Title: He's reaching and coming up empty
Review: A Time to Kill is one of my favorite books of all time and I read it long before Grisham was famous. I see a lot of reviews here with readers who drink Grisham Kool-Aid. This was not a good book, but I'm not going to write Grisham off my reading list forever just because of one or two bad reads. It just seems that Grisham may be writing too much. This book stretches into the realms of science fiction...three judges in prison?...an omnipotent CIA director who is crippled?...a ubiquitous force of agents who make Big Brother seem benevolent?...A politician who listens to better judgement? Grisham bends reality to create a story...that's known as science fiction, not a legal/political thriller. I guess he has already run through all the standard struggling good lawyer vs. nemesis stories ever thought of and now he is reaching for premises that he can create a story from.
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