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Title: One of his worst...
Review: I am surprised to see so many positive reviews here. The books started off wonderfully, with an interesting protagonist and fabulous details of life in a small town in the 70s. The murder and subsequent trial was also great, and the suspense that this all set up was good too.Then, the story pretty much stopped moving. Grisham got into painful details - scenes that had almost nothing (and I'm being generous) to do with moving the plot. I kept reading because I couldn't imagine he could do this... it had to pick up again somewhere, didn't it?Sadly, no. The last few pages got back into the drama, but the story ended with a neat excuse for real closure. Too simple, too convenient.Someone described this book as "literary." I don't see it, sorry. Grisham is one hell of a story-teller. He's got a great imagination. I imagine this is one of those books that "by contract" had to be finished according to some publisher's schedule. Too bad.
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