The Casual Vacancy - J. K. Rowling Book Review
I'd been looking forward to reading this book as I am a HUGE fan of the Harry Potter series! I know this book is nothing like the Harry Potter series but I love the way J. K. Rowling writes. The was she weaves in twists and turns in her stories and the amount of planning and dedication she puts in. I still cannot fathom how she managed to put together the Harry Potter series. How she managed to plant pieces and hints in the story in the first few novels that came into fruition towards the end of the series still has my mind boggled. The Casual Vacancy opens with Barry Fairbrother's sudden death, a beloved parish Councillor and the effects that his death has on the families in the council and his friends in the small town of Pagford. The story then goes on to the conflict between the families in the small town vying for the seat his death opened up. I admit that when I first started reading this I found it somewhat boring and hard to keep all the characters straight and n