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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
I enjoyed the final installment of this trilogy, even though it was pretty predictable. I knew what was going to happen with the trial about halfway through the book. Grisham is the only writer who can actually make me care about lawyer jargon though, so that in itself is worth 3 stars :)
Absolutely slogged through this - Grisham needs to get back to his bread and butter rather than these books he’s solely selling with his name.
Bruce Cable's bookstore Bay Books is a popular meeting place on Camino Island in northern Florida. When best-selling local author (and former girlfriend) Mercer Mann returns to wed boyfriend Thomas, she shares with Bruce her need for a great idea for her next book. Bruce tells Mercer to read the ten-year-old, self-published book written by 80-year-old Lovely Jackson, who lives by the local docks. Lovely claims that she was raised and is the rightful heir to the nearby and now-deserted island named Dark Isle which had been home to many generations of descendants of former African slaves. Her ancestor Nalla washed ashore at Dark Isle having survived with several others when the slave ship they were traveling on was destroyed in a violent storm. The island was inhabited mostly by escaped slaves from Georgia plantations and Nalla and the other survivors were warmly welcomed to be a part of their village. For generations, the inhabitants remained mostly isolated. When a real estate developer announces plans to build a casino resort on Dark Isle, Lovely is aided by Bruce, Mercer and others, to try and stop the project. And Mercer decides that this is the perfect story for her next book.
Camino Ghosts is the third installment of John Grisham's "Camino Island" series. It also works as a standalone. The "book within a book" story of Dark Isle was riveting and tragic, juxtaposed with the present-day story of the effort to save the history of the island, which was exciting and enjoyable. Bruce and all his friends are great characters - the type of people you'd want to hang out with and share some wine. I hope the series continues.
Many thanks to Doubleday Books for providing an advance copy.
Rated 4.25 stars.
Review posted on MicheleReader.com.
Camino Ghosts is the third installment of John Grisham's "Camino Island" series. It also works as a standalone. The "book within a book" story of Dark Isle was riveting and tragic, juxtaposed with the present-day story of the effort to save the history of the island, which was exciting and enjoyable. Bruce and all his friends are great characters - the type of people you'd want to hang out with and share some wine. I hope the series continues.
Many thanks to Doubleday Books for providing an advance copy.
Rated 4.25 stars.
Review posted on MicheleReader.com.
I love this series. The characters are great and the story is compelling.
Interesting story and very well read by Whoopi. Story dragged a bit but overall good
medium-paced
It was fine.
Did not read like a typical Grisham book. Realistic story, unfortunately. Came to a close quicker than I expected. I laughed at times. Intense history.
Did not read like a typical Grisham book. Realistic story, unfortunately. Came to a close quicker than I expected. I laughed at times. Intense history.
The best of the series- great gripping often hard to read story about the last remaining descendant of a once inhabited slave island which now is the target of a greedy developer who doesn’t give a crap about anything but money. Easy read.
Great book with a fascinating storyline. Did not like Whoopi Goldberg as the narrator of the audiobook
Camino Island will always be one of my favorite places to escape to in a book.
I read John Grisham because he's a good writer & because I like court procedurals. So... this book was a little bit of a disappointment. It is well-written, but very little time is spent in the courtroom. Oh, well, it added to my goodreads.com annual reading goal.