The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

I had been meaning to read this one for a long time but was a bit put off by its length. At 1448 pages, that is a lot of reading time. I finally picked up The Ink Black Heart when the latest season of C.B. Strike was about to be aired on TV. I wanted to have finished the book before watching.

The Ink Black Heart tells a somewhat complicated story that features many, many characters. At times, I found it a bit tricky to keep track of all of them; ultimately that did not really matter so do not worry if picking this up.

The tile refers to a character in a comic that takes on a big life of its own with the original, a spinoff game, plans for a movie and more. All of these actions, impact a number of characters and leads to some murders.

Behind all of this is the mysterious Anomie. Who are they? How will all this get resolved? How much will all of the texts actually matter? Who is who when a character has a game name that is anonymous but is a real person.

At the same time, the true fans of the series will be wondering what will happen between Robin and Strike. There will they/won’t they has kept readers going through multiple volumes.

Do I recommend this book? Overall yes but be ready to set some time aside for it.

Have you read this one? I’d love your thoughts.