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kerrynicole72's review against another edition
3.0
I found this book a little slow at the start, but once I hit page 80, I couldn't put it down. The writing style is a little different and I downgraded my rating one star because of it-- only one character (and not the main one) is written in the first person, and every other chapter is written from the perspective of another character. There are a few things that didn't quite add up for me in reading it, but the legal and courtroom stuff is vintage Turow and worth the effort.
ensslen's review against another edition
3.0
The characters make this otherwise dull book worth finishing, but are probably not enough to make it worth starting.
lhachey's review against another edition
4.0
I have not read Presumed Innocent, just saw the movie. I kept picturing Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehey and RAoul Julia - wonder if a film version will follow ... perhaps Andy Garcia can play the role of Sandy Stern?? Anyhow, loved the book, really enjoyed revisiting these characters 22 years later, I thought the author tied everything up nicely, however would have liked Tommy Molto to discover the truth regarding Carolyn Pohemis' murder as well!!
jonid's review against another edition
4.0
When the first book about Rusty Sabich was written I marveled that Truow could create a character who wouldcheat on his wife and still remain so sympathetic. When is was revealed in that book that she had committed the murder and made it look like her husband had killed his lover (ex) you felt for her; she hadn't wanted tit to get so far out of hand and thought he'd be able to get acquitted - which he did! He was left with the horrow of knowing that he had set everything in motion, driving his wife to such an extreme action.
So here he his again years later - and here he goes again! And again Turow makes him sympathetic. His wife Barbara is revealed in observation and flashback but he steers clear of her rage and intelligence and focuses on all the other players. It's a great story with some intersting turns (not all are a suprprise)but at the end I didn't feel so sympathetic. For a smart guy, Rusty didn't learn much about his wife - he mnight have been surprised- but I wasn't!
So here he his again years later - and here he goes again! And again Turow makes him sympathetic. His wife Barbara is revealed in observation and flashback but he steers clear of her rage and intelligence and focuses on all the other players. It's a great story with some intersting turns (not all are a suprprise)but at the end I didn't feel so sympathetic. For a smart guy, Rusty didn't learn much about his wife - he mnight have been surprised- but I wasn't!
michrichter1's review against another edition
3.0
Turow does a great job writing about the relationships here, and I liked the shifting perspectives. I predicted the ending (or at least the whodunit), but wanted to keep reading to understand motive and find out if certain revelations were made. Worth reading, especially if you enjoyed Presumed Innocent.
jeannemurray3gmailcom's review against another edition
4.0
This is the sequel to Presumed Innocent.
Really good book! Best courtroom drama that I have read in a long time. It took a couple of chapters to get to know the characters again (has it really been 20 years?) Turow did a fantastic job of not disclosing what really happened until the very end. I just had to keep reading so that I would find out if Rusty really killed his wife.
Really good book! Best courtroom drama that I have read in a long time. It took a couple of chapters to get to know the characters again (has it really been 20 years?) Turow did a fantastic job of not disclosing what really happened until the very end. I just had to keep reading so that I would find out if Rusty really killed his wife.
caitlinxmartin's review against another edition
4.0
The beauty of Presumed Innocent for me wasn't so much in the unexpected denouement (although that was wonderful), but rather in Turow's ability to make me read page after page about characters I didn't really like. Rusty Sabitch and his philandering ways just doesn't rank high on my list of literary characters I feel sorry for - he so patently got himself into a bad situation and yet still rises above it, the ever-golden boy riding the flames to success. The best character in Presumed Innocent is Sandy Stern in all his cutthroat elegance. Still I read it and enjoyed it and have read everything Turow has written since and have enjoyed them, too, so I was excited to read the latest, Innocent, a many years later sequel to the book that made Turow's career.
In the new book everyone has aged and moved along in their careers. Rusty is turning 60, a judge, still married to Barbara. Their son, Nat, is finishing law school and Tommy Molto is Acting Prosecuting Attorney, but married now with a new baby. Time has touched everyone, the author included, except perhaps for Rusty Sabitch who still seems to stroll through his life receiving accolades as his due. The tragedy of Rusty is, of course, that his impulses have led him to a life of surface achievement and deep unhappiness in the places it matters - love and family connections. Reaching out one more time for love in all the wrong places, Rusty sets into motion a chain of events that will haunt his family forever, much as the ghost of the first book haunts every page of this one.
This is not an edge-of-your-seat page turner. It's more a measured consideration of the choices people make and make again, even when they know the results will be deadly. Turow elegantly captures the intricate melancholy of regret, of second guessing, of coming to the end of the line. He is always thoughtful, always engaging, always worth the time.
In the new book everyone has aged and moved along in their careers. Rusty is turning 60, a judge, still married to Barbara. Their son, Nat, is finishing law school and Tommy Molto is Acting Prosecuting Attorney, but married now with a new baby. Time has touched everyone, the author included, except perhaps for Rusty Sabitch who still seems to stroll through his life receiving accolades as his due. The tragedy of Rusty is, of course, that his impulses have led him to a life of surface achievement and deep unhappiness in the places it matters - love and family connections. Reaching out one more time for love in all the wrong places, Rusty sets into motion a chain of events that will haunt his family forever, much as the ghost of the first book haunts every page of this one.
This is not an edge-of-your-seat page turner. It's more a measured consideration of the choices people make and make again, even when they know the results will be deadly. Turow elegantly captures the intricate melancholy of regret, of second guessing, of coming to the end of the line. He is always thoughtful, always engaging, always worth the time.
phan14's review against another edition
2.0
Disappointing. Too predictable. Just like "Presumed Innocent" just twenty years later...
mc007's review against another edition
3.0
I read [b:Presumed Innocent|425029|Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1)|Scott Turow|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1404412704s/425029.jpg|7732] a few weeks back and casually stumbled upon this sequel while perusing the clearance stacks at a local Barnes & Noble. I ended following the same reading routine as I did with the first: a few days reading the pre-trial portion of the book and then a couple of late nights burning through the fast-paced trial sequence.
Caution to those who haven't read [b:Presumed Innocent|425029|Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1)|Scott Turow|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1404412704s/425029.jpg|7732] (and I truly hope you have since this is a direct sequel to that book and you are doing yourself a disservice by not reading it first!) -- there are spoilers below.
Innocent feels more polished and overall better written than its predecessor. The change between narrators in each chapter is a nifty way of telling the story, especially from prosecuting attorney Tommy Molto's view (he's not a bad guy). But this mechanic also makes this an inferior book compared to Presumed Innocent. That book is told entirely from the perspective of Rusty, with the reader becoming quite intimate with his thoughts and inner psyche. But even then the reader doesn't know if he committed the murder or not. The reader goes "all-in" with the character and knows that they may get burned by the novel's end. This takes the novel's riveting intensity to the highest levels. Innocent offers some page-turning excitement, but not nearly as much as Presumed Innocent.
"But wait -- isn't this a review for Innocent?" Yes, but if you read Presumed Innocent beforehand, you'll still have a good time and enjoy catching up with characters years after the first novel, but the ride won't be nearly as fun.
Caution to those who haven't read [b:Presumed Innocent|425029|Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1)|Scott Turow|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1404412704s/425029.jpg|7732] (and I truly hope you have since this is a direct sequel to that book and you are doing yourself a disservice by not reading it first!) -- there are spoilers below.
Innocent feels more polished and overall better written than its predecessor. The change between narrators in each chapter is a nifty way of telling the story, especially from prosecuting attorney Tommy Molto's view (he's not a bad guy). But this mechanic also makes this an inferior book compared to Presumed Innocent. That book is told entirely from the perspective of Rusty, with the reader becoming quite intimate with his thoughts and inner psyche. But even then the reader doesn't know if he committed the murder or not. The reader goes "all-in" with the character and knows that they may get burned by the novel's end. This takes the novel's riveting intensity to the highest levels. Innocent offers some page-turning excitement, but not nearly as much as Presumed Innocent.
"But wait -- isn't this a review for Innocent?" Yes, but if you read Presumed Innocent beforehand, you'll still have a good time and enjoy catching up with characters years after the first novel, but the ride won't be nearly as fun.
mitrusheva's review against another edition
4.0
Напоследък изобщо не мога да чета трилъри, а преди години ми бяха любимо занимание за свободното време - особено съдебните такива. Сега няма нищо, което да ме увлече и грабне отведнъж. Явно вкусовете ми са се променили... Скот Търоу обаче е приятно изключение. Харесвам книгите му и тази не направи изключение. Много увлекателен, добре написан съдебен трилър. Препоръчвам.