The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling - Page 3

DiapDealer · 10-25-2012, 07:41 AM

F-bombs, no clear white-hat/black-hat characters, crass??

The reviews and descriptions from the people who don't like the book are doing waaaaay more to make me consider reading it than the reviews from the people who do like it.

Funny how that works sometimes.

MrsAmandaK · 10-25-2012, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

F-bombs, no clear white-hat/black-hat characters, crass??

The reviews and descriptions from the people who don't like the book are doing waaaaay more to make me consider reading it than the reviews from the people who do like it.

Funny how that works sometimes.

it may very well be your cup of tea!

sun surfer · 10-25-2012, 12:01 PM

I really liked the book. The book is darkly colourful and maybe it's more of a heightened reality instead of straight reality, and as the book progressed towards its conclusion there were some forced situations to get the story to where she wanted it to go that I wish weren't so, and it had a simplified and almost blunt style of writing that seemed at times a bit odd with such complex, adult and serious subject matter that I think may be a result of her being a children's author first, but despite its flaws I loved the complexity of character and situation, and I was very moved by it all in the end. In fact I'm still debating whether I may consider it a sort of very flawed masterpiece.

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10-25-2012, 07:41 AM	#31
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	F-bombs, no clear white-hat/black-hat characters, crass?? The reviews and descriptions from the people who don't like the book are doing waaaaay more to make me consider reading it than the reviews from the people who do like it. Funny how that works sometimes.

10-25-2012, 12:01 PM	#33
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	I really liked the book. The book is darkly colourful and maybe it's more of a heightened reality instead of straight reality, and as the book progressed towards its conclusion there were some forced situations to get the story to where she wanted it to go that I wish weren't so, and it had a simplified and almost blunt style of writing that seemed at times a bit odd with such complex, adult and serious subject matter that I think may be a result of her being a children's author first, but despite its flaws I loved the complexity of character and situation, and I was very moved by it all in the end. In fact I'm still debating whether I may consider it a sort of very flawed masterpiece.

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