The Casual Vacancy

by J.K. Rowling

[Chelsea]

I feel terrible rating a book written by J.K. Rowling less than 5 stars but I really didn't like this book.

First of all,l I have no idea what the plot was. The story just kept going on and on and I have no idea what happened. The climax sucked since it wasn't even exciting at all and the book just kinda ended. I had to force myself to continue reading because it was so boring. Maybe that's the point she was trying to put out there but it bored me to death. The book didn't have anything happy happen in it. What's the point of reading a book when it's just gonna depress me?

Secondly, I hate every single one of the characters. I understand she was trying to make them more human so we'd related to them but every character is stupid. Half of them are wimps that can't stand up to any body and the others think way too highly of themselves. None of the characters even liked the other characters.

So basically what I'm saying is I'm really disappointed in this book. I knew it would be way different from Harry Potter but if J.K. Rowling hadn't written this book I wouldn't have read it. If for some crazy reason I did pick it up to read there's no way I would have finished it. I think she needs to stick with children's books. It's more her style.