J.K. Rowling came back into publicity with her first adult novel. This review is a review on the book which doesn't contains any spoilers with info about the story or it's characters.
It's based on my personal opinion after reading this book, please never let me stop you from reading it!
Casual vacancy contains adult topics like drugs, sex, self harm, rape, and there is a lot ...really a lot of swearing. Things youngsters seldom read about or should read about. The topics and vocabullary used sure is a huge step away from the wizard we see before us as soon as we hear the author' name.
This is a traditional, somewhat retro English novel. Set in the "pretty little town of Pagford", in the West Country, it is a study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple interlocking plots.As I do am a fan of multiple storylines this at first side was a good thing, but as the story continues the storylines switch so often and quickly it can be very confussing! within a sentence the view changes to another character's vision on the situation.
There are similarities found in the casual vacancy and the harry potter books which I loved. Even as this is a adult novel it focusses on teenagers and their struggles.
This new book is a missed change for Rowling. The story is promissing and some plots really are very creative, but it is hard to read or follow unless you really take a lot of time to re-read things once every while. The end is sudden, predictable and a shame. Really not the ending that fits the story, to me it seems an open ending, but I doubt there is enough to write another book.
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