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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
The detail bothered me a bit, and the ending was not personally satisfying. The novel, unfortunately, describes the political situation in the U.S. vis-a-vis the need for obscene amounts of money to get elected in contested races.
The plot of big businesses purchasing seats on the Supreme Court wass utterly terrifying and riveting. It is amazing that this manner of funding of elections is legal.
This book was too lengthy, had too many politics in it for me to want to follow and the ending left me infuriated. Basically no reward or happy ending for the time I invested into reading this book.
This review may sound like it is contradicting itself, but that it alright since that is pretty much how my thoughts are concerning this book.
I gave The Appeal by John Grisham two stars based on the fact that Goodreads.com defines two stars as a book being okay, which in my opinion it was okay but I doubt I will read it again. As I was reading The Appeal about half way into the book I was greatly confused as to the direction that it had turned from where it started at the beginning. Near the end though as I saw how everything was going together, in terms of the big picture, the book made a lot more sense to me. I personally do not like the ending to it, but I am sure most readers don't. Overall it was an interesting read, but it isn't a book I would feel an overwhelming urge to read again.
I gave The Appeal by John Grisham two stars based on the fact that Goodreads.com defines two stars as a book being okay, which in my opinion it was okay but I doubt I will read it again. As I was reading The Appeal about half way into the book I was greatly confused as to the direction that it had turned from where it started at the beginning. Near the end though as I saw how everything was going together, in terms of the big picture, the book made a lot more sense to me. I personally do not like the ending to it, but I am sure most readers don't. Overall it was an interesting read, but it isn't a book I would feel an overwhelming urge to read again.
Since when do the good guys not win in a John Grisham book?! The ending was just so depressing...I mean, only the villian won! He doubled his billions and the sick people got NOTHING except more sickness and some more death. Totally not cool, John Grisham.
This book was very scary. The thought that our justice system is no longer for the people. it's politics.
Disturbing, but believable and quite unfortunate. Grisham does a good job at illustrating the problem of special interests having so much influence on elected positions.
I was disappointed with this latest Grisham novel. Things just didn't end the way I envisioned they would. I was actually upset after I finished reading this book.
This was one of my least favorite John Grisham books. After reading "The Nine" about the Supreme Court, this story about "buying" a seat on the Supreme Court in Mississippi seemed very trite. I don't doubt that it could happen, but the book just didn't have the same pace and suspense as his others.