The Laws of Our Fathers
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (537 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607883740 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
At the close of legal-thriller novelist Scott Turow's second book, The Burden of Proof, Sonia Klonsky was a young prosecutor in Kindle County Courthouse with a failing marriage, an infant daughter, and a single mastectomy. Turow attempts a sort of social history of the 60s in this ambitious mystery, but the most vivid passages come when the gangbangers of the Black Saints Disciples take center stage. . Now, as the narrator of Turow's latest novel, she's a Superior Court Judge presiding over the murder trial of one Nile Eddgar, accused of arranging the slaying of his ghetto-activist mother, June
In Kindle County, a woman is killed in an apparent random drive-by shooting. The woman turns out to be the ex-wife of a prominent state senator and an old acquaintance of Judge Sonia Klonsky, on whose desk the case lands. As the pursuit of justice takes bizarre and unusual turns, Judge Klonsky is brought face-to-face with a host of extraordinary personalities and formidable enemies bent on her destruction.
John C. said Legal but not thrilling. Since I loved his earlier books, I was very disappointed by the excruciatingly slow pace of this one. Despite having grown up in the late 1960s myself, I found many if the flashbacks quite boring and not that credible. I felt like I was forcing myself to finish the book and eventually gave up because I didn't really care what happened to the characters. While the writing itself was good, and quite descriptive, I didn't feel much depth to the characters, it felt like reading a book about your neighbors by someone who didn't know them very well. I don't plan to read anything else in this series and feel the book would have been g. "Well written story of good and evil and racial issues." according to MACrewdsm. I think that the book was longer than it needed to be. The story was interesting and i thoroughly enjoyed it but I found myself wondering how much longer it would take to tell it. He has a gift for dialog as is illustrated by the coversation's between the protagonist and his best friend and his coversations with his lover's daughter. His descriptions could be overly long and at times confusing enough that I had to reread some of them multiple times. I would reccommend this book because the issues it raises are important and thoughtfully presented.. "AWFUL" according to Leslie M. Jeffress. Thought book was about a trial. After reading it, not sure what it is. I have enjoyed Turow's past books, but not this one. Not sure why I finished it. I would give it fewer than one star were that possible. Do not recommend this book.