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After Casual Vacancy I gave up on her. This was not do to the lack of Harry Potter but due to the lack of any magic. By magic I mean likeable characters and a s
by lurkinggrue 13y ago
After Casual Vacancy I gave up on her. This was not do to the lack of Harry Potter but due to the lack of any magic. By magic I mean likeable characters and a story I could care about.
Casual Vacancy was slow, dull and full of people I wanted no business with.
- ars 13y agoI think she is trying to avoid being stereotyped, so she's deliberately trying other writing styles. For her a failed experiment is worth it because it shows that she can write other kinds of books. A less wealthy author probably couldn't afford to do that.
- jlgreco 13y agoI can't say I really understand the desire not to be typecast or stereotyped. I don't see those things as negatives; surely nobody looks down upon Agatha Christie for writing crime/mystery stuff almost exclusively. If you're good at it, roll with it, unless you aren't happy with it I suppose.
- MartinCron 13y agosurely nobody looks down upon Agatha Christie for writing crime/mystery stuff almost exclusively There are actually lots of "real literature" snobs who look down at genre writers like Agatha Christie. Raymond Chandler's life work was basically to get people to take his books seriously as literature.
- MartinCron 13y agoI actually rather enjoyed The Casual Vacancy, but I did find a few of the characters pretty tedious to read about. The same story from a less powerful and intimidating author would have been able to benefit from some aggressive redaction, but who is going to tell Rowling to lose large chunks of her book? I wouldn't be able to.