This is the sequel to “The Silkworm” and continues following
Cormoran Strike and Robin on their adventures solving mysteries and all that.
It picks up right where the last one left off, with Robin getting ready for her
wedding and taking on a bigger role in the office.
This all changes when she gets sent a human leg in the mail.
Cue their next case!
What I thought was cool was how the quotes connecting the
chapters were all lyrics from the band Blue Oyster Cult. Chapters that are
written from the killer’s point of view (an addition for this book, wasn’t in
the rest of the series) don’t have quotes but share titles with some of their
songs. Which is an unusual way of linking the whole book together, but the band
and its lyrics are kind of important to the story so it works. (The connection
here is that Strike’s mom was pretty obsessed with that band, so it’s a way for
the killer to get at Strike and into his head really.)
Aspects of both Strike and Robin’s pasts come to light, mostly
about Strike’s family and Robin’s reasons for dropping out of university (which
is alluded to in previous books but never totally explained).
Topics like rape and mental illness are discussed but I
think that the author handled them really well. Having the opposing views of
Strike and Robin definitely helps, and I would guess that the book overall is
more sympathetic to Robin’s point of view since she understands mental illness
more I think.
The plot can be confusing as there are initially like four
suspects and keeping them straight is a little difficult, but it’s not that
important since there’s only one in the end haha. This also made the ending
more interesting since you think that the story is pointing to one solution but
then it completely changes course and goes for another.
This was a really great book as well, it is turning into
such a nice series.
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