Book: 4/52.
The Running Grave - Robert Galbraith.
My Rating: 5/5.
My second Robert Galbraith (read JK Rowling) book of the year, and I am smitten in love with Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, just like I was when it all started with the first of the series. Also, this is the seventh instalment of the CB Strike series, which I must say is the best book so far, I have never read anything better from JKR, including the much-loved and admired Harry Potter series. It was an 1150+ pages long story, yet the reader in me kept on asking for more, so much that I never wanted it to finish. Incredible adventure takes us through as Robin goes undercover to one Universal Humanitarian Church after one of their esteemed clients gives them the task of getting his son out of the institution as they believe he was being brainwashed and they had doubts about UHC’s unethical practices. As always, there is so much going on in their own lives, on top of that, this one assignment with a few smaller projects that they both go through during the story was thrilling to read. But this time, Robin takes the limelight away from Strike so much that at times, I was praying for her well-being and mentally asking her to “get the hell out of the situation”, realising Strike was also doing the same, but she won’t get out till she has got the work done and how. As I mentioned earlier, this one undoubtedly will show up in my top 10 suspense thrillers right around Madam Christie’s novels; it is indeed that fantastic. And let me give you a hint, if only you have read other Strike novels, that their love story (in their world and way) does take a few new steps. To know more, you have to read this one as my words do no justice to terrific writing.
I will be eagerly waiting for the TV series to come out so I can put faces to some of those amazing characters Robert Galbraith introduces us in this one. Do let me know if you have read this one or if you have a personal CB Strike favourite book, I have read them all and loved them too.
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