I've recently finished The Casual Vacancy, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think that it depends on the culture that you've been exposed to the most throughout your life as to what you're going to take away from it: for me, the culture shown in The Casual Vacancy was an extremely realistic one. I think that as a first attempt at writing adult/general fiction, Rowling has done a bang-up job. I'll certainly be buying her next book, and I'll be happy to pay $25 again.
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