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happypilgrim's review against another edition
there's been a murder ... let's spend multiple chapters flashing back and covering someone's unsuccessful minor league baseball career in depth? to be fair I realized I went into this expecting fiction and it's nonfiction. so maybe there is a purpose, I just am not sure why I am spending so long reading about the ups and downs of a baseball career.
meredithbook's review against another edition
5.0
At first, I was not sure what to think of Grisham's non-fiction books. However, as I read through it, it taught me look about the downfalls in the US's criminal justice system. I clearly saw many of the discrepancies when outlined through each of the trials. On top of that, we got insight into several cases and some of what life was like on death row. In sum, I learned a lot about an issue I hadn't thought about much before
sherylsheehan's review against another edition
4.0
Reads like fiction. Hard to believe the justice system could treat someone so unfairly. Also hard to read the ups and downs of this man's life- alcohol, drugs, mental illness, sobriety, depression, etc.
j_laws_tagg's review against another edition
5.0
This book will make you mad. Also check out the documentary The Thin Blue Line
bogdanbl's review against another edition
4.0
Not the easiest book in the world to read, despite the author. However, a book you can learn a lot from. It's absolutely shocking to see how people not doing their job properly can affect other people's lives.
And it also proves that Johnson Grisham is capable of much more than (good) legal thrillers.
And it also proves that Johnson Grisham is capable of much more than (good) legal thrillers.
kaylacassandra's review against another edition
4.0
Not sure the official rating for book club. But this book got all the emotions from me. Living in a place where I hope the death penalty never exists, it was a hard reality to imagine and one that makes me irate.
cagebox's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. I did not read the synopsis on this book before I started reading it, so I was about 100 pages in when I realized this was a true story and not a traditional Grisham thriller. I like his fiction better, but this is an interesting story on how murder investigations and death penalty trials were handled very poorly in Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s. The book sheds light on flaws in the justice system at the time, and though it didn't shed my views on the death penalty, it certainly brings a strong argument to the table that evidence should be overwhelming and backed by DNA if the penalty is ever handed down.
chloergu's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
After years of getting out of the habit of reading, this book I bought on a whim truly immersed me. Read it!!