The average user rating for this Book is 7.4 out of 10 (based on 28 Votes).
Tom H gave it a9: D.A. Peterson, Gary Rogers and friends seem to be a dim-witted,sadistic bunch. If these guys still hold positions of authority, I think I'll give Ada, Ok. a pass on my next vacation.
Zoe J gave it a10: This book made me think and although it was depressing I felt compelled to finish it.
Elvira H gave it a10: I am a big John Grishm fan, and to see him write a non-fiction book was great. It shows that he can still do it. I've already read the book twice!!!!!!!!!!!
Ws Rad gave it a10: Disturbing. Message to everyone, avoid the very appearance of evil. You will notice that none of the characters thrown into jail were saints, so they were convenient scapegoats. You could be next. Stay at home and out of strip clubs and bars and away from drugs and alcohol. Is is hard to imagine that no one in authority cried foul while it was going on.
Ken gave it an8: Excellent book! It is nice to know that someone will write about the troubles happening within some segments of our legal system. Critics may say what they want but the content is still there!
R LeBlanc gave it a3: The book is boring. Grisham needs to go back to fiction. This is certainly not in the same league as other good true crime books such as - In Cold Blood
Ann G gave it a9: Excellent book but at times got bogged down on details of Ron's mental illness. A bit too much repetition. It did though make the reader think about capital punishment and the errors in our system.
Kay L gave it a10: Real life isn't always as dramatic ass fiction, unless you happen to be quite close to it. The people in the story suffered horridly, but it is even more horrid to know that this same kind of injustice goes on all over the country, all the time and even non capital punishment crimes so mis-trialed destroy people's lives equally as well.
Matthew R gave it a10: Who cares how the Communist news papers responded to this Book. So the LA times is full of wind bags and disoriented individuals who probably forgot this really happened to someone...not a look into the amazing imagination of John grisham,..this is a history book, you will love it
Lynn V gave it an8: very honest book.
MELODIE P gave it a5: Sorry, but all the laborious details about this tragedy of a man were, well, boring and depressing. The reason I read is to escape all that in real life.
Jerry M gave it a5: Too much depressing dialogue -- not enough contextual research relative to socioeconomic circumstances of the time and place.
robert m gave it a9: A trip into the dark bowels of the American "hustice" system, made understandable to the lay reader.
Pat H gave it a7: this is the most agonizing book I have ever read. It read like a clip board ticking off of one horrendous injustice after another. It should have been 5000 pages...I want to know what happens next to a system that has the arrogance to destroy lives without accountability.
Adelia T gave it a9: I thought the book was outstanding--disturbing yes, but John Grisham exposes what needs to be exposed in a readable manner. The Wall Street Journal says it's "oversimplified"--I disagree--instead, I thought there were many levels of complexity that were peeled off that the general public is often not aware of. Perhaps he gets criticism because he stepped on too many proverbial toes. I've been forced to look more deeply into my convictions and ask questions of myself. And as an aside, I'm sure one aspect will be ignored in many discussions--that is, how much did prayer have to do with the dismissal? I'm a strong believer--not in the justice of man, but that God's justice is just & his grace is real. Shame on the church that prayed, but didn't accept him. I wonder how much that kind of Christianity damages the message of God.
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