the call of the cuckoo
I wonder if you have read the call of the cuckoo by J.K. Rowling? Next, I'll give you my thoughts on The Call of the Cuckoo for your reference, hoping to help you.
thoughts after reading The Call of the Cuckoo
This book is another masterpiece of J.K. Rowling after the Harry Potter series. It is very special. She didn't use her real name, but used an alias-Robert Galbraith. I think maybe she wanted to get rid of the aura of Harry and let readers know her from another angle. Just saying that this book is very innovative, the suspense setting, the characterization and the description of details all show the author's intention and solid foundation, but if we want to compare it with "Harry Potter", I personally think it has not surpassed her previous peak and can only be regarded as mediocre.
The author began to narrate that Robin was proposed by her boyfriend when she applied for an assistant in the detective office opened by Stryker. It was only a temporary job for her, just to make a transition before finding a more stable and higher-paying job. Stryker was a detective, but he didn't have much business. For a long time, he only had a regular client, who was financially pressed, broke up with his girlfriend, homeless, and. Bristol found Stryker and was willing to pay double the price to investigate the hidden cause behind his sister, supermodel Landry's suicide. He firmly believed that his sister would never commit suicide even if she was under great pressure and had taken antidepressants because of mental problems. He believed that her sister was murdered and hoped that Stryker could help her further investigate the case. This case happened three months ago. Because of Landry's celebrity effect, it was also a sensation. In order to make a living, Stryker had to accept the "suicide case" that the police had already decided and began to investigate.
At first, Stryker himself didn't believe that there was something hidden in Landry's case, but he wanted to reinforce his conclusion of "suicide" again after a new investigation, so as to make his employer give up. He began to visit all the people who had contact with the deceased to understand Landry's behavior on the day of the incident and before. Some people who assisted in the investigation thought that her suicide was expected, while others were convinced that she had no reason to go out of this step. With the deepening of the investigation, he gradually. Because he is closest to the deceased's residence, and he has the keys to every household in the building, or his uncle Tony, who is not very close to Landry in people's mouth, may be killed next time because of some interest? Or her neighbor, Mr. Besgitti? Because he has always coveted her beauty, and the deceased has always refused to participate in the film he invested, so he can't make a big profit from it! Or maybe it was the driver of the deceased-Jones who always wanted to be famous but always played only a few small roles? And the drug-addicted boyfriend of the deceased, as well as the girlfriends who are jealous of her on the surface ... Each of them seems to be a suspect, but they have a plausible alibi, but this does not affect Stryker's judgment. From people's memories and descriptions of the events at that time, he is getting closer and closer to the truth, and he is slowly beginning to believe that this is not just a simple suicide case, but more like a deliberate murder. When the truth was finally revealed, it was surprising that the murderer was Bristol, the brother of the deceased, who had spent a lot of money to ask Stryker to re-investigate the case.
It turned out that he found his sister to turn around because of financial problems, but she refused. Later, he learned that her sister had been looking for her biological parents, because Bristol, Landry and their brother Charlie, who died unfortunately and unexpectedly when they were young, were adopted by their families. Their father died and their mother is now dying. If Landry was killed, Bristol would naturally become her heir. However, Bristol knew that Landry had left a will and wanted to leave all his property to her half-brother, not himself. Although the police had determined that Landry had committed suicide, he would lose everything in case the will was surprised that day, so he came up with a way to kill the two birds with one stone-that is, to frame Landry's brother as a murderer, so that he could enjoy the right of inheritance openly, even if the will was found later. It is impossible to give a murderer, so he found Stryker, trying to guide him into the flawless "truth" he arranged, and then achieve the goal of seizing property and eradicating worries. I don't know that Stryker is poor, but he is one of the best detectives. His objectivity and persistence will eventually bring criminals to justice. Finally, it was found out that Bristol pushed his brother Charlie off a cliff more than 2 years ago. Only then did everyone know that Charlie didn't die in an accident.
The ending of the story is unexpected, and the author's thinking is really worthy of recognition. I think that as a detective novel, the reader has been successful if he fails to guess one or two through his previous narrative. Although there is no Harry Potter classic, it is still a wonderful mystery novel. Shattered glass, the suspect, is thoroughly written in the book, and the physical and psychological description of the master is nuanced. After reading this book, another feeling is also regret, regret Charlie, regret Landry and, of course, family regret. If Bristol killed Landry for money, he killed Charlie for jealousy. He was jealous that his parents paid more attention to his brother than to him. Later, after his brother Charlie left, his little sister Landry was brought to his family. Everyone's attention was once again transferred to his sister, and he was always indifferent. He finally did something wrong again, which made me think of a similar scene in the book "Solitary Confessions", because the parents' focus was on his sister Lydia. All his brother's efforts were drowned and ignored, and his parents didn't care about him. Once two brothers and sisters were playing by the lake, his brother actually pushed his sister down the lake, but fortunately, his brother tried to rescue him later, but how sad it was in terms of the incident itself! Family education and environment really have an inseparable influence on children's growth. Furthermore, behind any glamour, there may be sadness or pressure that others can't understand. Landry is recognized as a beautiful woman and a lucky one. Although she grew up in an adoptive family in the eyes of the world, her family conditions are superior. Even if she doesn't work hard as a model, she will definitely have food and clothing, but people don't know the psychological pressure she bears. If she wants to be famous before others, she will suffer before others. She bears too much pressure that has nowhere to release. The adoptive mother's possessiveness, the regret of her eldest brother's death, and her second brother may also be a murder suspect. When she finally found her half-brother and wanted someone to talk to, something happened to her, so many times she didn't have to blindly envy others' light, and more importantly, she had her own opinions and aspirations. There is also Bristol, who will die if he does many wrong deeds. He got into the trap designed by himself and finally took the due retribution and punishment. Although we don't do such a radical thing as killing people like him, it is also wrong to be petty and greedy for petty advantages. You should know that no matter what happens, good and evil will eventually be rewarded, not for small evils. Being self-disciplined and conscientious is far more than being ambitious and opportunistic. The Call of the Cuckoo
The Call of the Cuckoo is a mystery novel by JK Rowling-although the author's name is Robert galbraith printed on the cover, it is only a pseudonym of JK Rowling. In the history, many writers used different pen names to write different types of works. For example, the famous agatha christie once published Roses and Taxus, Mother's Daughter and other works in the name of Mary West mccourt.
Although the most direct reason for reading this mystery novel is that the author is JK Rowling (I really love her Harry Potter series), I don't think her pseudonym is a cover-up, because the name "JK Rowling" itself is a pseudonym. For the author, a strange masculine name may help her to break away from children's literature, from the magical world and write in another identity. As for me, a die-hard fan of Harry Potter, I really hope that the name "JK Rowling" is only related to the magical world where Harry Potter lives, just like if the name "JK Rowling" is printed in other books, it will be a betrayal for me. Therefore, the name Robert galbraith is like a good shield. She can leave the magical world to write mystery novels, and I can love both sides-perfect!
The name trick
Although the back cover of the book has already pointed out that the protagonist of this book is Komoran Stryker, the text of the book is cut from a woman named Robin. When I first read the name "Robin", I smiled, which is very Rowling-she is very serious about naming names. Many characters in Harry Potter have names that refer to something. For example, Hermione's name comes from Hermes, the messenger of the gods on Mount Olympus in Greece; Snape's name is only one letter short of the English word snake, and snake is the symbol of Slytherin College. Dumbledore's name Albus means white in Latin, because he is the white wizard who fights against the dark Lord (Gandalf: Atsushi); Another example is Neville Longbottom. In English, Neville means Neverville, and Long Bottom means bottom forever, which is in line with his image in novels. Others, such as Ron, Professor McGonagall, Lupin, Voldemort and so on, have implications, and interested friends can read more on the Internet.
go back to the book. Robin is not a common name for women, but Rowling used it here, which obviously means something. My first reaction was that she would be a capable assistant-just like Batman and his Robin. As a matter of fact, this is also the case. For the down-and-out Stryker, Robin is really a veritable "Robin".
"Rashomon" in life
The movie Rashomon is a household name. Even those who haven't seen the original film must have heard the word "Rashomon" and understood its meaning. These three words are explained from a psychological point of view, that is, different people have different worlds in their eyes. Different people may feel the same thing completely differently. The most intuitive example is a book published by Irvin Yalom called Getting Closer. This book is composed of written records of the consultation conducted by Aaron and Ginny from their respective perspectives. When reading, we can find that although both parties are present at the consultation, their concerns, feelings and views on the effective components in the consultation are completely different. It's like a "Rashomon" in the consulting room. Sometimes, you even have a little doubt: did these two people really go through the same consultation?
In real life, it's hard for us to have a chance to know everyone's thoughts-even if you ask, others won't tell you what they think. But in the novel, following Stryker's perspective, we approach everyone in the incident, and we "see" them and "listen" to them. Not only that, information that might be ignored by our eyes at ordinary times enters our field of vision through words, which makes us see how a detective thinks, how to observe and how to ask questions-it is hard not to be surprised by the author's talent when reading.
The story told in the novel is not complicated: a supermodel fell to her death in the middle of the night, and the police ruled that she committed suicide. However, three months later, the deceased's brother found the impoverished detective Stryker and asked him to find the murderer of his sister. The story is simple, but around what happened on the day and night of the death of the deceased, more than a dozen people concerned gave almost completely different descriptions. Not only that, everyone's information is true or false because of their own selfishness or desire. How to separate the really useful information from these complicated information is not only the key to solving the case, but also the charm of Stryker as a detective and the charm of the novel.
"Ugly", but true
Around the deceased, Rowling wrote many characters, including her family, boyfriend, model friend, fashion designer, girlfriend, neighbor, driver, apartment security guard, policeman who handled the case, etc. Through these people, we learned what kind of person the deceased Lula was and what kind of personality he had. Similarly, through Stryker's conversation with them, we also "see" what kind of people they are. It can be said that except for some unimportant characters, almost all the main characters have problems, and there are some twisted, crazy and extreme things in their personalities.
Let's start with the deceased Lula. She is beautiful, beautiful like an angel who fell into the world, and she is an extremely rich supermodel. From the mouth of the original apartment security guard, we know that she is kind and cheerful, will smile at the security guard and care about his nephew in Afghanistan (this is also a clue, although it is not directly pointed out at the end of the book, but it is very reasonable after careful consideration); However, with the increase of understanding, we found that she was depressed, irritable, completely self-centered, self-destructive (as many people in this book have), and she was on and off with her drug-addicted boyfriend. All this is related to her abandonment by her biological mother in her early years and her adoptive mother's strong control.
Another self-destructive person is Stryker's ex-girlfriend. This ex-girlfriend does not appear directly in the book, and readers "see" this beautiful beauty through Stryker's memories. She is also beautiful and full of wildness, and she only captured Stryker's heart in a flash, and the latter still remembers it even after breaking up. At the same time, however, she lies, is jealous, irritable, impulsive and reckless, just like a spoiled rich girl. With the development of the plot, we can find that Stryker's mother is the same: the same great beauty, the same grumpy, impulsive and crazy, and finally died of poison X on a dirty mattress. This is Stryker's "compulsive repetition"-he just can't give up completely on this woman who has brought him endless quarrels and injuries.
Another person who impressed me deeply was the designer Guy Somer. The man's initial appearance was disgusting-according to media reports, he claimed that the dress the deceased was wearing when he fell from the building was designed by him, so he made his own clothes sell well. Not only that, he also posted photos taken by the deceased before his death as publicity. These actions can't help giving people the impression that he is a mercenary scumbag. After "meeting" him, he was grumpy, rude, cocky, constantly shouting, like a powder keg that could explode at any time, and constantly claiming that he really loved Lula-this is really hypocritical. Even after he didn't allow Stryker to call him.