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Barbara G.
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July 28, 2023 at 1:52 am #891
Book Girls’ Guide
Keymaster@bookgirlsguideamWas this book a good fit for the Read Around the USA Challenge?
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July 28, 2023 at 11:54 am #941
Lisa
Participant@lisa14I used to love Grisham but his last few have just been blah for me. I will be interested to see what others say about this one.
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July 28, 2023 at 5:33 pm #953
Bambi Reed
Participant@breed17I agree, Lisa. I read many of his early books, but I did not really like this one.
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July 29, 2023 at 2:47 pm #976
Kathy Mitchell
Participant@kathy-mitchell23I also agree. It was ok, but not great. It was also really long. I did like the beginning part where he talks about the immigrants settling on the point.
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August 2, 2023 at 7:00 am #1067
Laura DiBacco
Participant@ldibaccoI thought it was a good choice because wow, did I learn a lot about Mississippi. I agree with the others that it wasn’t riveting like his earlier books but I am always amazed at the research he does to tell a story. I listened on audio so it made it easier to read. Grisham noted at the end that none of it was true of course, but based on a few stories he heard.
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August 7, 2023 at 8:25 pm #1121
Freda Chadwick
Participant@kfjchadwickprodigy-netYes, it should stay for the US challenge because it did tell a story about south Mississippi that was pretty true. I googled to read more about the Dixie Mafia and the early years of Biloxi.
Having said that – I love Grisham but really had trouble getting into this. I understand the need to develop characters but I felt like he took too long in this book. I am glad I stuck with it, but I really struggled in the 1st half.
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August 11, 2023 at 10:51 am #1122
Barbara G
Participant@barbarapgThis book was disappointing on many levels, so I would not keep it on the list.
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