Title: Dull, Shapeless, Boring, Bland
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed all of Grisham's earlier novels, such as A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Client and The Rainmaker. However, with THe Brethren, the trend begun with the Partner and The Street Lawyer was continued: uninteresting characters no one cares about, a predictable plot, slow start. In his early works, there were always one or two characters I truly cared about, but not so this time. The only half-interesting person in this book was the 23yearold with a 48 year sentence, Buster. I didn't root for Trevor, nor did I care about Aaron Lake, the CIA, the three judges or any of the others. Frankly, I think Mr. Grisham is running out of plots.
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