After nine long days of reading, I finally finished The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling. I am not sure what I was expecting, but it was not this. I love how JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter and all in all I think she is a great writer.On a whole some people criticizer her for writing the Harry Potter books with not enough character development. However, they are children's books and have growing character development and interwoven depths as the characters age.
While I was not expecting Harry Potter, I was expecting an entertaining plot with a different story and maybe some of JK Rowling signature details. Instead JK Rowling decided that we should all know she can and will spend pages developing her characters even if it sacrifies the plot.
On a whole the basis of the book surronds Barry Fairbrother dies and his local seat in the Parish Council goes up for election. In this rural community in England, dirty politics, discontent for the poor, rape, welfare, scandals all sound like they would make an excellent plot. Instead tedious details and chapters of information make the first 350 pages drag. While the last 100 pages are pretty good, final answers to some of the stories questions are not always.
All in all this book was ok. If you like character development and literature read it, if not skip it.
Happy Reading! Off to catch up... Guy Not Taken and then Lean In (so excited)
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