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To be made to feel inadequate by Robin Ellacot?

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Nimbostratus100 · 15/02/2023 13:22

For Strike fans, I would love to be invited round to share a take away and a natter in their office one evening, but I feel like I would have nothing to offer! Not pretty enough, young enough or quick witted enough for Strike to enjoy my company. Robin would probably be nice to me, I am sure, but also quite relieved when I left

I think I would have to bring something extra special along, some sort of delicious, luxury home made dessert...

Anyone else really enjoy these characters, but feel a bit useless in comparison - doesnt really happen to me in other fiction, dont know why it does with these two

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Nimbostratus100 · 16/02/2023 09:46

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 16/02/2023 09:18

I want her to teach me her advanced driving skills, when she commandeered the car across a field (in the first book I think). I think about that a lot!

In the book there is no traffic jam and field, there is a multiple pile up ( in silkworm)

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Nimbostratus100 · 16/02/2023 09:49

Kentishbornknitter · 16/02/2023 09:44

I have TIBH to read (Christmas present and waiting for a mini break to get started). I love the depth of characters in the books. The description of Strike’s pain with his father’s rejection when he was a boy, moved me to tears. The books are so so good. I love the tv series too. My husband is an amputee and the tv adaptation does a great job with showing Strike’s stump and the difficulties he has. The only thing in the books that annoy me is the farting sofa!

do the books accurately portray this disability? It was an eye opener to me, the level of pain and disability Strike lives with

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lifeturnsonadime · 16/02/2023 09:51

The actress in the series is beautiful, but somehow very composed - lacking a certain edge and madness.

Yes this is exactly it. She's way too composed in the TV series, there's no hint of the level of edginess that's mentioned in the book or the reason why Strike couldn't stay with her, it's not really even hinted at.

CampervanKween · 16/02/2023 10:00

The books are even better at describing the pain and how much it limits his life. I've never read a more considered account of this. It's constant and debilitating

the80sweregreat · 16/02/2023 10:04

Charlotte was a manipulative mess from a dysfunctional family who didn't know how to love. She used Strike and tried to control every aspect of his life. If she hadn't been so beautiful I doubt he would have let her dominate her as much as he did tbh. Her beauty money and status were the reason she was able to have such a hold over him.

Jazzy21 · 16/02/2023 19:00

I absolutely love this book series (apart from the farting sofa, as a previous poster also mentioned!)
The will they / won’t they simmering tension is lush.

I read the first book without watching the tv series, and then each time I’ve finished a book, I’ve watched that tv series on iplayer. The books are so much better, but then I always think that, with any series or film adapted from a book.

I think Robin is awesome, and I love how she’s become stronger mentally with each book. By the Ink Black Heart you really saw how she was much more of a partner to Strike than just his apprentice. I think Holliday Grainger does a fab job portraying her.

I also think Tom Burke is great because I don’t fancy Book Strike but I definitely fancy him!

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