One more charm to go and I'm done. #TheHallmarkedMan #StrikeandEllacott 😊

Two more to go and I'm done. ❤️ #Strike #StrikeandEllacott #TheHallmarkedMan #RobertGalbraith

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the grandfather's premature )eath is giving some dark generational parallels. I hope there's more information but this saturday night dinner in the attic looking at old pics remembering Ted shows how much #Strike really needed/needs a father windowsill of honor

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why is finding out Ted & Peggy are 14yrs apart in age disturbing? and who is this creepy great grandma? #Strike & Ted both knew they were not safe or wanted by their fathers+step is this a nod to sw*tch & is sw*tch a nod to

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to be real, Ted is written as a pillar of the community deeply loved by his wife & children/niece nephew but 2me there is some underlying darkness about him and/or his past & we get first glimpse at some causes

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in this series I think we may have both a h e tero m/f both trying 2tie a person down via pregnancy. This book is imo impossible 2realistically anticipate bc How i was certain #Robin was pregnant:off bc, disrespectfulviolent drunk bf, wanting capers on her pizza

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Chapter 3 is a hurdle. This is a storyline I heavily anticipated, but I was caught off guard by some of the details and how similarly I have responded verbally psychologically emotionally physically to that situation while performing grounded rational nice

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As I read, I have to remind myself that #Strike's has bionic hearing/seeing +his ability 2assess #Robin & never getting it right except his belief he would never let her lose color SO I have 2ask if we are meant 2B believe #Strike believes #Robin is out w/a cold?

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I mean the experiences had were so extreme that it created a different threshold/setpoint to your being plus while the circumstances R very different obviously, there are some incidents that are oddly exact in nature but it's also #Robin's mastery of Nice as the

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I like it but after #TRG this pacing seems maybe not chaotic but definitely HIIT or like a Japanese game show. Again I can apply math incorrectly vaguely for every 5 personal reveals there are x# work reveals per page. I had to pause

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We are getting A Lot of information

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30 odd pages in & there is a lot of information including it has only been a month since #Strike imo assaulted #Robin w/his immature broken declaration of love & now we have a new hire, Kim who is highlighting her breasts figure body 4Strike N the inner office

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Kim is awfully chatty while letting #Strike know she is available

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None of this if Fine
Everything about this is a Big Deal
#Robin is not O.K.
and ryanfuckingmurphy has probably already told #Robin's parents
Everyone will know

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"I could see if I can get time off -" pg.31
Where have I read that before?

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I believe the worst. It's ryanfuckingmurphy's intentional fault, he was drunk The level of dishonesty #Robin is exhibiting is deep. "Thank you for my flowers, they're lovely." pg.31
Really? #Robin figuring out how to take care of herself after this w/out support

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"..but having to say out loud the things...was going to make what happened real, rather than a strange interlude she could half convince herself was a nightmare." pg.29

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only a ww with perceived wealth could hide out in this hovel with a newborn baby without having any evidence of anything even clean running water confident nobody will question what is happening Tracks

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#Robin hasn't been/isn't healing, it has made her a liar and it's already feeling a little humpty dumpty
this is grief squared
I'm interested

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In regard to catching onto things in this series, I am stunningly slow
I have never seen it but is this what #Charlotte was referencing?

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I hate to think it, but the way #Ted's passing was written was merciful. It's believable he would have the listed health struggles w/the related effects & pass soon after #Joan
It would have been nauseating 2read about #Ted in a nursing home in london So many

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The introduction of these new characters feels a little like when carriefisher rip did a family breakdown in her book/play
I'm going to have to figure out how to keep track of people associated with a character I enjoy the least

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At this point in their career and definitely after #TheRunningGrave, it seems a little unbelievable that #Strike&Ellacott are still going to meetings at people's houses with such little information.
This must be like the office intercom system

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Since the intimacy & declarations/confirmations of love between #Strike&Ellacott didn't happen in the last 2 books, I have zero expectation that it will resolve or even touched upon in #TheHallmarkedMan because after #TIBH it was clear to me, this series is above my understanding

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I went N2 #TheInkBlackHeart & #TheRunningGrave w/no knowledge of the storylines. I had zero expectations when I began #TIBH but thought whatever was set to happened in #TRG surely #Strike&Ellacott would get closer emotionally/physically
but alas, no
What I know about #TheHallmarkedMan

Wer seine Romanfiguren liebt, der quält sie nach Herzenslust J. K. Row­ling übt keine Gnade: weder mit Robin Ella­­cott und Cor­­mo­­ran Strike, denen sie in «The Hall­mar­ked Man» («Der Tote mit dem Sil­ber­zei­chen») auf­rei­ben­de

#TheHallmarkedMan bzw. #DerToteMitDemSilberzeichen: #J.K.Rowling übt keine Gnade, weder mit Robin Ellacott und Cormoran Strike, noch mit uns, der Leserschaft: Der achte Fall des Ermittlerduos ist dicht, komplex und vielschichtig. #clickomaniach

Anyone else found this just very badly edited? Silly mistakes, and story not flowing at times. Such a disappointment. #booksky #thehallmarkedman #strike

Is #JKRowling a good writer? I hadn't read any of Harry Potters. So, over Christmas break 2023 I read the first Robert Galbraith novel & woah: it's marvelous.

I went back to the library, grabbed the rest.

Now, #TheHallmarkedMan, the 8th #CormoranStrike novel is out now. #NewBookSmell

Fuck…. Fuck, fuck, fuck. It usually takes me a few chapters to get into the mystery of it all. But this time, I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish. And to end it like that?! Are you kidding me??!! The wait for #Strike9 is going to be agonising. #TheHallmarkedMan