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3.2 AVERAGE
3.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really dont see the point of this book? Its billed as a sequel to the Firm and it does feature Mitch and Abby McDeere, but why? The fact that they experienced what happened in the Firm brings nothing to this book. Grisham could have used completely new characters and it would have made no difference.
Also, not a lot happens - a book can be good without much plot if it's an excellent character study or evokes a period of time but this was just... nothing. It passed the time pleasantly enough is about as much as I can say for it
Also, not a lot happens - a book can be good without much plot if it's an excellent character study or evokes a period of time but this was just... nothing. It passed the time pleasantly enough is about as much as I can say for it
I don’t know what the opening couple of chapters were about or why. Complete waste of words/time. The rest of this book was either jarring and graphic with violent terrorist acts or incredibly boring. How do you write both at the same time? I think JG is just not for me.
Also, I refuse to believe in 2023 we couldn’t find better words to use than “swarthy” and “transvestite”, even IF the book is set in 2006.
Finally, tell me one more time how beautiful a character looked even without makeup, please. It’s critical to the character or something I’m sure.
Shout out to being on Spotify premium so I didn’t have to purchase this.
Also, I refuse to believe in 2023 we couldn’t find better words to use than “swarthy” and “transvestite”, even IF the book is set in 2006.
Finally, tell me one more time how beautiful a character looked even without makeup, please. It’s critical to the character or something I’m sure.
Shout out to being on Spotify premium so I didn’t have to purchase this.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Fine. Not great. Quick read. Typical writing for Grisham. Straightforward plot.
Another shot at a “thriller” that still didn’t do it for me. Maybe it’s because I didn’t read the first book in the series but I do think this book gives you enough clues to kind of know what happened it the first book. But I was bored out of my mind. I had no interest in any of the characters and the plot was bizarre. This was another book for my book club and thank god this was available on audiobook at the time because I would have been pissed to have to physically read it and waste my time.
This story DRAGGED. A colleague is kidnapped, there is a $100 million ransom, and she is saved at the end. I just saved 10 hours of your life. Minimal character development, minimal plot, minimal enjoyment.
This was actually a bit of a surprise for me as it’s a Grisham book, and I usually enjoy them across the board. But this one I had some reservations about.
This story takes up with Mitch McDeere (from The Firm) 15 years after his perilous escape from a corrupt law firm in Memphis.
Now in Manhattan with his wife and children, Mitch is a partner at the world’s largest law firm and is asked to fly to Libya to document the construction of Gaddafi’s desert “bridge to nowhere” that his client is suing for payment of. Then things go seriously haywire (to say the least) and terror ensues. Mitch and his wife Abby are thrust into the middle of a sinister plot that sees them struggling to help secure an exchange involving multiple countries, millions of dollars and the safety of their own family.
Unfortunately, this didn’t give me the excitement factor that I was expecting. There’s some violence and a few harrowing moments, but mostly it felt a lot like it was trying to make a few political statements. It was rather slow in parts, and there was so much flying around in private jets that I had both whiplash and jet lag, with most of the hurried travel accomplishing nothing and seemingly unnecessary. And the denouement just fell flat for me.
I love Grisham, but for me this was not one of his best efforts.
My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Doubleday for providing the free early arc of The Exchange for review. The opinions are strictly my own.
This story takes up with Mitch McDeere (from The Firm) 15 years after his perilous escape from a corrupt law firm in Memphis.
Now in Manhattan with his wife and children, Mitch is a partner at the world’s largest law firm and is asked to fly to Libya to document the construction of Gaddafi’s desert “bridge to nowhere” that his client is suing for payment of. Then things go seriously haywire (to say the least) and terror ensues. Mitch and his wife Abby are thrust into the middle of a sinister plot that sees them struggling to help secure an exchange involving multiple countries, millions of dollars and the safety of their own family.
Unfortunately, this didn’t give me the excitement factor that I was expecting. There’s some violence and a few harrowing moments, but mostly it felt a lot like it was trying to make a few political statements. It was rather slow in parts, and there was so much flying around in private jets that I had both whiplash and jet lag, with most of the hurried travel accomplishing nothing and seemingly unnecessary. And the denouement just fell flat for me.
I love Grisham, but for me this was not one of his best efforts.
My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Doubleday for providing the free early arc of The Exchange for review. The opinions are strictly my own.