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"The Casual Vacancy" is without doubt a book that did not leave me indifferent. Engaging to the point of reading it in any spare moment I had, and sacrificing hours of sleep, it's also very thrilling (which is part of the secret for being so engaging). The characters and setting are extremely real, so real that they are gritty.
The book portrays a small suburban town in which the apparently idyllic lives of its inhabitants hide layer over layer of unhappiness, contempt, envy and resentment that will surface and come to a climax by an apparently innocuous event: The sudden death of one of their citizens, a person nobody was indifferent to and that left a mark in everybody else, if only by comparison.
I just couldn't leave the book without knowing what would happen to its very varied and full of life characters, which the author ends up dissecting to find the darkest corners that lurk in every one of us. In the end, when I finally finished it, I was thinking how strange it is that a book that left such a disturbing sensation inside me can also be something I cannot but recommend to anybody.
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When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils. . . Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
A big novel about a small town, THE CASUAL VACANCY is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
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- Fecha de publicación27 septiembre 2012
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JK Rowling The Casual Vacancy
Biography
J K (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in the summer of 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive. Jo left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, and where her course included one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she moved to London to work at Amnesty International, doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone Africa. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Jo then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. She married in October 1992 and gave birth to her daughter Jessica in 1993. When her marriage ended, she returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where "Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone" was eventually completed and in 1996 she received an offer of publication. The following summer the world was introduced to Harry Potter."Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in June 1997 and was published as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in America by Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic in September 1998.The second title in the series, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", was published in July 1998 (June 2, 1999 in America) and was No. 1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts for a month after publication. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was published on 8th July 1999 (September 8, 1999 in America) to worldwide acclaim and massive press attention. The book spent four weeks at No.1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts, while "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" simultaneously topped the paperback charts. In the US the first three Harry Potter books occupied the top three spots on numerous adult bestseller lists.The fourth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia 8th July 2000 with a record first print run of 1 million copies for the UK and 3.8 million for the US. It quickly broke all records for the greatest number of books sold on the first weekend of publication. The fifth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia on 21st June 2003. Published in paperback on 10th July 2004, it is the longest in the series - 766 pages - and broke the records set by "Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire" as the fastest selling book in history. The sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", was published in the UK, US and other English-speaking countries on 16th July 2005 and also achieved record sales.The seventh and final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was published in the UK, US and other English speaking countries on 21st July 2007. The book is the fastest selling book in the UK and USA and sales have contributed to breaking the 375 million copies mark worldwide.J K Rowling has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry's school books within the novels. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through The Ages" were published by Bloomsbury Children's Books and Scholastic in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. The Harry Potter books have sold 400 million copies worldwide. They are distributed in over 200 territories and are translated into 67 languages.
--Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
Biography
J K (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in the summer of 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive. Jo left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, and where her course included one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she moved to London to work at Amnesty International, doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone Africa. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Jo then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. She married in October 1992 and gave birth to her daughter Jessica in 1993. When her marriage ended, she returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where "Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone" was eventually completed and in 1996 she received an offer of publication. The following summer the world was introduced to Harry Potter."Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in June 1997 and was published as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in America by Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic in September 1998.The second title in the series, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", was published in July 1998 (June 2, 1999 in America) and was No. 1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts for a month after publication. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was published on 8th July 1999 (September 8, 1999 in America) to worldwide acclaim and massive press attention. The book spent four weeks at No.1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts, while "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" simultaneously topped the paperback charts. In the US the first three Harry Potter books occupied the top three spots on numerous adult bestseller lists.The fourth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia 8th July 2000 with a record first print run of 1 million copies for the UK and 3.8 million for the US. It quickly broke all records for the greatest number of books sold on the first weekend of publication. The fifth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia on 21st June 2003. Published in paperback on 10th July 2004, it is the longest in the series - 766 pages - and broke the records set by "Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire" as the fastest selling book in history. The sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", was published in the UK, US and other English-speaking countries on 16th July 2005 and also achieved record sales.The seventh and final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was published in the UK, US and other English speaking countries on 21st July 2007. The book is the fastest selling book in the UK and USA and sales have contributed to breaking the 375 million copies mark worldwide.J K Rowling has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry's school books within the novels. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through The Ages" were published by Bloomsbury Children's Books and Scholastic in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. The Harry Potter books have sold 400 million copies worldwide. They are distributed in over 200 territories and are translated into 67 languages.
--Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
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JK Rowling The Casual Vacancy
Biography
J K (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in the summer of 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive. Jo left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, and where her course included one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she moved to London to work at Amnesty International, doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone Africa. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Jo then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. She married in October 1992 and gave birth to her daughter Jessica in 1993. When her marriage ended, she returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where "Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone" was eventually completed and in 1996 she received an offer of publication. The following summer the world was introduced to Harry Potter."Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in June 1997 and was published as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in America by Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic in September 1998.The second title in the series, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", was published in July 1998 (June 2, 1999 in America) and was No. 1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts for a month after publication. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was published on 8th July 1999 (September 8, 1999 in America) to worldwide acclaim and massive press attention. The book spent four weeks at No.1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts, while "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" simultaneously topped the paperback charts. In the US the first three Harry Potter books occupied the top three spots on numerous adult bestseller lists.The fourth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia 8th July 2000 with a record first print run of 1 million copies for the UK and 3.8 million for the US. It quickly broke all records for the greatest number of books sold on the first weekend of publication. The fifth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia on 21st June 2003. Published in paperback on 10th July 2004, it is the longest in the series - 766 pages - and broke the records set by "Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire" as the fastest selling book in history. The sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", was published in the UK, US and other English-speaking countries on 16th July 2005 and also achieved record sales.The seventh and final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was published in the UK, US and other English speaking countries on 21st July 2007. The book is the fastest selling book in the UK and USA and sales have contributed to breaking the 375 million copies mark worldwide.J K Rowling has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry's school books within the novels. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through The Ages" were published by Bloomsbury Children's Books and Scholastic in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. The Harry Potter books have sold 400 million copies worldwide. They are distributed in over 200 territories and are translated into 67 languages.
--Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
Biography
J K (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling was born in the summer of 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive. Jo left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, and where her course included one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she moved to London to work at Amnesty International, doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone Africa. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Jo then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. She married in October 1992 and gave birth to her daughter Jessica in 1993. When her marriage ended, she returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where "Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone" was eventually completed and in 1996 she received an offer of publication. The following summer the world was introduced to Harry Potter."Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in June 1997 and was published as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in America by Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic in September 1998.The second title in the series, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", was published in July 1998 (June 2, 1999 in America) and was No. 1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts for a month after publication. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was published on 8th July 1999 (September 8, 1999 in America) to worldwide acclaim and massive press attention. The book spent four weeks at No.1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts, while "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" simultaneously topped the paperback charts. In the US the first three Harry Potter books occupied the top three spots on numerous adult bestseller lists.The fourth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia 8th July 2000 with a record first print run of 1 million copies for the UK and 3.8 million for the US. It quickly broke all records for the greatest number of books sold on the first weekend of publication. The fifth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia on 21st June 2003. Published in paperback on 10th July 2004, it is the longest in the series - 766 pages - and broke the records set by "Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire" as the fastest selling book in history. The sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", was published in the UK, US and other English-speaking countries on 16th July 2005 and also achieved record sales.The seventh and final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was published in the UK, US and other English speaking countries on 21st July 2007. The book is the fastest selling book in the UK and USA and sales have contributed to breaking the 375 million copies mark worldwide.J K Rowling has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry's school books within the novels. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through The Ages" were published by Bloomsbury Children's Books and Scholastic in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. The Harry Potter books have sold 400 million copies worldwide. They are distributed in over 200 territories and are translated into 67 languages.
--Este texto se refiere a la edición kindle_edition .
Críticas
The Casual Vacancy is a complete joy to read....a stunning, brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of British society today.--The Mirror (UK)
The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling's first adult novel, is sometimes funny, often startlingly well observed....Jane Austen herself would admire the way [Rowling] shows the news of Barry's death spreading like a virus round Pagford.--Telegraph (UK)
A positively propulsive read.--Wall Street Journal
A study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple, interlocking plots, drawing inspiration from Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot...The Casual Vacancy immerses the reader in a richly peopled, densely imagined world...intelligent, workmanlike, and often funny.--The Guardian (UK)
A vivid read with great, memorable characters and a truly emotional payoff....Rowling captures the humanity in everyone, even if that humanity is not always a pretty sight.--People
An insanely compelling page-turner....The Casual Vacancy is a comedy, but a comedy of the blackest sort, etched with acid and drawn with pitch....Rowling proves ever dexterous at launching multiple plot lines that roar along simultaneously, never entangling them except when she means to. She did not become the world's bestselling author by accident. She knows down in her bones how to make you keep turning the pages.--The Daily Beast
I had come under the spell of a great novel....A big, ambitious, brilliant, profane, funny, deeply upsetting and magnificently eloquent novel of contemporary England, rich with literary intelligence....This is a deeply moving book by somebody who understands both human beings and novels very, very deeply.--Lev Grossman, Time
Rowling has written a grand novel...a very brave book.--The Bookseller (UK)
Rowling knows how to write a twisty, involving plot....She is clearly a skilled writer.--The Huffington Post
There are plenty of pleasures to be had in The Casual Vacancy....Parts of the story would be tonally of a piece with any Richard Price or Dennis Lehane novel, or an episode of The Wire.--Parade
This book represents a truckload of shrewdness.... There were sentences I underlined for the sheer purpose of figuring out how English words could be combined so delightfully....genuinely moving.--Washington Post
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The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling's first adult novel, is sometimes funny, often startlingly well observed....Jane Austen herself would admire the way [Rowling] shows the news of Barry's death spreading like a virus round Pagford.--Telegraph (UK)
A positively propulsive read.--Wall Street Journal
A study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple, interlocking plots, drawing inspiration from Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot...The Casual Vacancy immerses the reader in a richly peopled, densely imagined world...intelligent, workmanlike, and often funny.--The Guardian (UK)
A vivid read with great, memorable characters and a truly emotional payoff....Rowling captures the humanity in everyone, even if that humanity is not always a pretty sight.--People
An insanely compelling page-turner....The Casual Vacancy is a comedy, but a comedy of the blackest sort, etched with acid and drawn with pitch....Rowling proves ever dexterous at launching multiple plot lines that roar along simultaneously, never entangling them except when she means to. She did not become the world's bestselling author by accident. She knows down in her bones how to make you keep turning the pages.--The Daily Beast
I had come under the spell of a great novel....A big, ambitious, brilliant, profane, funny, deeply upsetting and magnificently eloquent novel of contemporary England, rich with literary intelligence....This is a deeply moving book by somebody who understands both human beings and novels very, very deeply.--Lev Grossman, Time
Rowling has written a grand novel...a very brave book.--The Bookseller (UK)
Rowling knows how to write a twisty, involving plot....She is clearly a skilled writer.--The Huffington Post
There are plenty of pleasures to be had in The Casual Vacancy....Parts of the story would be tonally of a piece with any Richard Price or Dennis Lehane novel, or an episode of The Wire.--Parade
This book represents a truckload of shrewdness.... There were sentences I underlined for the sheer purpose of figuring out how English words could be combined so delightfully....genuinely moving.--Washington Post
Praise for THE CASUAL VACANCY: --Este texto se refiere a una edición agotada o no disponible de este título.
Biografía del autor
J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, have been translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films.
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, have been translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films.
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. --Este texto se refiere a una edición agotada o no disponible de este título.
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.
J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, have been translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films.
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. --Este texto se refiere a una edición agotada o no disponible de este título.
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- ASIN : B007TK77QE
- Editorial : Sphere; 0 edición (27 septiembre 2012)
- Idioma : Inglés
- Tamaño del archivo : 1072 KB
- Texto a voz : Activado
- Lector de pantalla : Compatibles
- Tipografía mejorada : Activado
- X-Ray : Activado
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- Notas adhesivas : En Kindle Scribe
- Longitud de impresión : 506 páginas
- Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº103,406 en Tienda Kindle (Ver el Top 100 en Tienda Kindle)
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Revisado en España 🇪🇸 el 7 de febrero de 2017
One must read this novel with an open mind and without expectations, if one is to enjoy this novel. Casual Vacancy is a complete different reading experience from J.K. Rowling's previous works. It is a good choral novel with any characters in a tiny town, each with their secrets and motivations. It took me some time to figure out what the purpose of it all was. I found the beginning/introduction of characters a bit too long and it struck me as dull until I reached a certain point when it started to make sense. And then I loved it.
Revisado en España 🇪🇸 el 22 de abril de 2021
I love JK Rowling, the way she writes is fantastic and everything, BUT this book is taking me forever to read since its way too repetitive, too descriptive and that gets to be way too dull.
Her Cormoran Strike books are FANTASTIC though. Maybe the main subject of this book wasn't that interesting to write about, idk.
Her Cormoran Strike books are FANTASTIC though. Maybe the main subject of this book wasn't that interesting to write about, idk.
Revisado en España 🇪🇸 el 27 de diciembre de 2013
I felt quite surprised with this book. I imagined J K Rowling would want to get distant from Harry Potter. I did not expect another Harry Potter book. However, the crude, sad and dramatic scenario that The Casual Vacancy describes has shocked me and taken me by surprise.
I feel sad saying that I cannot see myself reading this book ever again. Sorry.
I feel sad saying that I cannot see myself reading this book ever again. Sorry.
Revisado en España 🇪🇸 el 29 de enero de 2017
Una buena novela. Muy satisfecha con la compra ya que en España no hubiera sido posible comprarlo en inglés de segunda mano. El libro está en buen estado, ha merecido la pena incluso pagando el envío
Revisado en España 🇪🇸 el 22 de enero de 2015
El producto genial, siempre que compro artículos de segunda mano en amazon suelen llegar en buenas condiciones y sin problemas. El libro leyéndomelo estoy, así que no puedo opinar aún...Le cuesta arrancar, debo decir... Yo metía a un Harry por ahí y asunto apañao.
Revisado en España 🇪🇸 el 14 de marzo de 2013
Largo... un vocabulario a veces complicado (la versión inglesa, sobretodo los slang) pero muy interesante. Muy bien estructurado... vale la pena el esfuerzo de leerlo en inglés, sobretodo por los diferetnes niveles de inglés, expresiones... que no creo que un traductor sea capaz transmitir.
Revisado en España 🇪🇸 el 26 de junio de 2018
Llegó muy rápido, pese a que tiene muchas páginas es muy compacto, lo que se agradece ya que lo quería de bolsillo. El libro es genial, me encanta el vocabulario, sobre todo el rango de léxico que usa JK Rowling, merece la pena cogerse la V.O.!
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Chanatkins
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Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 3 de diciembre de 2018
I've never been interested in Harry Potter, but had to choose an adult book written by a predominantly children's author for a reading challenge I'm taking part in. This book was the first that sprang to mind, and the blurb also sounded rather good. I have to say I really enjoyed it and was pleasantly surprised. I found the writing sublime and the characterisation fantastic. The story revolves around the social and political issues that arise in the tiny rural town of Pagford. A popular local councillor dies unexpectedly and his position needs to be filled. It's soon revealed that the Parish council is very divided with some of them wishing to part ways with a scruffy council estate that was forced upon their parish years ago, and some wishing to help the unfortunate people who live there. There are many unlikable characters in this book, but I quite enjoyed reading about them. It is, in many places quite funny, and I think would work brilliantly on TV. Luckily there are some characters you end up rooting for, such as Andrew who suffers abuse at home from his father, Sukvinder who is self-harming due to the bullying she endures at school, and Krystal, who is trying so hard to rise above her poverty-stricken background by trying to rescue her little brother from the clutches of their drug-addicted mother and her dodgy friend Obbo. This is, despite the funny moments, a very hard-hitting book, which deals with a lot of serious issues. Some of the characters just get worse, while some of them seem to redeem themselves towards the end. Be warned though, there is an upsetting end to it all. All in all, I would recommend this to anyone who fancies a really character driven book with strong writing and gritty issues tackled well.
Arberton
5,0 de 5 estrellas
Variety and real issues
Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 27 de junio de 2018
The Casual Vacancy – J K Rowling
, I thoroughly enjoyed The Casual Vacancy mainly because of the vivid characters and their great variety. They were presented in vividly contrasting ways, whether between married couples or teenagers and from a gamut of contrasting social backgrounds. In fact I think variety is the key idea that unifies the novel. But the characters grip strongly. One probably develops keen feelings for most, if not all of them – great sympathy for Krystal Weedon , for example, struggling against the odds to care for her three-year-old brother, Robbie; powerful distaste for Simon Price, a bully to his wife and sons, Andrew and Paul, and a corrupt employee of a printing company; hopeful admiration for Kay Bowden who begins to show understanding and make progress towards rehabilitating Terri Weldon whom one might see as a victim of circumstances as a drug addict and part time prostitute; and feelings of sympathy for Sukvinder Jawanda, bullied at school to the point of self-harming, by Stuart “Fats” Wall and with a self-centred mother, Parminder.
There is also variety in the themes and issues that the novel touches on: class, marital relations, drugs, teenage attitudes, social problems and local politics, the latter being at the root of the conflicts the novel is concerned with. Variety is also part of the setting of the story: the “Field” is the working class and deprived area of the small town of Pagford compared with its more affluent area with its cobbled streets and chocolate box appearance; and Yarvil is the nearby town where some of the characters work and attend – at the comprehensive school and the St Anne’s private school and the hospital. There is also the cave where Andrew (“Arf”) and “Fats” meet to smoke and shoot up; and the river where Krystal and Stuart have sex and where three-year-old Robbie drowns despite Sukvinder’s efforts to save him.
Critics have made much of the observation that there are connections between this novel and Rowling’s Harry Potter books, pointing out that the teenagers in The Casual Vacancy have in common with those in the HPs that there is conflict between them and the adults. In the case of this adult novel, however, we encounter behaviours among both adults and teenagers that lead to terrible tragedy in the deaths of the only two characters who perhaps have the strongest appeal to our sympathies, Krystal and Robbie. A bleak ending.
, I thoroughly enjoyed The Casual Vacancy mainly because of the vivid characters and their great variety. They were presented in vividly contrasting ways, whether between married couples or teenagers and from a gamut of contrasting social backgrounds. In fact I think variety is the key idea that unifies the novel. But the characters grip strongly. One probably develops keen feelings for most, if not all of them – great sympathy for Krystal Weedon , for example, struggling against the odds to care for her three-year-old brother, Robbie; powerful distaste for Simon Price, a bully to his wife and sons, Andrew and Paul, and a corrupt employee of a printing company; hopeful admiration for Kay Bowden who begins to show understanding and make progress towards rehabilitating Terri Weldon whom one might see as a victim of circumstances as a drug addict and part time prostitute; and feelings of sympathy for Sukvinder Jawanda, bullied at school to the point of self-harming, by Stuart “Fats” Wall and with a self-centred mother, Parminder.
There is also variety in the themes and issues that the novel touches on: class, marital relations, drugs, teenage attitudes, social problems and local politics, the latter being at the root of the conflicts the novel is concerned with. Variety is also part of the setting of the story: the “Field” is the working class and deprived area of the small town of Pagford compared with its more affluent area with its cobbled streets and chocolate box appearance; and Yarvil is the nearby town where some of the characters work and attend – at the comprehensive school and the St Anne’s private school and the hospital. There is also the cave where Andrew (“Arf”) and “Fats” meet to smoke and shoot up; and the river where Krystal and Stuart have sex and where three-year-old Robbie drowns despite Sukvinder’s efforts to save him.
Critics have made much of the observation that there are connections between this novel and Rowling’s Harry Potter books, pointing out that the teenagers in The Casual Vacancy have in common with those in the HPs that there is conflict between them and the adults. In the case of this adult novel, however, we encounter behaviours among both adults and teenagers that lead to terrible tragedy in the deaths of the only two characters who perhaps have the strongest appeal to our sympathies, Krystal and Robbie. A bleak ending.
Christabelle
4,0 de 5 estrellas
A great story that also tackles plenty of heavy issues
Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 9 de abril de 2015
As the Harry Potter books aren’t really my thing, I hadn’t taken much notice of J K Rowling’s books; I may have heard of ‘The Casual Vacancy’ but I had no idea what it was about. This changed when I watched the first episode of a recent TV adaptation, it seemed as though 'The Casual Vacancy' might be right up my street and indeed it was!
I liked the book because it’s character-driven; it’s about life in a little provincial town called Pagford, and the interactions between its various inhabitants, from deep friendships to lifelong jealousies and rivalries, from teenage infatuations to adults wanting someone they’re not allowed to want. A lot of the characters are not very likeable, but this makes the novel realistic; in ‘real life’ we don’t like everyone we meet!
I liked this novel also because, although written for the most part in a light-hearted, frequently humorous, way, it has moral content and contains probably more than its fair share of very heavy, topical issues; domestic violence, child neglect and abuse, self-harm, rape, drug abuse, troubled families, I could go on…
I didn’t particularly like the manner of speaking which the author gives to Terry and Krystal Weedon. I don’t know whether it is an accurate portrayal of how people like Terry and Krystal do speak, but it just seemed a bit patronising possibly? Although encouraging sympathy and support for needy groups within the community, I did feel that ‘The Casual Vacancy’ maybe panders to the worst possible stereotypes of a certain section of the population: a large number of the Fields’ population we are told live on benefits (well, at least if Miles and his ilk are to be believed), drug abuse is a problem on the estate, the only Fields family, and arguably the only working-class family, which plays a large role in the book is the extremely troubled Weedon one. Not that the middle-classes are let off lightly either, but at least more than one type of middle-class person is depicted.
That said, I very much enjoyed reading this book; J K Rowling is a great storyteller and I look forward to checking out her crime fiction in the near future.
I liked the book because it’s character-driven; it’s about life in a little provincial town called Pagford, and the interactions between its various inhabitants, from deep friendships to lifelong jealousies and rivalries, from teenage infatuations to adults wanting someone they’re not allowed to want. A lot of the characters are not very likeable, but this makes the novel realistic; in ‘real life’ we don’t like everyone we meet!
I liked this novel also because, although written for the most part in a light-hearted, frequently humorous, way, it has moral content and contains probably more than its fair share of very heavy, topical issues; domestic violence, child neglect and abuse, self-harm, rape, drug abuse, troubled families, I could go on…
I didn’t particularly like the manner of speaking which the author gives to Terry and Krystal Weedon. I don’t know whether it is an accurate portrayal of how people like Terry and Krystal do speak, but it just seemed a bit patronising possibly? Although encouraging sympathy and support for needy groups within the community, I did feel that ‘The Casual Vacancy’ maybe panders to the worst possible stereotypes of a certain section of the population: a large number of the Fields’ population we are told live on benefits (well, at least if Miles and his ilk are to be believed), drug abuse is a problem on the estate, the only Fields family, and arguably the only working-class family, which plays a large role in the book is the extremely troubled Weedon one. Not that the middle-classes are let off lightly either, but at least more than one type of middle-class person is depicted.
That said, I very much enjoyed reading this book; J K Rowling is a great storyteller and I look forward to checking out her crime fiction in the near future.
John Adison
5,0 de 5 estrellas
A humbling read...
Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 29 de diciembre de 2022
A seemingly small-scale story set in an English village following the unexpected death of a parish counsellor. Small lives, unhappy relationships, petty incidents, all adding up and building to a tragic conclusion. A book full of sharp observation and humour about the messy lives of the characters involved. There are wonderful insights here. This book involves you in their lives and keeps you reading to the very end. It is a wonderful survey of British attitudes today. Above all it grabs your heartstrings. I'm not ashamed to say it drew tears to my eyes at the end. Just as Jane Austin created a world out of small scale English life, so does J K Rowling. She brings Austin up to date.
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5,0 de 5 estrellas
Absolutely fantastic read!
Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 30 de enero de 2023
A great debut adult novel from the amazing jk Rowling. This book is utterly unputdownable could not stop until I got to the end. A man working on the local council is not a popular man by any stretch of the imagination, he's murdered and the better question to ask would be who didn't want him dead? Amazing read. Buy this today you won't regret it! Congrats on a great triumph Jo! Keep writing those amazing books. Very highly recommend.
