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Title: Don't Bother With This One
Review: I was excited to read this book because I have enjoyed all of John Grisham's previous novels. However, the novel disappointed me after the first couple of chapters.The story starts off in one direction (Clay Carter assigned to defend an apparently random murder case), but immediately changes tracks when a new character is plopped in without explanation or justification.Grisham begins a tangent with the new character (Max Pace) which ends up being the rest of the book. Storylines that were presented in the first few pages do not get wrapped up until the end, and even then, unsatisfactorily.Frequently throughout the novel, Grisham throws in random events or developments that do not fit well with the story and are not credible.I plugged through the novel, hoping for a reversal back to the original story (the one Grisham had started in the first 10 pages), but it never came. A big disappointment, if you're keen to read a novel by John Grisham, try one of his earlier ones.
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