Nancy Mills answers “Why do you think Grisham had to go into so...”

Paula Mills asked this question about The Reckoning:

Why do you think Grisham had to go into so much detail about the war story? I don’t think it really was that relevant to the plot and was way too long and graphic. It was not his usual style and I was disappointed with the book.

Nancy Mills I thought the war story was a fascinating and well-written sub-plot, but I kept expecting a solid connection at the end ... a revelation by one of his…moreI thought the war story was a fascinating and well-written sub-plot, but I kept expecting a solid connection at the end ... a revelation by one of his comrades in arms, or by the reporter who insisted on reporting the story in detail. but that part just left me hanging. Kind of puzzling ... it's like, the novel went there, but then just stopped.(less)

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