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The Brethren by John Grisham
2.0

I can't put my finger on it, but I just was not impressed by this book.

The story is of three judges called the Brethren, are convicts who now moonlight as 'Ricky' and 'Percy' - two young, hot boys who are in rehab and looking to write to some hopeful sugar daddies. The men who write to them are mostly not out of the closet. The Brethren then use their drunk lawyer to find out who these men are and blackmail them into giving them money. That's one story.

Second one is of
Aaron Lake who is being groomed to be the next President of the United States by the CIA. Weird. Turns out he's a closeted gay and he writes to 'Ricky'. Long story short, they find out who this guy is. CIA does lots of things to keep it hidden and poof, they blackmail him and The Brethren get a 'Get Out Of Jail Free Card'. Whoopdeedoo!


The plot was predictable from the start and I just kind of dragged along the chapters till the end even though, I knew in the end I was going to say 'Sure, of course this would happen.'

Basically kind of meh. Glad I bought this book at a second hand bookstore.