Kristy gave me Watching the English at Christmas time, and I’m yet to read it. I thought to myself, “Hey I should take this with me to Amsterdam to read on the plane!”; unfortunately this thought only popped into my head a few seconds after Kristy asked me, “hey, do you mind if I borrow Watching the English to read on the plane?”.
Yes, I was beaten to the punch, but I wasn’t defeated: I had seen John Grisham’s latest book – The Associate – advertised, and being quite the fan of many of Grisham’s other books, I wanted to give it a whirl. Kristy was kind enough to grab it for me at the airport, even though she had to pay the WH Smith airport tax (read: “recommended retail price”). What a lovely wife!
It turns out that airport tax was only £3.00 extra, and it was totally worth it. In fact, if I’d have been able to forecast how much I would love the book, I would have paid loads more; probably even £4.00, or £4.25 extra. It was so good! So good! In fact, I’ve decided that I’m going to give it the illustrious title of “best John Grisham book that I’ve ever read”.
I was so addicted that I finished it before our three day weekend was over (though admittedly it was on the closing moments of our flight back to London). I’ve never read an entire book in a single weekend before! Highly recommended! gerrod.com rating: 10/10.
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I am a big fan of John Grisham too but I seem to get more frustrated every time I read a new book of his.
There’s always the huge conspiracy mystery that drives the story making you turn the pages faster than McDonalds can serve a soft serve but the novel seems to always end on a huge flat note usually in one or two ways.
1. It just ends and leaves you hanging.
2. The mystery is solved but giving the most obvious and sensible explanation for what happened.
For these reasons, I am taking 2 points off Gerrod’s 10/10 rating reducing it to more respectable 8/10.