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A review by opheliapo
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
3.0
The Casual Vacancy had something very strong going for it, but lost it along the way. The connections I felt toward the characters (one character in particular), were hanging by threads by the time I reached the third act, and when the catastrophic conclusion takes place I was unperturbed. I did not even cry and I felt guilty about that, for I was sure I had grown to like these characters enough for it, at least.
In retrospect, this was probably because, what at it’s core should have been a story about relationships, small town living, and class divide, was swamped with random snippets of information which were unnecessarily, and too many characters introduced too quickly, so that by the end I was still having to piece together which character was which.
That being said, I did enjoy reading this book, and occasionally I even (dare I say it?) had some grasp about what was going on.
In retrospect, this was probably because, what at it’s core should have been a story about relationships, small town living, and class divide, was swamped with random snippets of information which were unnecessarily, and too many characters introduced too quickly, so that by the end I was still having to piece together which character was which.
That being said, I did enjoy reading this book, and occasionally I even (dare I say it?) had some grasp about what was going on.