The Pelican Brief- strange book, good book (The Pelican Brief - John Grisham)

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Product:	The Pelican Brief - John Grisham
Date:	28/07/00 (312 review reads)
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Advantages: great addictive story line

Disadvantages: Grisham's writing style

God knows where the inspiration for this book came from but it's a great read all the same. The story is interesting and inventive and for some reason you just keep on turning the pages to find out what happens next.

In short here is the story. Two Supreme Justices have been killed, and a law student, Darby Shaw, ignores her studies for a few days and tries to solve the crime herself. She writes her account of who did it and why (this is her brief) but then discards it and goes back to being a student. Her Brief is given to the FBI and circulates around the White House. Her boyfriend is killed, she is being followed, others she comes into contact with are killed. Can she escape these people and stay alive? Will the crime be solved?

It's a great story but I don't like Grisham's writing style. He is unable to soundly describe anything and his efforts at creating suspense are quite pitiful. If the story weren't so brilliant this book wouldn't have anything. Grisham does have the ability to hook a reader and to keep your interest.

His isn't the best book I've ever read but worth it all the same. I enjoyed it and I can't see how anyone could fail to do so. Having read this I now want to go on and read Grisham's other books, a sign of a good author.

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