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Title: tame and lacklustre
Review: I was thoroughly disappointed. Although Grisham does a reasonably good job in setting the historical scene in bigot-ridden Mississippi, the long passages detailing mundane characters and trivial parathemes are mostly superfluous. When the story finally enters second gear around page 420 (of approx. 480) it is too late, and the reader is longing for an ending, no matter how it arrives. Even then, the build up to the finale is jerky and completely lacks suspense. Grisham must be one of the most over-rated writers of fiction today.
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