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swampgirlak 's review for:
The Rooster Bar
by John Grisham
Ugh. Did John Grisham really write this?
Now I love a good underdog story, and JG is usually good at writing such, but this book wasn't that. It wasn't scrappy underdogs fighting for the good. They weren't scrappy. They were whiny & privileged (Were they privileged? they sure tried to convince us otherwise, but the way they were written, they sure felt privileged). They weren't fighting for the good. They were trying to find a way to make money while avoiding the consequences of their bad choices. They were definitely criminals. Not normally a deal breaker, but they just kept.committing.crimes. Not smart crimes. Stupid crimes. And oh the complaining - about how they were "forced" to make all the stupid choices, about how unfair it was that people figured out their oh so "clever", but actually blatantly stupid and obviously criminal schemes.
Man, I hated these characters - Zola a little less so, but only because she was more in the background throughout the book. And the writing was not good. Now, I know JG isn't high literature, but this didn't feel like his writing. The story itself was plodding, yet every word of dialog somehow felt rushed.
And yet...and yet...I read the whole thing. Why TF did I do that? Because, despite my hatred of the characters and every action they took, I wanted to know how things ended. I am a JG fan, and kept hoping he would redeem himself in the end. Alas, he did not.
I do like the cover though.
Now I love a good underdog story, and JG is usually good at writing such, but this book wasn't that. It wasn't scrappy underdogs fighting for the good. They weren't scrappy. They were whiny & privileged (Were they privileged? they sure tried to convince us otherwise, but the way they were written, they sure felt privileged). They weren't fighting for the good. They were trying to find a way to make money while avoiding the consequences of their bad choices. They were definitely criminals. Not normally a deal breaker, but they just kept.committing.crimes. Not smart crimes. Stupid crimes. And oh the complaining - about how they were "forced" to make all the stupid choices, about how unfair it was that people figured out their oh so "clever", but actually blatantly stupid and obviously criminal schemes.
Man, I hated these characters - Zola a little less so, but only because she was more in the background throughout the book.
Spoiler
I mean seriously - Who travels to another state to confess all their illegal activities TO A LAWYER, and then gets mad when said lawyer declines to keep the secrets of a complete stranger and instead reports them to the bar?And yet...and yet...I read the whole thing. Why TF did I do that? Because, despite my hatred of the characters and every action they took, I wanted to know how things ended. I am a JG fan, and kept hoping he would redeem himself in the end. Alas, he did not.
I do like the cover though.