Book Worm Wednesday

                                     "Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling

I don't know if you were as curious as I was as to what kind of book the author of Harry Potter was going to write for adults but I anxiously anticipated it.  And I hate to say this but I can't get through it.  I check out books from an online library and after three weeks they are no longer available for me to read on my iPad.  And I've gone through 2 checkouts of this book: a.k.a 6 weeks and I read a total of 200 pages or the

I guess I really should have read the Goodreads reviews  or the Amazon reviews before I started but I like to go at a book with fresh eyes and form my own opinion.

I don't know where I heard the rumor but I thought "Casual Vacancy" was supposed to be a mystery.  I love mysteries!!!  A good  who-done-it can keep me busy all day.  And just like a good mystery this book starts off with a death. But the death is not mysterious and there is nothing to solve.

"Casual Vacancy" is a character study.  It's a study of a lot of characters.  18 to be exact.  It explores their lives and how and why they are who they are and what they want from life.

I didn't finish the book, not because it wasn't well written.  I didn't finish it because, and I'll just put it right out there for whoever wants to judge or criticize me,  I read books for entertainment.  I read them to get away from real life, to go on a mini vacation without leaving my house.  I have enough drama and problems in my real life I don't really want to read about or explore the problems and/or motivations of others.

I will say that if I were still in a book club or taking a class, this book would be a great one to read and discuss.  But for me it wasn't a book I just wanted to read.