![]() ![]() The whole book is totally engrossing, leaving you wondering what is going to happen next at all times. Without spoiling anything I think his adaptation of Ellen Roark was brilliant as well as Lucian and Jake.ĭid you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? I don't have a favourite because of how good Michael Beck was. Which character – as performed by Michael Beck – was your favourite? Michael Beck's excellent performance brings this book to life and at no point in the 16+ hours did I feel the story lose my attention. This audiobook is of the highest quality, both in terms of story and performance. Would you listen to A Time to Kill again? Why? ![]() I particularly enjoyed his pompous judges! For me Grisham with his large back catalogue to explore is always a go to guy when I'm in the mood for a legal thriller and if you aren't familiar with his work this is a good place to start. Michael Beck does a great job of bringing Grisham's disparate cast to life for us with some very excellent character voices. It's really clever stuff and for a relatively long story moves fast and covers the events from multiple viewpoints. Everyone from the local preachers to the defendant to Jake Brigance himself all have their flaws and less than completely honourable objectives. The great thing is that in building his tangled web of motivations, prejudices and motives he avoids creating any characters that are whiter than white. Some of the twists in this one you'll recognise as having been repeated many times in fiction since. This type of story is Grisham's home patch, street lawyers, prejudice and simply crackling courtroom scenes. Hardly surprising he's fairly prolific so it's pretty unlikely they would all be classics! This however is most definitely classic Grisham, even though I first read it in the nineties the seemingly timeless nature of the southern US states still made it feel fresh again. John Grisham has written some wonderful books but recently I haven't been quite so enthralled by some of his output. ![]()
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