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Book Review of The Casual Vacancy

The Casual Vacancy
The Casual Vacancy
Author: J. K. Rowling
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Sort of a soap opera type story, lots of self absorbed people manipulating each other for their own purposes, or trying to avoid being manipulated. I read the first 100 pp and then the last 75, and avoided the unending middle details of all the angst. I rarely jump to the end of a book, so that is an indicator for me... For those old enough, kind of reminded me of Peyton Place, or Dallas I. I never was a soap fan. Not my genre. To each his own.