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A review by alexcarbonneau
The Whistler by John Grisham
3.0
I would love to say that The Whistler is as good as the John Grisham I fell in love with in the late 90's. I would love to say that The Whistler isn't the same overdone recipe that Grisham uses since The Brethren but i'm afraid that he caught the Dan Brown syndrome and it feels like every book written by someone who was once an inventive and effective storyteller is now the same story all over again with different names and places.
I was kind of hopeful when I read Sycamore Row. He seemed to be back on track, but now I'm starting to think that the second installement of Jake Brigance was just an outlier, a rogue work of beauty that Grisham will deliver once every 10 years.
The Whistler is basically Grey Mountain and The Racketeer but based in Florida, and with an ending that falls flat.
On the bright side, it is still an enjoyable read with the pace and tone that we love about Grisham. It is just a tad predictable and leaves the reader feeling like he's been reading a 350 page newspaper piece instead of a thriller.
For legal thriller, I would highly recommand Anthony Franze's The Advocate's Daughter, any of the David Sloane series by Robert Dugoni or the first two novels of the new rookie from 'Bama, Robert Bailey.
I was kind of hopeful when I read Sycamore Row. He seemed to be back on track, but now I'm starting to think that the second installement of Jake Brigance was just an outlier, a rogue work of beauty that Grisham will deliver once every 10 years.
The Whistler is basically Grey Mountain and The Racketeer but based in Florida, and with an ending that falls flat.
On the bright side, it is still an enjoyable read with the pace and tone that we love about Grisham. It is just a tad predictable and leaves the reader feeling like he's been reading a 350 page newspaper piece instead of a thriller.
For legal thriller, I would highly recommand Anthony Franze's The Advocate's Daughter, any of the David Sloane series by Robert Dugoni or the first two novels of the new rookie from 'Bama, Robert Bailey.