Post #2: "The Cuckoo's Calling", Initial Thoughts

"The Cuckoo's Calling", Initial Thoughts

1) "Though Robin Ellacott's twenty-five years of life had seen their moments of drama and incident, she had never before woken up in the certain knowledge that she would remember the coming day for as long as she lived".
The first line of "The Cuckoo's Calling" gave me several first impressions and thoughts about the story to come, primarily that some action would soon occur in the story, and that because this book was written by Rowling there was a good chance of this female main character being written well.

2) The good guys in "The Cuckoo's Calling" are Cormoran Strike, gruff detective, and his new temp Robin. They are an odd pair, but I can see them being memorable characters. Predictably for Rowling, the bad guys in this story are the media, who do anything to get a story and are generally loathed by the other characters.

3) I chose to read this novel after a recommendation from my mother, and because it was taking up space on my bookshelf. So far I am firmly on the fence about how I feel about "The Cuckoo's Calling".