The Last Juror
by Hella ~ March 7th, 2004Just as I did last weekend, I spent most of this weekend stuck in a book. The Last Juror was my most recent pick at the bookstore, entirely because it’s been on the best sellers list. As I did last time, I knocked it out in two days.
While I enjoyed this story, it certainly did not hold my attention as much as The Da Vinci Code. However, the story is well written and the vivid descriptions of the Old South are great. The small town setting also reminded me of a lot of things about growing up in rural America.
I must say that the plot of the story is not very complicated and was quite transparent to me. This didn’t really disappoint, but it certainly made the work less of a page-turner than I’ve had in the past.
The book represented much more to me just a murder mystery. The abundant references renewed my interest in particular historical events. On a side note, the professor who taught my very first college course (History of America, 1865-Present) repeatedly referred to his list of books, “The Pickens 100″, that every college graduate should strongly consider reading. Perhaps I’ll take my reading to this area next.
Throughout the book, I couldn’t help but think about how the main character managed to take over a small business, nurse it back to health, and build a strong product, all while getting entangled in some pretty serious political games. I tend to look at things with my case interview goggles on now that I know I’m heading back to business school.
March 10th, 2004 at 3:05 pm
Grisham is a great writer and he has had better books but The last juror is really good and other people shouldnt put it down like that. lots of coments about the book are bad and i think its a great book.