J.K. Rowling New Book Speculation

As many of you know, J.K. Rowling recently announced that she will be writing a new book for a different publisher, “Little, Brown”. It goes without saying that this has provoked controversy and it seems that the masses are saying that her “childish writing style” (their words, not mine) won’t work in an adult novel. Personally, I’ll read anything she writes. It doesn’t matter what. I’ve never had a problem with her writing style (although I do see how she abuses semi-colons and commas and tends to overwrite) but that may just be me. The complete article on Rowling’s announcement can be found here. Apparently, #RowlingReturns trended Twitter shortly after. Unsurprising, of course. I mean, c’mon. It is J.K. Rowling after all.

And since it is J.K. Rowling, I’ve decided to dedicate an entire post to speculation on what her adult novel will be about. Please note that I have no insider information and know nothing more than the general public, these are just my uneducated guesses:

“What will this novel be about?” is the question heard ’round the world. Rowling, her publisher and her agent have proved to be very tight-lipped about hinting at even so much as a genre beyond the generic ‘adult fiction’. So as impatient readers, it’s our job to speculate, right?

I’m predicting that this new novel will be a mystery, probably an Agatha Christie type novel. Her writing really feels suited for that kind of book, doesn’t it? It will definitely be a plot-driven novel (not character or prose-driven) and I’m guessing that it will have at least one sequel. It’ll be set in England, obviously, too.

And that’s all I can think of at the moment.

What about you? What do you think of Rowling’s decision? What do you think her next book will be about? Here’s your chance to speculate about Rowling’s next book! Let the random guessing begin.

On a somewhat unrelated note, I’m not quite sure why Rowling isn’t publishing this new book under a pen name. I’m certain that, no matter how good the book is, a good portion of readers will hate it purely because it is not Harry Potter. Her future books will forever be compared to Harry Potter, no matter how good they are, which is why I don’t understand why she is not publishing her future writing under a pen name. I guess for the built-in promotion of her name on the book cover?