Grisham delivers a breathtaking update on the McDeeres and the life they made ... The book becomes in part a moral thriller ... Mr. Grisham, in vintage form, ratchets up the suspense in this winning sequel to its well-known predecessor.
Should be a delicious gift to Grisham fans. But once you’ve read it, you might find yourself wishing that Mitch, last seen slipping out of sight while Bendini, Lambert & Locke imploded, had simply decided to while away his days in moneyed obscurity ... Since his 1989 debut, A Time to Kill, Grisham has been remarkably prolific and often wonderful. I love his books, but I wish he hadn’t written this one.
A baffling book ... An international kidnapping melodrama, with a victim we don't care about and a bizarre opening 40 pages that have nothing to do with anything that comes after.
Grisham fans will love the first 37 pages ... Grisham fans will devour it; but there were times when this reader wished the action would slow down a little so we could spend some time with the characters ... Frenetic.
Devoted Grisham fans will want to read this, but casual readers may well give it a miss. A serviceable but disappointing offering from a usually excellent storyteller.
Disappointing ... Grisham conjures some suspense, but nothing here deepens or complicates his original characterizations—it often feels like a somewhat loopy standard-issue legal thriller has been papered over with characters from The Firm. It’s a letdown.
Mitch and Abby come across as sympathetic and credible, while other characters are no deeper than they need to be. The story moves at a fast pace, leaving a trail of bodies in its wake. A tense legal thriller with nary a courtroom scene.
