I've read Rowling's book, but not in its entirety because I couldn't stand the way she writes. Obviously, all the good ratings in here are from people who worship Harry Potter. Never liked that either. Now, about the adaptation: This book is about all the evil and ugliness in the world gathered in 500 pages. So was the series. It had no redeeming quality, except from the much better handling of Barry, who we're supposed to care about, because he changes everything in Pagford with his death. Lawrie is an excellent actress and so is Keeley Hawes. Never liked Gambon but he succeeds in being a complete dick. But the material doesn't help us to like what we 're seeing, it's all black, angry, sad. This is not how the world is. It's not just black and white. But I guess Rowling is depressed. Anyway, I think the changes were better than the book.
Review of The Casual Vacancy
