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Astrid Lim
Awww, I don't know. I really wanted to like this book much much more (it's Grisham's, for Pete's sake). But this book lacks of a "hero" that I could cheer and root for. I wanted to like Max/Mal, especially because he's the main narrator of this book (although Grisham switched to third point of view several times), but he's just unreliable. There's nothing special about him. Sure, he's been mistreated by the FBI and got convicted for the things he didn't do. But the way he took his revenge with t ...more
Laura
I loved this book, absolutely loved it. I needed something like this to race time ahead for a few days, and it did the trick perfectly. The ending though....was a bit far fetched, in my opinion. Otherwise, I'd have given it a five. I love John Grisham! I'd forgotten just how much. ...more
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