To think Robert Galbraith doesn't like women very much - contains spoilers

[TheoriginalLEM]

Ive just finished the third cormoran strike book.

Robin is portrayed as over enthusiastic, trying to hardnot to bea victim, well...victim.

In the end shewas surplas to the killers requirements and hadno part on figuring out who.it was (despite a close up encounter previous ) and catching him. Strike made dure she was safely out of the way before hiring a prostitute to use asbait (so not worth worrying about)

Robin "stuffed up" by forcing a paedophile to "go to ground" by wading in without evidence. and had toddled off to marry a controlling twat who colluded with mummy to wrench her away from her job.

He really doesn't like women very much at all does he??

You know Robert Galbraith is JK Rowling right?

Perhaps a spoiler warning is needed on this thread!
You know who Robert Galbrairth is, right?!

wonders wether to state the obvious ...

But, Robert Galbraith is a woman

Isn't that JK Rowling's pseudonym?

I think JK Rowling probably doesn't dislike women, she is one. Robin and Cormoran are both interesting characters.
Should this post be on the Books forum?

Robin and Cormoran both are flawed and interseting characters. I think that book built Robin a lot to make her badass in the next installment.
I really doubt JK Rowling hates women.

it does read like she doesn't like Robin though. and yes i knew!!

Phew was worried about revealing that spoiler!

Spoilers:

I think robin's relationship is abusive to be honest. So many red flags re her controlling fiancé. I cheered when they broke up and was gutted when she felt guilty and went back to him possibly overinvested or spending too much time on the relationships board
I like the books overall though. I get a bit annoyed that her and Strike won't communicate better with eachother but I appreciate it would ruin half the twists...

but honestly, i would have struggled with robins depiction if i didn't know she was written by a woman

Women can be sexist too! I don't mind Robin really but hate her husband.

I think the Harry Potter series is more problematic in terms of representation of women tbh

I really like how Robin is written, it's a complex and interesting character. Clever and brave yet no hints of Mary-Sue. I also appreciate the description of Strike as a decent bloke who respects women/people, but who has never taken gender studies or thought particularly deeply about equality. I thought that was done particularly well - the books frequently deal with misogyny, but staying within what you are prepared to believe is reasonable behaviour and reaction from the main characters.

Though I agree OP - some of the descriptions of Robin's looks would have been creepy from a male author. Not that that usually stops them...

I always got the impression she was writing Robin as an arch parody of how male writers write women, I figured it was her little in joke.

It’s not that at all.

She is very judgemental in the way she portrays women. In her books ‘good’ women are girl-next-door naturally pretty types who wear nice but discreet clothes, are middle-class, don’t wear too much makeup etc. ‘Bad’ women wear heavy makeup, wear plunging tops and stilettos, throw themselves at men etc. Lesbian characters like Midge are butch tomboys who swear all the time and are basically entirely sexless.

I think you should read the rest of the books in the series before you make your mind up.

Oh wait... ZOMBIE THREAD!

yes this is all true, I kind of read them as “holiday novels written by a man” and so maybe I’m expecting a certain amount of caricature / cheesiness - I genuinely thought it was a parody when robin’s boob brushes against strike in book 1. Since then I’ve read it all in a sarcastic menwritingwomen voice, maybe I’m giving her too much credit but she does have quite a sharp/spiky humour

midge isn’t sexless afaik, doesn’t she get a girlfriend in the latest book?

In the end she was…

Wtaf? You gave away the ending? Who does that?!

https://www.reddit.com/r/menwritingwomen/

this sort of thing , was picturing her turning robert Galbraith into a character - sensitive enough, as far as men go, but still a creep