Well, I've now read it (first in the library reservation list) JKR wants to prove she's able to write for adults, so includes totally unnecessary expletinves which even Jilly Cooper avoids! A ponderous start, and too many similar characters. Really about teenagers alongside the planning problems. She does get under the skin of these young people, but stereotypes all of them! Glad I read it to make up my own mind, but not worth buying. Offensives to Sikh among other groups, but sometimes her use of words in description and with local colour reminds you why you read through all the Potter books.