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Gripping, fast-paced legal thriller which had me racing through the last chapters. Landay achieves a perfect balance between courtroom drama and family tragedy, adopting a crisp style for the former while taking his time to delve into the emotional turmoil of the Barber family. As a result he had me rooting for the accused Jacob, largely to put an end to his parents' anguish. Loved it.
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Not the ending I expected and I guessed wrong 90% of the time about the characters and about where this was headed. Recommend to others who want a fast mystery read and it would be a good book club pick as there is much to discuss in terms of family loyalty..
Horribly depressing, incredibly sad. What a waste of reading time. I thought this was going to be the page turner of the summer. Instead it was just 400 pages of lives destroyed.
Nov 1 2023 Reread it for bookclub. Did not have the overwhelming negative opinion I had the first time. I think it will make for an interesting discussion.
Great discussion at book club. Yes there were parts that were sad and depressing, but lots of great dialog, great courtroom scenes and of course the come from out of n ...more
Nov 1 2023 Reread it for bookclub. Did not have the overwhelming negative opinion I had the first time. I think it will make for an interesting discussion.
Great discussion at book club. Yes there were parts that were sad and depressing, but lots of great dialog, great courtroom scenes and of course the come from out of n ...more
excellent, tragic, frightening.
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