A review by hannahhbic
Defending Jacob by William Landay

2.0

I did not enjoy this book. Getting through it was a struggle, to say the very least. It was assigned to me in a college level course. Originally I tried the audiobook, but found myself too impatient with the tedious courtroom narration to continue to drag out the listening process. The characters were flat, particularly the main character, Andy Barber. I could never make up my mind as I was reading the Kindle version, if Andy was a robot, a misogynist, or both. This book could have done with quite a lot less of the courtroom setting. It was particularly dry, and the author did not make any attempts to make this more interesting. The only character written somewhat decently was the portrayal of Andy Barber's father, Billy. I won't say much more about Billy other than he was the only believable character (his dialogue especially) in this train wreck of a book. I have only given it two stars because of a few plot "twists" that happened in the last 50 or so pages. They were a relief, a brief oasis of action, in what was otherwise an extremely slow book.