Literary Adventure discussion

1. Before reading, did you have certain expectations for this book based on the Harry Potter series? If so, does The Casual Vacancy meet these expectations?

2. The book has more than 30 main characters. Did you have trouble keeping them and storylines in order?

3. Before the success of Harry Potter, Rowling had experiences with poverty. Does knowing this increase the creditability of the Krystal character?

4. Rowling describes the book as a "comic tragedy". What does that mean? Some have talked about the wit, others described the lack of it. Do you find her wit on display in the book?

5. The Casual Vacancy is being developed as a TV series in Britain. How well do you think this book can be adapted to a TV series format?

Hopefully I will have time to read this this month. It's been on my bookshelf forever and I had not realized it was coming up!