Ford Country Book Review

John Grisham's book Ford County intrigued me to find another book of his and read it.

John Grisham's writing style of this book is very good. The way that he wrote this book lets me be able to read the book and fully understand what he is trying to say. The way that the book is written almost makes me feel as if I am tagging along in the story. I feel like I am right in the middle of the story watching things unfold. In the story Fish Flies the lawyer has a huge secret to keep and when he talks to Odell about the settlement they have a one-on-one talk. When that scene is unfolding I feel like I am hiding behind something spying on what they are saying. I hear every word but they still don't know that I am listening.

Overall I think that one theme of this book would be to do what is right when the time is needed. In the story Blood Drive the three guys make a trip to memphis to give blood to a friend that has had an accident. They end up having a bit too much fun on the trip and something happens. They were headed to Memphis to do the right thing but on the way there they just get side tracked. They lose sight of what their journey is actually for. They end up upsetting many. I have learned from that to "keep my eye on the prize."

I can make connection to this book in a few ways. In the story Blood Drive they three guys that make the trip to Memphis reminds me of a few people that I know. They want to do what is right and sometimes they get set on the right path, but what almost always happens is they fall into traps that can bring them all the way down to rock bottom. In the story Fish Flies Mack Stafford is barely making ends meet. He is barely making money. In the world today, many people are not making the ends meet. They don't make enough money to pay for the bills that they have racked up. It is a struggling time.

I would recommend this book to people who get lost in longer books. This book is fairly long but has multiple short stories in it. They keep me interested in the book.

This book has 308 pages and is worth two books.