I read THE SUMMONS for this month's John Grisham theme in my online book club, The Reading Cove.
It took about 50 pages to really get interesting and draw me in. And after that, the narrative just chugged along rather haphazardly with the main character, Ray. being very silly for someone who's supposed to be a law professor!
Much of the mystery plot sees Ray running around like a chicken with its head cut off, chasers knowing his every move, yet they don't move in to take what they're after until the very end when there was no logical reason for the delay--except to drag the story out artificially.
I guessed who the culprit was pretty early on, so the ending reveal wasn't a surprise, which was too bad since it could've made up for the meandering pacing to get there.
I give this one a C+.
It took about 50 pages to really get interesting and draw me in. And after that, the narrative just chugged along rather haphazardly with the main character, Ray. being very silly for someone who's supposed to be a law professor!
Much of the mystery plot sees Ray running around like a chicken with its head cut off, chasers knowing his every move, yet they don't move in to take what they're after until the very end when there was no logical reason for the delay--except to drag the story out artificially.
I guessed who the culprit was pretty early on, so the ending reveal wasn't a surprise, which was too bad since it could've made up for the meandering pacing to get there.
I give this one a C+.
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