A big novel about a small town…
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the 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 … teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish 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?
A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
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I feel bad about this review. I didn’t like this book one bit. I couldn’t even finish it. It was dull, boring and going nowhere. The characters were decent though.
This book started out slow for me. I was also confused for most of it, as it jumped around between families and characters so much. When I finally figured out how everyone related to each other and what the story was truly about, I started to get into it a bit more. I like how it showed the little nuances of small town life, how everyone knows …