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Risco
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25% The characters are laid bare and the plot set. Rowling's writing still lacks the universal plainness necessary to court an international market. Just as in "Casual Vacancy", if your not a Brit you'll be lost in much of the dialogue: "She dun gerron with ’er, though". I lived there and get it, most non-Brits will not. Who really left the club in the wolf mask? What's John Bristow's agenda? Is Wilson honest?
— Oct 17, 2013 05:09PM
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Don't mean to beat a dead horse but I just had to consult my slang dictionary for some terms. JK make it easy, huh?
— Oct 18, 2013 11:09PM
Risco
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Too much gratuitous profanity. Granted, profane language is rampant in common street talk, but Rowling over does it. The story could be told with less profanity, slang and multiple descriptive adjectives per noun. Rowling had to know that she would eventually be linked to this book, thus, drawing the Tweens she attracted through Harry Potter. She could have been more responsible about the text she presented to them.
— Oct 18, 2013 10:00PM
Risco
is on page 230 of 456
50% not much new...story developing. Run of the mill crime drama/ mystery nothing special easy solve but entertaining to read. Too much descriptive language and still very British which can be a mystery to the non-Brit.
— Oct 18, 2013 09:13PM
