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I too am waiting for the eBook's price to drop. Or for a good discount I can apply on purchase. But I will definitely read it.
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10-02-2012, 03:18 PM | #17 |
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I am waiting for the used book market to get flooded with copies. I'm fine with a pbook!
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It's an interesting title. Any comments on what it means?
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10-02-2012, 06:05 PM | #19 |
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Saw this blurb in an article recently. EW's Shelf-Life:
The original title of The Casual Vacancy was Responsible: Rowling tells The New Yorker that “this is a book about responsibility” — both in a minor and a macro sense. However, she came across the real title when she got her hands on a copy of the standard British handbook for local administrators. “I needed it to check certain abstruse points. And in there I came across the phrase ‘a casual vacancy.’ Meaning, when a seat falls vacant through death or scandal. And immediately I knew that that was the title.” |
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The book is divided into parts and at the beginning of each part she quotes something from this handbook.
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I finished the sample of The Casual Vacancy. It is now on my Amazon Christmas wish list.
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10-08-2012, 01:39 PM | #23 |
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I just finished The Casual Vacancy today. I don't typically buy ebooks priced as high as this one was, but I had credit on iTunes from a giftcard that I received CHristmas so I decided to treat myself. My feelings about the book are: I really wanted to like it and found that I liked it okay, but not that much. There were not ANY characters in the book that I particularly liked and rooted for all the time. I found myself rooting for a character at one moment and being disgusted by that character the next moment. I'm not sorry that I spent the money on the book, but I don't think that I will be recommending this book as a must read to any of my friends or relatives.
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I don't regret that I read it. If she writes another book, then I will probably read that too. By the way, the price has dropped to $14.99 in the US. |
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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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I also agree that it depends on the culture that you've been exposed to. The way Rowling dissected life in a small rural town in England was spot on. You don't have to like it, but if you don't, it doesn't mean it's a bad book. Tastes differ widely and I think it was well written. But that's just my humble opinion, of course. |
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I won a free copy of this (yay!) so I imagine I'll read it at some point. It's on my list.
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10-20-2012, 12:40 PM | #28 |
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Compared to her Harry Potter series, her character development and backstory are woeful. Not a fully dimensioned, or likeable character among them. I won't be finishing the book.
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10-24-2012, 01:19 AM | #29 |
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I was thinking about buying it actually, just because I absolutely loved the Harry Potter series, and she does such a great job at writing in such a way you feel like your envisioning what's happening. This book is definitely going on my wish list!!
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10-24-2012, 11:49 PM | #30 |
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I am still on the fence. I LOVE JK Rowling's Potter series - I have read it over and over and have literally devoured these books.
But I have read half way through and so far I am disappointed. I must admit at first I was turned off by the crassness in the book (Maybe I am too much of a prude) but I just didn't feel like so many F*bombs were necessary. I was also a bit put off by the jumping around and found it confusing (until I started to get a grasp on characters). For the first little bit I spent more time trying to figure out who was who instead of actually reading it (and I feel I have a good comprehension level). I plan to finish the book though ... but at this point I think it's because I desperately want to like it lol. I don't have high hopes though. |
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