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My biggest complaint with Grisham's recent work is twofold. His latest books have been neither entertaining enough to sustain interest and forgettable enough so that it's tough to remember reading them. The King of Torts addresses both of these complaints nicely. The main character, Clay Carter, is interesting and developed enough so that the reader looks forward to seeing what happens to him. The surrounding cast, though less developed, is still a decent compilation. The other tort lawyers, especially Patton French, are great. Max Pace (anyone remember The Simpson's episode where Homer renamed himself Max Powers) is an interesting guy, though he seems a bit contrived.

The plot moves along incredibly well. I began the novel at 10pm with the intention of reading 100 pages or so. I finished it in one sitting. It's really entertaing when Carter, a poor PD, gets the opportunity to earn a quick couple of million and show up his girlfriend's stodgy parents.

The only negative that I found in the novel was the lack of a satisfying ending. I would have liked to have had more information on what happened with the individuals who were harmed, the other tort lawyers, and even Clay himself. I really wanted to know more detail on what happened in the Arizona case. I almost felt like Grisham figured that he needed to wrap up the book to meet a deadline or cut the page count short.

Despite the fact that I could have used a little more detail at the end, I liked this book. Grisham is one of our best known authors and the expectations readers have of him are high. It was nice to read one of his books that held my attention from start to finish, and I'll now look forward to his next offering.

Also recommended: David Ellis's Line of Vision, an excellent courtroom thriller.

so, your basic grisham book. worth the time if you enjoy him, but not his best.