Five stars for Acts 1-3 and two stars for Acts 4 and 5. This is a re-read because I will see a friend in a production of JC this weekend. And I reallyFive stars for Acts 1-3 and two stars for Acts 4 and 5. This is a re-read because I will see a friend in a production of JC this weekend. And I really don't understand a word of a Shakespeare production if I haven't brushed up on the text first. ...more
I was obsessed with John Grisham novels when I was a preteen. I got sucked into these novels and dreamed of becoming a hotshot trial lawyer myself. I I was obsessed with John Grisham novels when I was a preteen. I got sucked into these novels and dreamed of becoming a hotshot trial lawyer myself. I eventually found my way into social work, but I am still a sucker for a good legal thriller. This book is technically a re-read for me and it was everything I expected: a well-paced and satisfying read, albeit heavy on coincidences and lucky breaks for our hero. And who would have guessed that Grisham's critique of giant health insurance corporations would still ring so true today?
My only complaint is that I hated the narrator for the audio book. He made Rudy sound gruff and sarcastic, whereas I prefer to think of him as being closer to Matt Damon's interpretation in the movie.
Oh, and having previously worked in a domestic violence shelter, I found Rudy's pursuit of Kelly to be kind of inappropriate and skeezy. I think their romance is a stretch. ...more
I appreciated this book a lot more when I read it for a writing course in college. The second time around, almost seven years later, I found it to be I appreciated this book a lot more when I read it for a writing course in college. The second time around, almost seven years later, I found it to be sometimes tiresome and often predictable (I have a terrible memory, by the way, so it's being predictable is the not the result of my ability to remember what was going to happen.). Written during the 1970s, this was certainly an important book for Apartheid South Africa. That said, the dialogue was often painfully weak. A lot of "one has to blah blah blah so that one can blah blah blah, doesn't one?" Bad translation? I don't know. I also found some of the characters to be clichéd or unrealistic. I was disappointed that I couldn't capture whatever it was that prompted me to keep this book long after my writing course was over so that I could read it again....more
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