The Appeal by John Grisham

This year’s presidential campaign has seen ridiculous amounts of money raised for each candidate as the candidates fight to win their party’s nomination. I personally find it disheartening that it takes so much money (a waste in my opinion) to run for office. This novel’s subject matter, rigging an election, is both timely and compelling.

But I honestly can’t say it is one of John Grisham’s better works. His earlier novels were full of plots and twists with full character development. The Appeal fell way short and the ending was lazy. It left me feeling like Grisham had generated the appropriate number of pages so he signed off and said good bye.

However, the subject matter was great and had a lot of potential. Our judicial system is becoming quite political and this novel really brings that trend to the forefront. I wish Grisham had worked a little harder at this one…it had so much potential.

[xrr rating=1/5] for story line and character development
[xrr rating=5/5] for subject matter (judicial system elections/punitive damage awards)
[xrr rating=3/5] overall…ho hum