The Casual Vacancy...

So as I said I would, I am now writing a review of some sorts of The Casual Vacancy, so Ill try to keep the boredom inducing to a low!

First of all, I must say, as it is written by J.K. Rowling, the author of the very well known Harry Potter books, which my generation seems to have grown up around I was unsure of what to expect of her first adult novel. One thing I feel it is paramount to say for any prospective readers of the novel is not to go in with expectations, nor pre-judgements because you may not get the most out of it.

I love the ambition of the novel, it is successful in nearly every objective it appears to try and achieve, I did believe that J.K.Rowling would try to allow this novel to separate her from any typical categorization of her writing, and by Jove old chaps it does that and more! Honestly, it was a slight shock to read, because of its complete difference from Harry Potter, but that's what so good about it; whereas Harry Potter is a comparatively gentle fantasy about magic, The Casual Vacancy is a crude and real epitomization of life, and the select groups of people within it. The maturity, honesty and quite frankly bravery of the novel is inspiring, for someone so established in a genre to write a fantastic novel so completely removed from that specific genre can certainly be tricky, and needs courage. So hats off to J.K. for that!

The novel contains various sections of the town, and it battles with varying topics such as abuse, sex, death, rivalry, politics, drugs, it seems to establish the typical English town from the 'acceptable' topics we all know about to the slight more hidden and taboo subjects.

It really is rather tricky to write a review without revealing any spoilers of any kind, and there are quite a few moments that are best read by oneself, but I will say that it is a very interesting read, and I would certainly recommend it, but do not expect a happy, and child friendly novel for it is far from that....however what it is is an astounding mixture of humour, romance, tragedy and a big fat bundle of life... Seriously read it....be prepared.....but read it.


Another review to come later of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, as a heads up I finished that book so quickly because of its pure ability to glue my hands to the book and not let go til I'd finished, absolutely incredible.

Cya!

Xavi-Who?

Hi!

As so many (none) of you will be constantly (never) asking such important (useless) questions such as who is this Liam? What does Xavifilms mean? Why should I bother reading it? Then I shall explain...

Basically my name is Liam, and just like pretty much every other year 13 student I received my A level results yesterday (Thursday 15th August 2013) and despite all my doubts and worries, I managed to get into University!! HOORAY! Specifically The University of Essex in Wivenhoe to study Film and Creative Writing. So I thought, to express how the journey and experience of everything is going I would create a blog and write about as much as I can think of for anyone else thinking of applying to university in the future, but also mainly to keep reminding myself that it is real...and I have actually made it to uni (praise the Morgan Freeman) and possibly to keep any sanity that may be lacking once I start working....But also because its fun.

That still doesn't quite explain Xavifilms!, but there's not exactly much creative background to that. I was simply in my living room with one of my friends, who also got into Uni, working out things, thinking of celebrations, and just getting over the excitement of it all, and decided while my friend was there I'd try and start it!...So what do you call a blog? hmmm....You see the tired, in disbelief and excited Liam didnt have the right mood to be perfectly creative, so I just mixed my surname with stuff and bish bash bosh.

Creative Update.

Hello, once again! I wanted to keep these blogs being weekly, and really had the urge to write a new post, so here we are again. However as I haven't really done much in this week, I could not quite summarize the 'busy' and 'hectic' week...because it wasn't at all...So, the best solution is to add Creative  to Update, because then it goes from boring .... to Creative!! See? Soooooo Amazing.

So moving on from that, until my jokes/puns/crimesagainsthumour become annoying (too late)  What has actually happened since 'Book Shopping'? Well.....Book Shopping. Like I said I would, I went book shopping again with a friend on Monday and got 4 more books!! I got the essential Student Cookbook!! Along with a philosophy book to question life...because thats always fun...and slightly depressing and 2 Nicholas Sparks books!! ... Slightly obsessed with his books; The Notebook and Safe Haven were the two I bought of his, and I have also finished J.K.Rowlings 'The Casual Vacancy' which was wonderful...and they'll probably be some kind of review to follow...because its just one of them things, where I get all nerdy and have so much enthusiasm for something and can't help but explode my thoughts onto a page...Sorry.

The only other major thing, exluding work that I have done was a little 2 hour pre-university study session in the Town Library, just writing some notes on Writing Essays, Getting ideas for scripts...writing scripts....the roles within film...Anything I could find to allow me to be properly be prepared for the course start in October!! There were some great and very helpful books, so if I can find the names of them again, I shall post them on here. But seeing as that is about it for this week, I shall sign off, and watch this space (horrible cliche ending) because I'll post something about The Casual Vacancy fairly soon! Bye.