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The Last Juror Author: In 1970, one of Mississippi’s more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23-year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the not... more »
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I read some heinous reviews of this book on Amazon, prior to my reading it- so I didn't expect much. I found this to be one of my favorite John Grisham novels- ranking with The Rainmaker and The Pelican Brief. The characters are written so that you actually care about them- and the "mystery" portion of the book is interesting as well. The killer is a tad obvious- and in truth this book is really the Grisham version of To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite novel, so if you enjoyed that, you will enjoy the Last Juror.
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I read this for a TBR potluck challenge in my online book club, The Reading Cove.
Oh, boy. The writing style in THE LAST JUROR by John Grisham was laborious for me. It was suuuuch a slow-going first person narration by Willie Traynor, he could basically put you to sleep with how he meanders!
Most scenes and interactions are summarized not shown, and you're basically just getting a history lesson about rural Mississippi as Willie learns things for his newspaper - human interest stories and whatnot...and this is all smothering a rape and murder trial that I eventually just lost interest in.
After the first 200 pages, I just skimmed through to the end. I renamed this one THE LAST YAWN.
Oh, boy. The writing style in THE LAST JUROR by John Grisham was laborious for me. It was suuuuch a slow-going first person narration by Willie Traynor, he could basically put you to sleep with how he meanders!
Most scenes and interactions are summarized not shown, and you're basically just getting a history lesson about rural Mississippi as Willie learns things for his newspaper - human interest stories and whatnot...and this is all smothering a rape and murder trial that I eventually just lost interest in.
After the first 200 pages, I just skimmed through to the end. I renamed this one THE LAST YAWN.
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense >> Thrillers >> General
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense >> Thrillers >> Legal
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense >> Authors, A-Z >> ( G ) >> Grisham, John >> General
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense >> Authors, A-Z >> ( G ) >> Grisham, John >> Paperback