“I totally agree. Both my husband and I noticed the mention of texting in 1998. Where are the editors here? Someone should have picked that up. ”
“I'm really bothered by the fact that both Nicole Yarber and Donte Drumm have cell phones in 1998. As an adult, I didn't even get a cell phone until 2001. I can't recall people sending text messages as common practice in 1998. I'm only one-third of the way through this book and really enjoying it, but that cell phone thing is bugging the crap out of me.”
“Grisham, with permission I imagine, lifted much of this plot from a recent work of non-fiction - Autobiography of an Execution, written by David Dow, a Houston Law School professor and member of the Texas Defender group. If you've read Autobiography, you'll surely recognize the similarities, which go beyond parallel and approach out right copy. This doesn't upset me, because I'm quite sure that Professor Dow was complicit. He likely recognized that more people would read work of fiction written by John Grisham, to his. I personally preferred Dow's book to to Grisham's - and would recommend it to a friend with whom I'm trying to reason through the death penalty debate.Fiction is a useful tool in relating information; however, when the sole purpose of the book seems to argue a political point, I feel that non-fiction is the appropriate medium. If you find you share Grisham's abhorrence of capital punishment, try Dow's Autobiography of an Execution. The story is true and somehow the emotions it induces just seem more genuine. ”
“People did not send text messages back in 1998 - Nicole could not have texted her mother 4 times a day, I guarantee it!”
“SPOILEROk, so why did Boyette go to Keith anyway? What was his real motivation to save Donte? This seems to get lost in the shuffle.”
“"SPOILER"Alright, so I am done with this book. It was a little to much anti death penalty preaching but a decent story. My question relates to the end of the book the real killer Boyette is sentenced to death. The book seems OK with this yet, the main character preacher Keith Schroeder seems to be so anti death penalty. No one sticks up for Boyette and he is loathed throughout the book. So, my question is do you think Grisham is anti death penalty because it is morally wrong or because you might have an innocent man die due to a wrongful conviction? Any one know for sure. And either way it seems a double standard in the book. What do you all think?”
“The Pelican Brief. I also loved the movie.”
“Which titles is your favorite Grisham book?”
“I am halfway througfh this book and really enjoying it.”
