J.K. Rowling (Robert Galbraith) reads First Chapter of The Ink Black Heart (August 30th, 2022) 

Same here! I'm getting ready for a reread, because I felt like I just zoomed through it😂 I can't believe we'll have to wait over a year for the next one.

Same! I finished it in two days, now planning for a reread! I love the pacing but it got weird with the chatbox. And I got it all wrong with the killer lol. With regards of their partnership I know in my heart that it will not be this book because Strike should finally resolve his love with Charlotte which happened with this one. I’m relieved because it’s dragging for too long. Strike and Robin needed to start with clean slates. I literally can’t wait for the next book! Hopefully it will not take so long.

I really like what happened to the anti-trans bigot in the book.

How did you manage two days!? Did you have to take time off work

@@wonderwoman5528 they got fired for being a bigot at work

So is mine

She’s a transphobic, anti Semitic jerk

But haven’t you heard… she’s a transphobe! 😱

@@mbh9566 if you're talking about some Delusional people who think they are somewhat different from others just because that is what they feel. I don't give a fuck.

Me too. I expect there’s quite a line.

It's as fantastical as Harry Potter, the plot and everything. She even pretends to be a man writing it. Bit odd really...

Who? Ursula La Guin? Yeah her books, like Left Hand of Darkness are amazing literature.

Yup, Jo is fantastic

I wish haha

A million views… for a transphobe. I should hope not.😳

@@mbh9566 Without the internet she is still an influential person, meanwhile without the internet all you trans folk are nowhere to be seen.

@@mbh9566 Great Anomie cosplay!

@@finncullen

Your friends are fictional transphobic bigots. That's super sad. I hope you can make some real ones

@@jesipohl6717 dear Jesi believe me or not I ve got lot of Real friends So you dont have to be sad for me Anyway the books help me through a tough Time in my Life.

And anyway who are transphobics bigots?

@@karinhoo4333 that's great for you, I'm glad you also have real friends. Your JK Rowling books made me have a tough time in my life, because they create discriminatory narratives about trans people as predators which have directly lead to more attacks/murders of trans people. You certainly don't have any trans friends, if you do ask them what they think about your saviour JK Rowling. For real, ask them, make sure you don't pressure them. Judging by your name alone, you might understand what it is like for the media to focus on your identity in a negative way, maybe you've even seen the results in discriminatory behaviour from your community. This is what JK Rowling makes money off of now, doing this to trans people. Her books didn't save you. You deciding to read something and taking matters into your own hands with the help and support of real people is what did it. Don't give a bigot your power. Agatha Christi and Ursula La Guin respectively created far more interesting detective and fantasy/sci-fi worlds. The good news is that anything that was good in Rowlings work was appropriated from other writers. You can still have your amazing stories without supporting a bigot. Plenty of artists in the world.

@@jesipohl6717 that narrative was created by trans being predatory towards women and children. JKR did absolutely nothing wrong so deal with It.

Sameee! I need the next one! 😂

. . Wayting fo read the book! AS SOON AS POSIBLE@

I have enjoyed the whole series. Cuckoo's Calling is the first one.

Emil Durkheim would have branded JK a bigot and cited her existence and banally self-centered and meaningless fear and demonisation of a stigmatised group as evidence of anomie. My fav part of this book is what happens to the anti-trans person, hahaha. Justice.

In the world many follwers to fools like addicts, but hary fans are visionaries

So what’d they teach you… that Men can get pregnant?

She understands the issues very well Mr. White Knight

You sound like a great guy, it's reassuring to hear that older generations can still be open-minded. Ignore the echo chamber of JKR supporters that can't understand the concept of a life lived differently from their own... it's frustrating, but useless to argue with them. We can only hope that they have brains sent down to them - or stones, so long as they hit the mark.

@@__Oscar So open minded that your brains fell out. And how can you say that people can’t understand the concept of a life lived differently without seeing the irony in it. Y’all too clearly can’t understand that same concept of a life lived differently, so you look to publicly shame and demonize those that don’t agree with your views. A classic fascist tactic to get people to submit to their own preferred ideology. I mean, I’ve never seen JK using those same tactics, but instead only defending her own beliefs. Which by the way are a set of beliefs based in actual reality, whereas those that look to attack her are basing their beliefs on pure fantasy.

@@mbh9566 yes, trans men can get pregnant. Next question.

Self-hate is a monster for sure

@@jesipohl6717 what are you suggesting?

Possibly people here understand that she hasn't actually hurt anyone but is practising her right to free speech by airing her opinion. You're being terribly judgemental to many people you don't know. Perhaps you might want to reconsider the direction of your anger?

I used to have such respect for Rowling. I don't know why it's okay to oppress trans people, but it seems to be acceptable to her. She's all about punching down these days and now she's made herself the victim with this new book. Self-serving. I don't get it. It's heartbreaking.

@@jansmith286 She can practice free speech as much as anyone can. And we can, too. It isn't a violation of her free speech rights to criticize what she says and writes. When you have the bully pulpit that she has, her words can and do hurt people. For some reason she's taken aim at one of the most marginalized groups (trans). I don't understand why she's anti-trans, but it does hurt. A lot.

@@jansmith286 oh i know the direction of my anger. And it’s toward bigots like her. She has crossed multiple lines. It is no longer a mistake, or free speech. Her actions are active acts of malice. And she has hurt people .

I’m trans myself( non binary) and Harry Potter was a important part of my life for so long, but because of her actions, I and millions of others cannot enjoy her works due to realizing more and more of the negative stereotypes she consistently props up . And I’m not even getting into how much she donated to violently anti trans conservative organizations.

Unfortunately with her "takes" she's bound to sell a lot to either conservatives, terfs, or those that care for cancel culture

Well, ultimatetly, like so many historical villians, perhaps she can serve as an infamous identity for future youth to rally against. I imagine a time when her legacy will consist of academic courses in gender studies which deconstruct long-forgotten fiction writers who created violent hateful spectacles in their time. A course like "the two faces of JK Rowling; contemporary no-wave vs 2nd-wave feminist readings on identity". I mean going back through potter, you can kinda see she loves the enforced heteronormativity.

it's even more bizarre that a nobody gives such baseless criticism

@@katarinas6012 why don't you tell me how irs baseless. Go on.