So I found this book and decided to purchase it not knowing it was written by Rowling. Started reading and I must say it is well written and does flow well. I wouldn't go so far as to say it is a page turner but it is written in a way that is enjoyable to read for the way it is written rather than the story. The story is a bit meh to be honest, it's not really gripping at all. Rowling keeps reinforcing how 'gruesome, grotesque' etc. a certain thing is in the book but for some reason it really doesn't come across that way, there is no 'shock' factor at all in the book. It is an incredibly dull story but very well written.

Anyway as a 25 year old male I was quite surprised after the first few chapters on how much detail was put into women's thoughts and woman in general and it seemed to me that the book just could not have been written by a man. So I checked the front of the book again just to make sure I hadn't read the name wrong. But no it was a guy. So I carry on reading becoming more and more impressed at how Robert Galbraith is able to portray a woman's mind and thoughts so expertly (for a man) and also how the book just seemed like a woman's fantasy. The main character is a sexy hulk former soldier Oxford graduate with war medals and a lost foot due to saving someone's life... Literally the perfect man - the way he acts and talks and stuff just sounds like exactly what a woman would want to hear. And he's surrounded by loads of women who are empowered, sexy, etc. I dunno I just had a feeling that this book just HAD to be written by a woman and this Robert Galbraith was a fake name. (Bare in mind I honestly had no idea it was Rowling... no idea at all.)

So i search online IS ROBERT GALBRAITH A WOMAN. Yup, turns out it's bloody Rowling.... Never thought Rowling would write about staring at the revealing groin and 'suppurating' (repeated numerous times) penis among other surprisingly revealing thoughts she must have....

5/10

(10/10 to me is Count of Monte Cristo)