I have always enjoyed lawyer books, both the real thing (you know, legal journals and the like) and fiction. One of my most read author is John Grisham. May family and I went out last Thursday night and ended up at Barnes & Noble where I gave myself a treat. I bought the book (saving 40% since my wife is a B&N member…I used her card, it is a community property state, you know).
Well, as usual, I devoured it in pretty short order. It was a typical Grisham novel. Compelling, moving, just enough reality to make you go ‘hmmm’. Anyway, without revealing the end, the plot twist and ending were not what I expected. Now this is usually a good thing, but this time I was mad.
I don’t know why I was mad. Was it because it didn’t go my way? Was it because I thought it should have ended differently, or was it because at the end it seemed Grisham wanted to make his ‘message’ of the novel clear. And yes, there is a clear message. He even writes it in the afterward so you don’t miss it.
Well, for whatever the reason, I’ve got another Grisham novel on my shelf. If anyone wants to take it and read it, they can contact me. Just make sure you pass it along to someone else when you are done.
Tags: fiction, Grisham, lawyer, The Appeal
