Book: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This boarding-school saga is a darkly comic tale of Skippy's friends and tormentors at Seabrook College, a Catholic boys' school in Dublin. The death of teenager Daniel Juster, known as Skippy, opens the novel but this by no means is a depressing read. As the novel progresses, we get to know Skippy from various points of view - including that of Howard, who fled his job in finance to come back and teach history at his alma mater.

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Book: Lethal White by Robert Galbraith

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Lots of twists and turns in the fourth (and longest) Cormoran Strike book with blackmail, murder, and horses - set in the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics. But the mystery felt slightly overwritten, with the pace picking up only in the last 100 pages or so. Perhaps it was because Strike and assistant-turned-partner Robin spent too much time apart initially. For the magic only happens when they solve crimes together.

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