J.K. Rowling has topped book charts again with her latest novel, "The Casual Vacancy."

According to the HollywoodReporter, Rowling's first adult novel sold 124,603 copies in the U.K. in its first week and it take the top spot on the fiction chart.

The novel sold 10 times more copies than Bernard Cornwell's second-ranked "1356."

"J.K. Rowling's U.K. sales to date are of a value in excess of £238 million ($383 million), making her by far the highest-selling author in the U.K. since our records began," a Nielsen BookScan spokesman told the Guardian.

According to USAToday, Rowling is "kind of review-proof," says Sara Nelson, editorial director of books and Kindle for Amazon.com, who's not surprised at Rowling's top ranking given the strong pre-orders over the past few weeks.

"The Casual Vacancy," published by Little, Brown and Company, is described:

When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.

Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.

Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems.

And the empty seat left by Barry on the town's council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?

Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults.

The 512-page book takes on prostitution, drug use and class, which results in mixed reviews and criticism.

USA Today calls in a "dark tale."

The Kansas City Star said, "Rowling rotates chapters among many characters' points of view and brings the omniscient voice to play in large ensemble scenes where we jump from character to character, enjoying a panoramic view of the community and its individual, interrelated conflicts.

Like George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" books, this shifting perspective erases distinctions between heroes and villains. Characters we're initially inclined to dislike gradually soften as we learn their insecurities, and ones with charisma and good intentions turn out to be horrific bullies or have blind spots when it comes to their own families.

It doesn't take an advanced English degree to figure out "The Casual Vacancy." But when you finish, there's no denying that you have been told a story by someone who knows just what she's doing."

Here is some reviews from GoodReads:

"The characterization in this book is simply mind-blowing. Each and every one of the characters is so very real (I know this word's been thrown around a lot, but seriously, there's no other way to describe them), and flawed. Through the course of the book, they are all ripped apart, dissected with unflinching honesty and laid bare for the readers to see.

The biggest strength of the book is also its biggest weakness. The setting up of the characters and their lives just takes too long. The plot, if you can call it that, begins to move ahead only after about 300 pages or so. Which was probably the reason why it took me this long to finish the book - I was plodding along until I was so caught up that I couldn't put the book down."

"Gritty, realistic, layered portrait of a small town in crisis.

The novel is slow-paced (and drags sometimes), but it carries a sort of slow burn. You detect certain tensions building and building and wonder what the culmination of those tensions will mean. Every action has consequences that echo through the rest of the book. 

Ultimately, it's a fairly dark novel, but all the same, I felt reluctant to let the characters go at the end. Which is always a good sign."

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