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| Praise for JK Rowling from her former teacher | Praise for JK Rowling from her former teacher |
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| Cormoran Strike comes to life in this adaptation of JK Rowling’s foray into crime (The Cuckoo’s Calling review, Last night’s TV, 28 August). JK Rowling, writing as Robert K Galbraith, is at the top of her game with the crime fiction genre. The Cuckoo’s Calling is literary 10-pin bowling at its finest: an assured hand guides the riveting story-ball, every plot-twisting pin laid out in the resounding finale. Strike! | Cormoran Strike comes to life in this adaptation of JK Rowling’s foray into crime (The Cuckoo’s Calling review, Last night’s TV, 28 August). JK Rowling, writing as Robert K Galbraith, is at the top of her game with the crime fiction genre. The Cuckoo’s Calling is literary 10-pin bowling at its finest: an assured hand guides the riveting story-ball, every plot-twisting pin laid out in the resounding finale. Strike! |
| However, “I haven’t read any of the crime novels JK Rowling has written … but it is easy to imagine the problems she might encounter plonking a down-on-his-luck private investigator into contemporary London …” writes reviewer Tim Dowling about Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling after episode one on Sunday night. | However, “I haven’t read any of the crime novels JK Rowling has written … but it is easy to imagine the problems she might encounter plonking a down-on-his-luck private investigator into contemporary London …” writes reviewer Tim Dowling about Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling after episode one on Sunday night. |
| Cop out, Tim. Do your homework. Read the book before you write a review of the TV adaptation. Discover literary sure-footedness; deftly-crafted plot; strong characterisation; satisfying denouement. Then you can write with more credibility about what has been adapted, and how.Lucy Shepherd(Jo Rowling’s former English teacher), Bristol | Cop out, Tim. Do your homework. Read the book before you write a review of the TV adaptation. Discover literary sure-footedness; deftly-crafted plot; strong characterisation; satisfying denouement. Then you can write with more credibility about what has been adapted, and how.Lucy Shepherd(Jo Rowling’s former English teacher), Bristol |
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