I listened to it in audio form and thought I had accidentally fast- forwarded a couple of chapters, so rewound it only to discover he was neatly packaging the ending for us without letting us in on any of the details of how he had arrived at these points.
I just expressed the same sentiment about this book to a friend the other day. Especially the paragraph about the wrap-up being a rush job. But, don’t be surprised if you are looking for the missing pages like I was. let me know if you read this one and felt the same way – it just stood out so much that it was shocking! I was speechless! I checked to see if some part of the copy I had was missing!Ī decent book if you like the Grisham formula. This happened to me last year with another book (Gwendy’s Magic Feather) and I was much harsher on that one – mainly because I don’t think the rush job led to a bad ending like it did with that one. I felt a bit cheated to have everything I have been getting into resolved with some Clif Notes. Then, I guess he got a call from his publisher saying the book was due because suddenly it was several weeks later and everything that had been built up was summarized in a few pages and it moved on to the end game of the novel. Grisham spent a couple hundred pages developing this intricate mystery and setting up all the situations and characters with a precarious heightened intensity.
The rush job: This was the odd part for me that kind of soured the whole experience. Maybe not really a con, but it just stands out as filler (and makes me hungry and thirsty) I think the book would be about one fourth shorter if the food a drink mentions were removed. Grisham and food: I have said in previous reviews that one of the biggest things I have always noticed with Grisham from the very first time I read him, he has to give detailed accounts of all the food and drinks consumed by his characters.
Most of them are quirky writer types with interesting backgrounds.
Fun characters: I like all the people we meet on Camino Island. Unique and intriguing plot/mystery: A mysterious death during a hurricane? Yes, please! But, something odd happened about 2/3 of the way through it. it has the typical feel of a John Grisham novel, and I thought at first it might come in highly for me. I am in the middle of the road on this one.
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