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4.5 stars. I love Grisham when he is on top of his game. The beginning was wonderful, 5 stars all the way. The middle was a little long in places. But when Grisham writes courtroom scenes, I can see and hear everything. I feel it in my gut, the way he writes it. I just love it. Ending also, five stars all the way.
I also want to add that the last 30 pages of this book are worth the price of admission. Even if you don't think courtroom thrillers are your thing, I think you should give this book a ...more
I also want to add that the last 30 pages of this book are worth the price of admission. Even if you don't think courtroom thrillers are your thing, I think you should give this book a ...more
3.5 stars
Sycamore Road is the follow-up to A Time to Kill, which was published over 20 years ago. Grisham does a nice job of getting Jake another big case, and overall, the story is interesting and moves along at a nice pace. My only complaint is that I could piece together early on where the story was headed and how it would end, which means that that was all very obvious, because I am usually clueless when it comes to figuring things out in a book.
I haven't read Grisham in well over a decade. ...more
Sycamore Road is the follow-up to A Time to Kill, which was published over 20 years ago. Grisham does a nice job of getting Jake another big case, and overall, the story is interesting and moves along at a nice pace. My only complaint is that I could piece together early on where the story was headed and how it would end, which means that that was all very obvious, because I am usually clueless when it comes to figuring things out in a book.
I haven't read Grisham in well over a decade. ...more
I think it has been almost thirty years since I read A Time to Kill, so it is a little hard to compare that book with this one (a sequel). Once I started this book, I couldn't put it down, and I think it's because it was exactly what I needed after a very long Brandon Sanderson book.
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This was a 3.5 book for me.
I rounded up because I thought the narrator did a good job keeping engaged.
Thought the book went a little too long in parts.
I rounded up because I thought the narrator did a good job keeping engaged.
Thought the book went a little too long in parts.
Not as captivating as A Time to Kill, but it could satisfy your thirst of some legal thriller setting in Ford County (Clanton), with all the usual characters: Jake Brigance, Harry Rex, Lucien, etc etc.
The story itself is about the conflict of a weird handwritten will by one of the richest men in Ford County. It's not as action packed as A Time to Kill, because this is not a criminal case. But John Grisham is really in his elements here. Pretty nice and solid read, although not his best for sure. ...more
The story itself is about the conflict of a weird handwritten will by one of the richest men in Ford County. It's not as action packed as A Time to Kill, because this is not a criminal case. But John Grisham is really in his elements here. Pretty nice and solid read, although not his best for sure. ...more
Very enjoyable--I would say this was one of his better ones.
Sep 13, 2013
Jen
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Nov 05, 2013
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Vesra (When She Reads)
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