Title: Surprisingly One-Dimensional
Product review: When I picked up Bleachers, I was startled by how short it is--I've come to expect hundreds of densely packed pages from a Grisham novel. Like many of the reviewers, I think the book reads more like the outline of a novel. The characters are simplistic to the point of banality. The "mystery" at the heart of the story is not mysterious or even suspenseful. It was difficult to care about any of the characters, much less bother to keep them straight (half of them seemed to have been in jail at least once between high school and the present day which I guess makes them "colorful"). I was disappointed in the book and very glad that I borrowed it and didn't buy it. I'm hoping that the next Grisham book I read contains writing of his usual caliber.
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