Grisham has set himself quite a plot to resolve. Jake seems to be emotionally un-impacted by the event, not only because he refuses to press charges but blithely la-di-das through his life without a concern in the world for the possibility of more retribution, not only for himself but his wife and young daughter. In once scene he’s attacked by two men who beat the living crap out of him, sending him to the hospital. Jake Brigance goes through a lot of changes but they seem to be ripples, not waves, in his life. Where’s the editor? And why didn’t one of them catch Grisham referring to the main character as Jack on page 44? I know it’s a good idea to recapitulate some salient points as plot reminders for the reader, but Grisham almost seems to have forgotten he had already written about the subject. Even worse, the author repeats descriptions of people or events over and over, sometimes almost verbatim.
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