tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2705301116605389173..comments2024-03-28T11:16:43.146+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Harry Potter and the Cuckoo's Tweet: battle averted without a shot being firedVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-42098019424087076162013-08-20T16:53:07.420+01:002013-08-20T16:53:07.420+01:00I wasn't very thrilled about The Casual Vacanc...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.<br /><br />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, the mannerisms- all so beautifully captured, just like she did in Potter!<br /><br />The main character is this stand-up guy whose back story reminded me a lot of Dr. Watson from Sherlock Holmes! His secretary, Robin, made a great partner-in-crime-solving(?)! I do hope we see more and more of her. YES, there is more. This is only the first book in a series and I'm already waiting for the next book! It's also a pretty good mystery. I couldn't solve this whodunnit till the very end of the book when I was surprised to find out who the murderer was.<br /><br />I guess the bottomline is this:<br /><br />The Cuckoo's Calling, plot-wise, is NOTHING like Harry Potter. It's an adult detective novel, for godssake. BUT it comes closest to being as warm, as amazing, as engrossing and as much of a treat as a Potter novel! The characters leap out of the page! Even better, since it's an adult novel, the characters don't hold back at all! The mystery is tightly knit, hard to solve! Descriptions of food- even if it's Pot Noodle and sticky toffee pudding rather than pumpkin juice, chocolate frogs and treacle tart- will make your mouth water. When you near the end, you will feel yourself slowing down, not because you're bored but because you don't want it to end.<br /><br />An all too familiar feeling, isn't it? Dosti SMShttp://hindisms.org/sms/dosti-smsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72095236048460333512013-08-02T19:01:18.723+01:002013-08-02T19:01:18.723+01:00Some consider the use (and moreso the choice) of p...Some consider the use (and moreso the choice) of pseudonym to be an art in itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-73057898555154719842013-08-02T15:08:59.966+01:002013-08-02T15:08:59.966+01:00I wonder why Rowling used a pseudonym.
This is no...<i>I wonder why Rowling used a pseudonym.</i><br /><br />This is not a first. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Gary" rel="nofollow">Romain Gary</a> comes to mind. Gary revealed in his suicide note that he and Émile Ajar were one. (As well as Shatan Bogat, René Deville and Fosco Sinibaldi, and Roman Kacew, his name at birth in Lithuania).<br /><br />The mystification had lasted long enough to allow Ajar to win the same Goncourt literary prize that Gary had won earlier. <br /><br />The Gary case is rich stuff for psychoanalysts. <br />Roufousse T. Fairflynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-80282781509336246612013-08-01T12:46:24.544+01:002013-08-01T12:46:24.544+01:00There is a lovely story of a German publisher buyi...There is a lovely story of a German publisher buying the rights at a knock-down price who now stands to make quite a bit of money:<br /><br />http://www.thelocal.de/money/20130722-50973.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-81655022142958474382013-08-01T09:46:21.820+01:002013-08-01T09:46:21.820+01:00I wonder why Rowling used a pseudonym. It seems li...I wonder why Rowling used a pseudonym. It seems like something to hide behind almost for writers, where they are a bit more relaxed about what they write as they have some shielding against negative reviews. The Harry Potter books were close to perfect in what they were trying to achieve, and perhaps its hard to continue to live up to that expectation.Sulemanhttp://www.hollyip.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-60681059012146377312013-08-01T00:07:21.895+01:002013-08-01T00:07:21.895+01:00Maybe Merpel could host a contest to see who can c...Maybe Merpel could host a contest to see who can come up with the best new pseudonym for J.K. Rowling? Hopefully, if she keeps the same solicitors, they won't be reading this blog when the winning submission is announced.Hans Sachsnoreply@blogger.com