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A review by frasersimons
Runaway Jury by John Grisham, Hilary Maxwell-Hyslop
2.0
Contrived, sloppy, terrible dialogue and character development. Bad pacing. I finished it purely because it was an audiobook.
There are so many granular interactions between the jurors that are pointless, stilted, or literally just infodumps that feel very weird coming from the specific character. Bad commercial fiction to an absolute tee, in my opinion.
I DID like that it was about the cigarettes but I think the movie being about gun deaths hits far better. Everyone knows these things about smoking; but maybe it was more relevant in the 90s?
Which means on all fronts the movie is superior. Though, credit where it’s due, the movie is obviously a different genre entirely, leaning toward an outright thriller.
There are so many granular interactions between the jurors that are pointless, stilted, or literally just infodumps that feel very weird coming from the specific character. Bad commercial fiction to an absolute tee, in my opinion.
I DID like that it was about the cigarettes but I think the movie being about gun deaths hits far better. Everyone knows these things about smoking; but maybe it was more relevant in the 90s?
Which means on all fronts the movie is superior. Though, credit where it’s due, the movie is obviously a different genre entirely, leaning toward an outright thriller.