Title: Appreciate the effort, but needs more maturity
Product review: I can appreciate Grisham's attempt to break out of his usual genre with "The Testament," and the story is not without its charms. As usual, Grisham's writing style kept me hooked from the beginning, but by the end I couldn't figure out why.The problem is this: Grisham seems to not have the sophistication to fully describe the lead character's fight with drug and alcohol dependance. That tension is the lynchpin of the novel, and I didn't feel it.Though the sections in the jungles of Brazil were well-writen, the descriptions only served to divert the real focus of the book - Nate's fight to stay alive and, in the process, find himself.I just kept thinking: A man's salvation has more depth than this. Doesn't it?And by the way, if you were looking for a legal thriller stop right now. This isn't one.
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