A review by egmamaril
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

3.75

This held up more than I expected for something written in 1992! The quality of the writing is above par for this genre and it was interesting to see how much slower-paced a mass market thriller could be back then. I have to knock it for the sleezy male gaze objectifying Darby. Finally, and this is the world's fault and not the book's fault, but the premise seems so tame for 2024 because political stakes have devolved so much.