The First Novel by John Grisham “A Time to kill” should only be picked up if you have lots of Time for Killing.
The Novel though interesting is way too slow and too long to be interesting. I cannot believe that this is the same author who has penned some great works like “The Firm” and “The Broker”.
The novel is set in rural Mississippi in the mid-1980's and focuses on a young attorney named Jake Brigance who is a small-time lawyer. The novel opens with a young, African-American girl being raped by two white teenage boys. The boys are then picked up by the sheriff and are set for the trial but the father of the girl had different plans and goes ahead executing them by killing the two.
The book also puts in light the feeling of racial discrimination and how it gets surfaced during the trial of this heinous crime.
The book still is very slow and has several irrelevant sub plots that makes you feel that what was the point in putting them in.
But, said that, the book certainly gives you a great insight to the American judicial system.
The book is only worth reading if you have ample of time and nothing to do at all.
I would rate is as 4 out of 10.
