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sheamaryfitz 's review for:
The Racketeer
by John Grisham
I don't usually read Grisham but a co-worker who likes Michael Connelly suggested this book to me. While I found it entertaining, and I certainly was interested to find out what the real story behind the judge's death was, I felt like something was missing from the story.
I think my biggest issue with the book was the protagonist wasn't someone I felt I could root for; while I'm not sure the crime that landed him in prison the first time was necessarily thought out and planned by Malcolm, but he's still a criminal, and I can only get so excited about a criminal outsmarting the government. Plus, I felt that the ending was a bit of a letdown; at a certain point it became pretty clear who killed the judge even if you didn't know the entire story leading up to the killing.
Certainly not the worst book I've ever read but it also didn't turn me into a Grisham lover.
I think my biggest issue with the book was the protagonist wasn't someone I felt I could root for; while I'm not sure the crime that landed him in prison the first time was necessarily thought out and planned by Malcolm, but he's still a criminal, and I can only get so excited about a criminal outsmarting the government. Plus, I felt that the ending was a bit of a letdown; at a certain point it became pretty clear who killed the judge even if you didn't know the entire story leading up to the killing.
Certainly not the worst book I've ever read but it also didn't turn me into a Grisham lover.