Jo's characters are, as usual, perfect, but in a very different way from the Potter series. Not a single character is a beacon of good or a bastion of evil. Each character has their own positive and negative attributes, which makes the book all the more realistic.
The plot itself could very well be happening in any small town, from England to a Texas suburb.
Essentially, what I'm saying is that if you want fantasy or fantastic elements like Harry Potter, look elsewhere because The Casual Vacancy doesn't have them. That doesn't stop it from being a great book, though, in fact it merely strengthens it. 9/10, would read again.
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| Rowling's First Adult Novel was a Work of Literary Genius |
In order to finish The Casual Vacancy yesterday, I had to read 123 pages. I planned on stopping much earlier than I did, but the book kept me captivated, and I couldn't put it down. This leaves me with 5176 pages left to read in this challenge, with 83 days to do it in, making an average of 62.36 (rounded up to 63) pages a day needing to be read per day.
I'll start Anne of the Island today, but may not get my allotted reading in. We have several events going on today at work making a long day, so my reading may be fairly limited.
Finished Reading
The Star Wars Trilogy by George Lucas (720 pages)
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (503 pages)
Currently Reading
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (on page 1 of 272)
To-Read
The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan (509 pages)
Texas A&M: Traditions and Spirit by Carolyn Bible (80 pages)
Brave New World Aldous Huxley (259 pages)
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (261 pages)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (528 pages)
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1037 pages)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (190 pages)
Orientalism by Edward W. Said (395 pages)
Notes from the Underground, The Double and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (464 pages)
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (845 pages)
On Writing Well by William Knowlton Zinsser (336 pages)
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