Genre: Book
Grade: B+
Notable People: Robert Galbraith
Title: The Ink Black Heart
Review: Galbreath (JK Rowland) is a superb writer and the characters are so engaging and the stories so complex that it is hard to not be totally impressed with this series; of which this is the fifth entry. Now detective partners, Strike and Robin, follow the dark streets of London in pursuit of the solving of case even Scotland Yard can’t keep up with. The books are full of world detailed info and underlying social commentary with wicked sly humor at times. Now the down sides for me: this book is over a 1000 ages, as they all are; it’s now to the point where you just want to see the two main characters get over it and finally do the nasty, instead of obsessing about it for thousands of pages; and this book is the deepest dive into the dark web, the world of cult adult cartoons and associated video games, as any I have read. There are whole chapters that are only twitter dialog boxes- all of which does not hold the most interest for a non- social media user like me, though I know the focus on social media and its pitfalls is inherently timely. On balance, these are really fine books, though this one did not enthrall me as the first four had.