The Appeal

There is no question that John Grisham is an exceptional author. I keep returning to his books.

This one grabbed me right from the beginning as I constantly rail at the unfairness of corporations that take advantage of the little man.

In this story, we have a company that has wilfully released toxins into the water and soil in a small American town and covered it up. As a result, an unusually high number of the inhabitants, who had no warning of the dangers of their water, have become ill or have died of cancer.

A husband and wife lawyer team, on the verge of bankruptcy, takes up the cause of one woman who has lost both her husband and son to cancer. They are bent on proving the link between these deaths and the poisonous chemicals that were released in this town. They have a strong case but the corporation has means and ways of fighting back.

Though I enjoyed the read, I found myself drifting at times because of the many characters that came into play. And because of that, I found I was not as invested in the outcome or in the protagonists as I might've been.