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babyjellyfish · 2022-09-07T09:09:39+00:00

https://twitter.com/guerrero_ramey/status/1567248658004934656 The fallout from this tweet last night was a sight to behold.

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babyjellyfish · 07/09/2022 12:37

Datun · 07/09/2022 12:24

No I haven't. Is it part of the series? Or is it a one off?

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Yes, the Cormoran Strike series which is written by JK Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

There are six books in the series but I recommend reading them in order.

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MythicalReasonableTwitterUser · 07/09/2022 12:41

The Cormoran Strike books are completely different to Harry Potter, but I really enjoy them. Hope you and your husband do too!

I noticed one thing that the Strike and Potter series have in common- how often the characters say "I'm fine" when they are actually anything but...
(How many times have I done that...)

Datun · 07/09/2022 12:46

babyjellyfish · 07/09/2022 12:37

Yes, the Cormoran Strike series which is written by JK Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

There are six books in the series but I recommend reading them in order.

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Right, thank you. I've seen the strike series on TV, but I'm not sure which one it's up to.

Which is why I haven't started the books. I don't know where I am with it!

I might start from the beginning. I almost wish I hadn't watched the series now, I'd rather have read the books to be honest.

SpinCityBlues · 07/09/2022 12:50

Think of 'receipts' as 'receipts = evidence' and you'll not go far wrong.

UnconscionableSnacking · 07/09/2022 12:53

To anyone wondering whether to read the Cormoran Strike series - it is a huge endeavour and overwhelmingly worth it. She's amazing: the series is a masterclass of 'in plain sight' technique - each book is an agatha christie type mystery novel, but the red herrings are all doing double duty as social commentary, the major plot lines are also an exposé of male violence and misogyny, and the meta narrative across the series is masquerading as a romantic plot but is, really, radical feminism 101.

I can't even imagine how much planning has gone into this series. JKR is phenomenal

IcakethereforeIam · 07/09/2022 12:57

I think the twitterer has posted another tweet (twitter kicks me out before I can read it properly) but it's something like, 'well she must have said something, her followers are so mean'. I think people are posting bad reviews in their editing business (?), which does seem a bit unnecessary.

Well, it's free publicity for their book. Perhaps they'll shift a few copies off the back of it.

I don't think I'll bother, doesn't seem my cuppa tea. I'm intrigued by JK's new one now though. What was the first one called....?

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babyjellyfish · 07/09/2022 12:59

The first one is called The Cuckoo's Calling, @IcakethereforeIam.

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BellaAmorosa · 07/09/2022 13:01

Wanderingowl · 07/09/2022 11:19

I'm increasingly convinced that a lot of the attacks on Rowling are just pure jealousy from (wannabe) writers who can't bear the fact that they will never have anything like her success. They resent her talent, her hard work and her very fortunate timing in a way that they just can't get past. While obviously some are Potter fans who hate that she's a 'heretic,' I think more are people who may or may not have loved Potter but hate that she has had an unprecedented and probably unrepeatable level of success.

This tweeter has recently released a clearly self-published book. And without sarcasm, well done to them for putting the work into writing a book. That takes dedication and hard work in exchange for no guarantee of a reward. However while I don't want to be mean, "Dust of a Moth's Wing" strikes me as a genuinely awful title. And the summary of the book, the type that would traditionally be on the back cover, is all over the place and incoherent. This person is never going to have Rowling's success and instead of looking inward to work out why, and if they can make changes to improve their own writing, they choose to lash out at someone who has the success they want, instead. Perhaps on some level hoping that starting a twitter spat would encourage JKR's former fans to become R. Ramey Guerrero fans instead. But also to punish her for having what they want, as it's Rowlings fault that they aren't her.

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IcakethereforeIam · 07/09/2022 13:10

Thanks @babyjellyfish

There's an article in the Critic about the 'hatred' of JKR. Worth a read, good summing up of it all.

RoyalCorgi · 07/09/2022 13:15

UnconscionableSnacking · 07/09/2022 12:53

To anyone wondering whether to read the Cormoran Strike series - it is a huge endeavour and overwhelmingly worth it. She's amazing: the series is a masterclass of 'in plain sight' technique - each book is an agatha christie type mystery novel, but the red herrings are all doing double duty as social commentary, the major plot lines are also an exposé of male violence and misogyny, and the meta narrative across the series is masquerading as a romantic plot but is, really, radical feminism 101.

I can't even imagine how much planning has gone into this series. JKR is phenomenal

You've put it really well. I've read them all and loved each and every one. I read a fair amount of crime fiction, and watch a lot of police procedurals, so I'm very familiar with the genre, but she outclasses the rest. One of the things she does is make you care about the characters - you become really invested in Robin and Cormoran. She also has these fiendishly complicated plots (and in that respect, they are like the Harry Potter books) with lots of red herrings and twists and turns. There is a fair bit of social commentary and plenty of undiluted feminism - but it doesn't feel as if you're being preached at. And then, being JKR there is a lot of humour too. Not laugh out loud, but enough to make you smile.

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 07/09/2022 13:21

RoyalCorgi · 07/09/2022 13:15

You've put it really well. I've read them all and loved each and every one. I read a fair amount of crime fiction, and watch a lot of police procedurals, so I'm very familiar with the genre, but she outclasses the rest. One of the things she does is make you care about the characters - you become really invested in Robin and Cormoran. She also has these fiendishly complicated plots (and in that respect, they are like the Harry Potter books) with lots of red herrings and twists and turns. There is a fair bit of social commentary and plenty of undiluted feminism - but it doesn't feel as if you're being preached at. And then, being JKR there is a lot of humour too. Not laugh out loud, but enough to make you smile.

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Two blindingly good summaries!

I am saving ink black heart for my holidays in a couple of weeks, but I am rather jealous of the people who are about to start the whole series from the start!

Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm are my favourites so far.

Theundertaker · 07/09/2022 13:38

Have to admit, IBH is my least favourite of the series so far. There's something very ungrounded about it, which is possibly deliberate when it's such an 'online' book. ----

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babyjellyfish · 07/09/2022 13:40

Theundertaker · 07/09/2022 13:38

Have to admit, IBH is my least favourite of the series so far. There's something very ungrounded about it, which is possibly deliberate when it's such an 'online' book. ----

I enjoyed it but I definitely got the sense that she had some stuff she needed to get off her chest!

I'm hoping the next one sees more of a return to the classic detective fiction she does so well.

My favourite is Lethal White.

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BordoisAgain · 07/09/2022 13:40

They mob lost their heads over a description of a serial killer in the 70's possibly wearing a woman's coat one one occasion because transphobia, but never mention the actual trans character in a previous book who is written as a sympathetic character.

It's also very strange that all this supposedly blatant anti- semitism and racism in Harry Potter has only just been noticed since JKR has been convicted of wrongthink 🤔

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babyjellyfish · 07/09/2022 13:43

@BordoisAgain In the latest book there's a character in the cartoon which is depicted as a sort of beaked creature inspired by a plague doctor's mask and people on Twitter claim that it is an antisemitic trope. I think that was a dig at the people who, 20-odd years after the first film came out, have suddenly decided that the depiction of the Gringotts goblins in the Warner Brothers films and the six pointed star on the floor of Australia House that was used as the location for Gringotts are clear proof that she has always been antisemitic.

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babyjellyfish · 07/09/2022 13:44

I mean, if you see a fictional goblin or a plague doctor's mask and you think "Jew!" personally I think it says more about you than it does about anyone else.

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CrossPurposes · 07/09/2022 14:03

Datun · 07/09/2022 12:46

Right, thank you. I've seen the strike series on TV, but I'm not sure which one it's up to.

Which is why I haven't started the books. I don't know where I am with it!

I might start from the beginning. I almost wish I hadn't watched the series now, I'd rather have read the books to be honest.

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The TV series are the bare bones of the books and I don't think having watched them spoils what else the books offer.

FilePhoto · 07/09/2022 14:07

My word she's magnificent isn't she.

The Cuckoo's Calling is next on my reading list.

Datun · 07/09/2022 14:16

CrossPurposes · 07/09/2022 14:03

The TV series are the bare bones of the books and I don't think having watched them spoils what else the books offer.

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Great. Thanks for the tip.

Beowulfa · 07/09/2022 14:16

I was mesmerised by Troubled Blood; I particularly love a cold case in crime fiction. Rowling writes about manipulative relationships supremely well.

It must be infuriating for those squealing "transphobe" to see this translated into precisely zero negative effect on her mega-sales.

Greencoatblue · 07/09/2022 14:22

JKR answered someone who asked about the Strike books that it's best to read them in the published order to appreciate the relationship between Cormoran and Robin. She said to maybe buy the first as profits went to a charity (can't remember which one now) but borrow the rest from the library. She went even higher in my estimation if that's even possible.

Greencoatblue · 07/09/2022 14:22

*That was on Twitter.

heathspeedwell · 07/09/2022 14:24

Have to say I think each book in the Strike series is better than the last. I just finished IBH yesterday and my first instinct on completing it was to start reading again from the beginning, which I haven't been so tempted to do with the previous ones.

In terms of the sheer hours of pleasure you can get for spending £25 it's incredibly hard to beat.

Datun · 07/09/2022 14:24

Greencoatblue · 07/09/2022 14:22

JKR answered someone who asked about the Strike books that it's best to read them in the published order to appreciate the relationship between Cormoran and Robin. She said to maybe buy the first as profits went to a charity (can't remember which one now) but borrow the rest from the library. She went even higher in my estimation if that's even possible.

I've just bought The cuckoos calling!

heathspeedwell · 07/09/2022 14:25

You won't regret it Datun!