The Casual Vacancy Poll
Sep. 11th, 2012 07:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So I wanted to do a poll on what former/current Harry Potter fans think of JK Rowling's new book, The Casual Vacancy, coming out soon. I've heard mixed reactions but would like more of a consensus. I'd also be interested to hear from people who weren't into the Harry Potter books. Obviously I don't personally care what your answers are - just curious. :)[Poll #1865597]
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Date: 2012-09-11 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-11 03:08 pm (UTC)One thing that has disappointed me is the cover. There is so much they could have done and they went for something I could mock up myself in Paint? Wtf? They could have had a pretty artistic rendering of a quaint British village or cobblestones or I don't bloody know. Something imaginative!
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Date: 2012-09-14 11:21 am (UTC)Thinking about this, if they'd done that it would have looked like a family saga and probably not reached its audience. I suppose an arty black and white shot of a village would have worked well, but looked too much like the original adult HP covers. I suppose eschewing pictures entirely is a way of distancing it from HP.
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Date: 2012-09-11 08:35 pm (UTC)ETA:
Hmm. Just gone over to my library website and it says I can't reserve it until a copy has arrived. Must remember to do it through the staff interface next time I'm working.
But synopsis sounds interesting to me - probably if it crossed my path and I didn't know the author I'd give it a go regardless. But the way she used humour and mythological references in HP can't possibly work in the same way in a 'Muggle world' novel. I'll be interested to see what the writing style is like.
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Date: 2012-09-12 12:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-12 12:38 am (UTC)I'm expecting it to be good, but different. I guess curious is the best way to describe how I feel about it.
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Date: 2012-09-12 05:40 pm (UTC)*In this particular context I mean mostly the Hogwarts staff and occasionally the Weasley's, not MWPP, Snape and the Malfoy's.