When I want to read something light and easy I normally pick up a Sidney Sheldon or John Grisham. Light and easy meaning I don't have to put too much effort to stay in tune with the book. Sometimes it so happens that you are reading non-stop yet you lose track of what's going on. With a John Grisham's, this never happens.
I'm a bit pessimistic. So my "reviews" will have more cons than pros. ;-)
The storyline is good. A ten-year old who knew too much pretty much tells you what the story is about. The ten-year old holds the story together quite nicely.
But, there is a kid in the story so that means there are a lot of limitations. The other people in the story cry every ten minutes; maybe to make the readers appreciate the kid better or what I don't know! And since there is a kid, there a lot of chick elements present - the tears, food, touches of feminism here and there. This is a lawyer book :-D so there is always a lot of money involved. The climax is a little confusing and a little pointless! Except for the kid and his lawyer, the other characters were a little weak and sort of....dilute!
The good things are - the smart ass conversations, the smart ass kid, the fact that the technical details are kept to an optimum level so nothing goes above your head, and needless to mention, again, the writing! It's a page-turner in spite of everything else.
Later!
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