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A review by warmstretchesofblue
The Guardians by John Grisham
4.0
The Guardian stands for Guardian Ministries which is a non-profit organization, whose work is to exonerate the prisoners who are in for somebody else's crime! They have proven the innocence of 7 people in around 8 years and are proud of the work they do, despite the shortage of funds.
The protagonist is our Lawyer and Episcopal Priest, Cullen Post who gave up his practice and has been working with the Guardians for the last several years. He is relentless and knows how to pull the right strings to make the puppets dance.
The story is shown from his perspective and is a gripping read and by the end, you would want to take up the work yourself.
John Grisham's writing of the details to move and solve the mystery is something to admire. There are rarely any misses and it is of the category of intelligent thrillers.
It is hard to keep track of the characters because there are so many, and sometimes if you are not paying attention, you could get lost.
Despite this, the story keeps you hooked and after a while, you see yourself rooting for the exoneration of Guardian's clients!
Initially, I was put off by the description of the character as black or white, but then as it turns out it was the very foundation of why the innocent Quincy Miller was convicted! And by not writing about the racism that is experienced by the people, we can not hope to make it vanish! It needs to be discussed.
This was my first ever legal fiction, which was in the category of semi-fiction as something similar happened recently, which prompted the author to look for innocense work being carried around the world.
The protagonist is our Lawyer and Episcopal Priest, Cullen Post who gave up his practice and has been working with the Guardians for the last several years. He is relentless and knows how to pull the right strings to make the puppets dance.
The story is shown from his perspective and is a gripping read and by the end, you would want to take up the work yourself.
John Grisham's writing of the details to move and solve the mystery is something to admire. There are rarely any misses and it is of the category of intelligent thrillers.
It is hard to keep track of the characters because there are so many, and sometimes if you are not paying attention, you could get lost.
Despite this, the story keeps you hooked and after a while, you see yourself rooting for the exoneration of Guardian's clients!
Initially, I was put off by the description of the character as black or white, but then as it turns out it was the very foundation of why the innocent Quincy Miller was convicted! And by not writing about the racism that is experienced by the people, we can not hope to make it vanish! It needs to be discussed.
This was my first ever legal fiction, which was in the category of semi-fiction as something similar happened recently, which prompted the author to look for innocense work being carried around the world.