Title: More Filler Than Thriller
Review: John Grisham's assembly line continues with The Bretheren. The plot, although over the top, is interesting. There is not one character you care for. All range from obnoxious to horrendous. Grisham still finds it difficult to end the book. The only tension during the last fifty pages is continuing to check the last page number, do the math and say, "God! Will this ever end?"The problem is filler. We repeatedly watch the first attorney get drunk or the judges walk around the track or the judges confering or the judges betting or . . . If you just pull scenes that were repeated three or more times, The Bretheren is a novelette.Jojn Grisham has more potential than this. Maybe some time off will help or perhaps a collection of short stories might yield great filler-less plots.
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