BradTaylor

Book Review: The Litigators

I just finished John Grisham’s latest offering, The Litigators. I’ve read every book Grisham has written, and I am a big fan of his. While I have generally felt that his writing has been tailing off a bit in quality, I still love most everything he’s written. And I loved this book. I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Grisham is masterful at developing characters the reader grows to care about, and this book is no different. Following every detail of young David Zinc’s legal career kept me at rapt attention, often reading much longer than I intended to in a single sitting. I finished the book in four days. 

I only gave 3.5 stars because, unlike in Grisham’s earliest work, there were at times dry spells, sections it felt like I could have skipped entirely (and sometimes wanted to). The Firm and The Pelican Brief, for example, had exactly ZERO (0) sections of this ilk. But these were rare, and as I noted earlier, it certainly didn’t keep me from pressing on. 

If you’re a fan of Grisham’s previous work, I’d imagine you’ll enjoy this. Even if you’ve never sampled his work, give this a shot. I don’t think you’ll regret it.