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A review by holly1979
The Guardians by John Grisham
1.0
This was my first Grisham book and I don’t think I will read another. I suggested this for our book club and I didn’t even finish on time because I was so bored. Have you ever read a book that put you sleep? Well, this one will do it. I made myself finish, though weeks after my group finished, because I’m not a quitter.
I found his writing style annoying. While I prefer a more direct way of telling a story, this felt like I was just reading case files. I couldn’t connect to a single character. Some of his cases seemed interesting, but the details felt arbitrary. There was no follow up to the ones I strained a connection to. It was just introducing characters and then leaving them hanging in the wind. It felt like it took forever to get to the actual story and there was no climax. Nothing remotely exciting.
Overall, it was a boring journey to a forgettable story.
I found his writing style annoying. While I prefer a more direct way of telling a story, this felt like I was just reading case files. I couldn’t connect to a single character. Some of his cases seemed interesting, but the details felt arbitrary. There was no follow up to the ones I strained a connection to. It was just introducing characters and then leaving them hanging in the wind. It felt like it took forever to get to the actual story and there was no climax. Nothing remotely exciting.
Overall, it was a boring journey to a forgettable story.