I'm enthralled by Galbraith's writing. I know Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for JK Rowling, but it seems right to me to keep them separate in my mind. Yes, they are both great writers, and yes, they can both get a little dark, but the worlds they build seem so different, although they are equally as mesmerizing. 
 I disliked the victim of the murder in this book, which left me feeling a bit disconnected from the narrative. Also, there were so many similar characters - this publisher, that agent - they all blurred together in my mind. But Galbraith handles them all masterfully. Each piece of the puzzle is arranged precisely, and although I had to go back several times to find where this part or that part was originally mentioned, I found them exactly positioned.