Book Review of "The Ink Black Heart"

"He said nothing because he was enduring the always-humiliating experience of facing his own hypocrisy and delusion"

Clocking in at a little over 1000 pages, the “Ink Black Heart” - the 6th (and the latest) novel in the Cormoran Strike series is a meticulously crafted mystery with a plethora of intertwined characters that ends with a satisfying bang! As is the case with all Strike novels, the character development of both Strike and Robin is top-notch here. Even though I wish this book was better edited and could have been at least 100 pages shorter, I still felt a bit melancholy when it finally ended and was left wanting more of the “Strike and Robin” story. Overall, the second-best Strike novel so far for me (Troubled Blood gets the top spot IMO). The end felt a bit rushed and for the first time in the Strike series, not all loose ends pertaining to the case are tied up. In spite of that, a solid 4/5.