A review by protoman21
Gray Mountain by John Grisham

3.0

This started out pretty well, but I really lost interest in the middle and by the end I had almost no interest at all. I found Samantha to be likeable enough as a character, but she really didn't have any depth. All of her issues were easily written off as "rich people problems." I'm not sure if having her drop $300 on a meal while working as an unpaid intern was meant to make the reader relate to her, but it had the opposite effect for me. I respect Grisham for shining a light on what is happening with the deplorable coal companies exploiting people and fighting to avoid paying any benefits to employees whose health was affected by the working conditions, but I think he could have done this while also telling a good story.