Absolutely agree, really enjoyed his early books but then, like so many, he figured he had a winning formula and sticks rigidly to it. His books are fine if you want to read the same book over and over but personally I prefer originality and I like my authors to take risks and try something different.moonstruck wrote:Grisham's narration is fine, but IMHO his stories are almost like painting different people against the same old background. You know you're in for a lot of courtroom jargon, and a lawyer "unexpectedly" bringing justice to someone, when you pick a John Grisham up.
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LOL, I found it. But not in a John Grisham book. I'm reading "Blood & Breakfast - West Midlands Noir" by William Stafford, a humorous detective novel. In it, Stafford digs at many things (including Anglo-American relationships)FNAWrite wrote:.....I stopped reading him after about the fourth book in a row had a scene where he explicitily said 'He rested his rump on the edge of the desk and...' . Rump, behind something. Never just 'He sat on the edge of the desk' or in a chair maybe, but each time he noted the placement of buttocks on the sitting surface (which was usually edge of desk). Hey, I know what sitting means, I don't need the author to explain it in every book.
Look for it, you'll find it.
and I was amused to read "Brough didn't like the way Stevens perched his buttock on the edge of the table."
Perhaps a parody?
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Gene Hackman was brilliant in the movie version of Runaway Jury.Patsy wrote:I have read most everything by John Grisham and definitely list him among my favorites. Runaway Jury was my favorite book for a long time.
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