The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Yep, you didn’t see that wrong – I’ve given this only 2 stars. I know, I know, it’s JKR, but this is what I honestly felt after finishing the book.
I didn’t expect a lot in terms of the actual prose, so that part I guess is ok. But I did expect a great story. I mean, isn’t that the whole deal about being JKR! Unfortunately, I didn’t find the story THAT engrossing. The characters themselves are built beautifully – by the time I got introduced to all of them, I already had strong feelings on who I liked and who I didn’t. But somehow, the story was very common-place and insipid. I expected lots of twists and turns, scandals, etc, but.. well.. none of that sort here!
And the way it ended was very abrupt. I actually turned a page after the last paragraph to be sure I read till the end and there wasn’t anything left!
A British version of Desperate Housewives, is all I can say. It would actually make a pretty good drama series on TV! 
P.S: I don’t know if some parts of the ‘review’ could be spoilers, so I’ll just go ahead and mark it as a spoiler anyway.
Priya
I started it too. You know that dip in spirit when she described that lady’s form as she listened to her husband talk to his mother on the phone about the death? That line got to me. I guess that was just me looking for the Queen as I knew her in 7 books.
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