The Casual Vacancy

Hardcover, 503 pages

English language

Published Sept. 10, 2012 by Little, Brown and Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-22853-4
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OCLC Number:
799893657

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3 stars (38 reviews)

When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little 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 façade 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 town’s 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? Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.

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Review of 'Een goede raad' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Ik twijfelde tussen 2 en 3 sterren. Dit boek was lastig. De laatste 100 pagina's hebben het verhaal goedgemaakt, vandaar de 3 sterren.

Mijn grootste frustratie was dat er teveel personages aan bod kwamen. Ik had heel veel moeite om ze uit elkaar te halen en te herinneren hoe ze aan elkaar gelinkt waren. Je moet je hierdoor echt door het eerste deel sleuren, vooraleer je begint door te hebben hoe het verhaal in elkaar zit. Sommige personages hadden voor mijn part echt geschrapt mogen worden, want ze dragen weinig bij tot het geheel. Nog een andere frustratie was het paginavullende gezaag over The Fields en al het politieke gezever dat erbij kwam kijken. Uiteindelijk heeft het niet veel tot het verhaal bijgedragen, naar mijn mening.

Maar, zoals ik zei, het laatste deel heeft het wel goedgemaakt. Het einde was voor mij verrassend en onverwacht. En net daarom zou ik …

Review of 'Una vacante imprevista' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Me ha encantado. Pensaba que iba a ser un toston, pero ha sido todo lo contrario, emocionante hasta el final. Es increible que a partir de un acontecimiento tan insignificante como la muerte de uno de los vecinos d eel pueblo se desate tal cantidad de acontecimientos (por que los "idilicos" pueblecitos ingleses no lo son tanto, todos tienen su intringulis).

De todas las historias que cuenta, me quedo con la de Krystal que a mi parecer es la mas interesante y la que mas me ha emocionado.

En resumen, despues de leer este libro Harry Potter es como si no hubiera existido nunca.

Review of 'The Casual Vacancy' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

A solid book from an author everyone knows and loves. I prepared myself to expect something completely different with The Casual Vacancy and I was not disappointed. Rowling creates such deep and vivid characters that you really feel like you are a part of this small community. You understand how a small town operates and years of resentment or history is presented in way that makes you feel like you have been a Pagford resident your whole life.

However, the amount of characters was something that bothered me. The family tree of some characters was quite extensive that it usually took a few paragraphs to get an idea of how this person was related to someone else and I feel that my confusion in relation lead to missing some subtleties and little insights. This could be my fault because I found frustration in the book and not knowing who was …

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Subjects

  • City council members
  • Local elections
  • Death
  • City and town life
  • Fiction

Places

  • England