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A review by sarahanne8382
The Broker by John Grisham
4.0
I liked it, but I can see why I've started The Partner about a dozen times and never finished it. Maybe it's because I'm reading a book about romance novels for one of my classes (and thus in the mood for a good romance novel), but I just didn't feel very fulfilled by this book. Don't get me wrong, I loved the story & found it very suspenseful, but part of what makes Grisham's writing so supsenseful is that he's so sparse in his character descriptions, leaving evidence for their motivations to the minimum. Maybe I'm just too "female" but I like getting a little more emotionally involved in the lives of the characters I'm reading about.
For those of you who have no idea what the story's about: A lame duck President is convinced by the veteran CIA director to grant a pardon to the man involved in THE political scandal of his day. The man they release, "The Broker," has been unwilling to share his secrets with the government, so they release him & help him hide away in Italy while simultaneously leaking his whereabouts to the right people in the hopes that knowing who assassinates The Broker will unravel some of the mystery surrounding the sensitive information that sent him to jail in the first place. How will The Broker manage to evade his would-be assassins & get his sensitive information into the right hands?
For those of you who have no idea what the story's about: A lame duck President is convinced by the veteran CIA director to grant a pardon to the man involved in THE political scandal of his day. The man they release, "The Broker," has been unwilling to share his secrets with the government, so they release him & help him hide away in Italy while simultaneously leaking his whereabouts to the right people in the hopes that knowing who assassinates The Broker will unravel some of the mystery surrounding the sensitive information that sent him to jail in the first place. How will The Broker manage to evade his would-be assassins & get his sensitive information into the right hands?