I wasn't very thrilled about The Casual Vacancy, JKR's entree into adult fiction. In fact, it wasn't my thing at all. I couldn't even finish it.

But with The Cuckoo's Calling JKR's done it again. She's brought back the warmth I always associated with Hogwarts in this solid muggle detective story! The writing is BRILLIANT- with lines I found myself highlighting and smiling at. I love the quirkiness in her descriptions and how well fleshed out the characters were. Their accents, their airs, th...

Rowling is very good at story telling and portraying the various characters in her book. The literature is fresh and crisp. When it comes to detective work, the only other books i have read are from Sherlock Holmes & Hercule Poirot, and clearly they are the best when it comes to crime solving. But Rowling shines in her brilliant story telling.

It looks like a film script. No wonder if it turns into one. I am reading a lot of crime fiction lately. I have just finished all of Sherlock Holmes & 4 titles of Hercule Piorot. It was obvious for me to make comparisons with those. Some of those are:-

1) Sherlock & Hercule already are so hallowed that when you read those book/story, you treat it with a certain familiarity but here you are reading a book with a fresh perspective of exploring an unknown detective

2) Book is written more in f...

this book was the first crime thriller book that I ever read and I'm glad it turned out to be a good read. it kept me excited for the next part in its story all the time.i couldn't keep my hands of it for long. I feel like when people read a crime thriller, they develop a strategy themselves of looking for the criminal but mine just failed and I was totally blown at the revelation. glad that happened.
the series has got a lot of difference, compared to key points in the original story so I d...

A different flavour from J.K.Rowling, it is a good read. Not particularly thrilling, yet pacy and exciting. Suspense, drama and moments of relief all combined together gives a nice touch to the story. It's of a different kind altogether.

The book is very well written by Rowling.It has a good flow and an engrossing story line .It starts very well and is very mysterious .It is about a detective Mr Strike.The only problem in the book is that it become a little uninteresting after 400 pages.I was going to stop reading it but forced myself to continue.The suspense was very good and could not be guessed. It was also supported with a good reason.It is a one time read and cannot be read another time like the Harry Potter series.All r...

Well the book was entertaining and nice twists. The suspense was good and relation between the secretary and boss was very nicely done.

As usual flipkart was on time and nicely packed.

Quite different from the usual JK Rowling style of writing. Or should I mentioned Gailbraith ;)

Wont rate it and compare it to the best books that are available around. However, this is a good casual read which don’t bore you also. Last but not the least, there is no beating around the bush.

"The Cuckoo's Calling" a is good read. Apart from JK's lengthy descriptions the content was good. A nicely written, suttle and decent thriller with right amount of drama and suspence. A good attempt by JK. Being her first thriller I rated it as 4 star.

being a lover of all her potter series, i hopefully bought this book. and i am glad to buy this. rowling has wittily woven a plot to amuse her readers. she has once again successfully won the hearts of harry potter's fans.