A "reckoning" of my patience. Grisham lost me somewhere between endless backstory and zero suspense.
I tried reading The Reckoning by John Grisham, and wow. What a slog. I used to enjoy his legal thrillers, back in the days of The Firm and The Pelican Brief, but this one was heavy on history and light on suspense. I kept waiting for the courtroom fireworks, the twists, the clever plotting…and instead, I got a meandering story that never grabbed me.
Some books you put down reluctantly. This one, I happily set aside. Sometimes the reckoning is knowing when to quit.
