Last man standing

The Last Juror by John Grisham

Recently Señor Grisham has had a bit of a mixed bag. The King Of Torts was reasonable, while A Painted House was rather woeful. The last really good Grisham book I remember reading was The Bretheren which, oddly, is now nowhere to be found on the UK Amazon site.

I got a loan of The Last Juror from my folks, rather than buying it, so I had no reason not to read it. I wasn’t holding out a great deal of hope on it being excellent, but I did hope it would be an enjoyable read.

As with many of his other novels, the book is set in Clanton, Mississippi, this time in 1970 and basically follows a young newspaper owner called Willie Traynor. It will come as no great surprise that this book was easy to read and doesn’t require a great deal of though, but then that’s one of the things I like about Grisham.

The title of the book is odd, given the story it contains. However expanding on this would give away more of the plot that I wish to do so, so if you want to know why go read the book youself. All in all it was an enjoyable read and it seems Grisham is back on track. I won’t say this is a great novel, as it’s not. Many other people, and even Grisham himself, have written much better books, but it’s a good way to pass a few hours.

Overall I shall give this book 2 badger prints (out of 4, since badgers have 4 paws. Duh!).