Read, If you MUST - the one book Grisham should NOT have written

Without a doubt, John Grisham is one of my favorite modern day authors. However, this particular book, "The Reckoning" should NOT have been written. It left a sad, sad, bad taste for me. I gave this a three star simply because, there is no denying that the book still contains the excellent penmanship and master story telling style of John Grisham. But, to me, this is the one book Grisham should NEVER have written. It is sad, stupid, and the meaningless killing of Rev. Bell by Pete Banning is highly incongruous with the quality of the highly disciplined man that Grisham painted Banning to be. I am also giving the three star, cause it is a touching account of the horrors of the infamous Bataan Death March. In fact, this book should have been named; A Short Memoir of a Bataan Gorilla". Grisham should have stopped there.

###

