The book I chose for my book review is The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. It is a 455-page long mystery/crime fiction novel. While reading this I found out J.K. Rowling was the author but she writes using an alternative name so readers read the book for what it is, instead of because of her popularity. The Silkworm is the 2nd book in J.K. Rowling’s detective series. Although it is the 2nd book it was pretty easy to catch on without actually reading the beginning of the series. The book follows private investigator Cormoran Strike on a hunt to find a missing writer Owen Quine. His wife Leonora asks him to go find her husband that’s been missing for some time at a writing retreat. When he finds out Mr. Quine has been viciously murdered he goes on a chase to find who the murderer is. Owens’s last manuscript he was working on was a story that incorporated real-life scandals about people in the writing industry. This gives Strike a big clue as to why he was murdered but it still leaves a lot of suspects.
One thing I really enjoyed about the book is the build-up. The whole time all the way up to the end of the book I still had no idea who committed the murder. I also liked the large variety of characters it makes the plot interesting because the murderer could be anyone. Although it was a little difficult at first to get to know all the characters I was expecting it to be a lot harder because of it being the 2nd book. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone interested in crime novels.
-Daniel Saldana
-Daniel Saldana
I found it really fascinating how J.K. Rowling is the author, it definately makes me want to read her detective series. It souds like this is a book that really pulls the reader in and grabs their attention. In addition, based on your review it doesn't seem like a predictable mystery book either. I will definately consider reading this detective series in the future.
ReplyDeleteI have been interested in suspenseful books for a pretty long time now and I'll probably add this to the list. I feel like if I read this book, it would educate me in the career I want to pursue. The title of this book also sounds very interesting and it leads me to wonder what it has to do with story.
ReplyDeleteThis is Favian. This book seems very interesting from what I read. I will most likely be picking this book up at the library. helya
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