I 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 intim

I 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.