# Will you read The Casual Vacancy? (JK Rowling's new book) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685 "2012-04-13T18:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/1 "2012-04-13T18:32:52Z")
I will and I’ll be able to read it not thinking about Harry Potter, so I can judge it on its own merits. [It comes out September 27.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Casual_Vacancy) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/2 "2012-04-13T19:25:03Z")
Judging from what little is available at that link, it sounds like it’s a non-fantasy book about small-town politics? That’s not really my genre, so I’ll probably pass. Then again, I suppose you could give the same description for _To Kill a Mockingbird_, which is excellent no matter its genre. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/3 "2012-04-13T19:45:44Z")
I like “passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations”, but the pre-order ebook price is $20 and no ebook will make it to the library since Hachette is the publisher, so I won’t be reading it any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/4 "2012-04-13T20:23:07Z")
No. From the plot summary it doesn’t sound like the kind of book I go for at all. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/5 "2012-04-13T21:22:37Z")
Unless it gets rave reviews in the “What Are You Reading…” threads, I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/6 "2012-04-13T21:47:08Z")
The Plot summary doesn’t grab me either, and I was not impressed by Rowling as an author. so, no. my to-read list is so long already with books I’m excited about. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/7 "2012-04-14T02:01:21Z")
The Casual Vacancy sounds like a previously undiscovered Edward Gorey. I would read it if it was that. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/8 "2012-04-14T02:34:17Z")
No. I’m through with Rawling unless she does books chronicling Harry’s life between the final chapter of deathly hallows and the epilogue. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/9 "2012-04-14T02:56:14Z")
If Terry Pratchett wrote the same story set in Discworld, I’d read it and love it. Not so sure if I’d say the same if it’s set in the regular drama genre. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/10 "2012-04-14T03:53:01Z")
Not interested in the slightest. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/11 "2012-04-14T10:36:24Z")
Rowling knows how to write an entertaining pageturner; and some of my favorite authors have written in multiple genres; so this at least has the potential to be good. I’ll pay attention to what people say about the book, and if the reviews are positive enough, I’ll read it eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/12 "2012-04-14T11:03:35Z")
Will it be as thick with adverb phrases as her [del]Tom Swift[/del] Harry Potter books? Have they finally found her an editor? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/13 "2012-04-14T12:36:53Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > No. I’m through with Rawling unless she does books chronicling Harry’s life between the final chapter of deathly hallows and the epilogue. Really? An author is stuck writing about the same person for the rest of their writing career?They can never, ever, ever write anything else? Granted, most of my favorite authors have written long series of books about characters I’ve grown to know and love, but I don’t refuse to read P.D. James when she leaves Adam Dalgleish for a bit and wanders off to reinvent Elizabeth Bennet. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/14 "2012-04-14T12:49:04Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > No. I’m through with Rawling unless she does books chronicling Harry’s life between the final chapter of deathly hallows and the epilogue. Why would she do that? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-read-the-casual-vacancy-jk-rowlings-new-book/618685/15 "2012-04-14T15:51:51Z")
I’ll wait for the movie.