This was one of the most challenging books I have ever read start to finish. The author introduces one character after another without really developing any of them. Because of this, few characters emerge with any identifiable personality and the book begins to read like an endless stream of names. It quickly becomes very difficult to keep all the characters straight. I committed to finishing the book but really, this was a big waste of time for me, and probably for the author as well.

This is my third Turow book in a row… I am enthralled with the careful plots and well-considered outcomes of these books, and I am going to enjoy all of his writing. I guess I could have predicted more of the final chapters of the book, but I felt so close to the main characters that I apparently wanted people to overcome their life and community surroundings. I highly reccomend this book, it’s particularly great to read it on an e-reader because of the “big words” and legal terms Turow uses… you can look ‘em up...