alive you want to meet them in the flesh.
Jun 01, 2016cknightkc rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
THE SILKWORM is the second entertaining installment of the PI Cormoran Strike series. Like it’s predecessor, THE CUCKOO’S CALLING, it contains all the elements of the classic British “whodunit”, but with themes that are relevant for…