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The Racketeer by John Grisham

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danireys's review against another edition

2.0

There isn't any likeable characters in this so it's hard to care about anyone. I had a vague feeling where the book was going the whole time too so there was surprise and that made it just kind of boring. Nothing special.

sputniknorman's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

protoman21's review against another edition

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3.0

This book started out so promising, but somewhere in the middle it just took off on a tangent and I lost almost complete interest. It was like Grisham had his twist ending in mind, but didn't have a fully fleshed out story to go with it so he just stretched out a bunch of stuff in the middle to try and disguise the fact that he has trying to pull the wool over out eyes. It worked completely the opposite way though, because the simple fact that he was telling the story at all gave away the fact that it was going to end the way it did. Sadly, one of Grisham's most disappointing efforts. Would be 2 1/2 stars.