{"id":5922,"date":"2023-01-08T08:54:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T22:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/veritysparks.com\/?p=5922"},"modified":"2023-01-08T08:56:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T22:56:06","slug":"5922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veritysparks.com\/?p=5922","title":{"rendered":"THE INK BLACK HEART"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ve missed a couple of instalments, but wasn’t suprised to find that Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott are continuing their slow-burn courtship. Unresolved sexual tension! While you wouldn’t want it to go and and on and<\/em> on<\/em> in real life, in books and on screen, it’s delicious.<\/p>\n

This time, they’re investigating the murder of Edie Ledwell, the co-creator of a popular online cartoon, The Ink Black Heart <\/em>which has also been turned into a popular game by a couple of fans. With the cartoon set to become a movie, Edie finds herself accused of selling out, and she’s being trolled by the fandom, led by the anonymous Anomie. Uncovering Anomie’s identity is key to solving the case. With a variety of personal issues to deal with, Strike and Ellacot are at times distracted and weary. Galbraith\/Rowling does a great job of conveying the tedious slog of surveillance and the high-stakes thrill when the investigators close in on their quarry.<\/p>\n

Over a thousand pages! And I read most of them.
\nI find long books pretty taxing, and will admit that I sort of skip-read the last couple of hundred, especially the online chats between the gamers, which were formatted in columns and a chore to read. But this one kept me going, and the end was satisfying, violent and in hindsight, inevitable. And bravo to JK, for having a go at the keyboard warriors who, under the magic cloak of anonymity, have created such a vicious online battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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