Last week, we had the Jan 26th holiday and I thought of spending it by indulding it by reading 'The Street Lawyer', a novel by one of my favorite author Joh Grisham.
The story is about a big shot law firm, about to be a partner lawyer who leaves everything behind to answer his calling: his calling to help the helpless and the homeless people of Washington DC. There is a twist to the story in terms of an impending lawsuit being filed. This lawsuit if against wrongful doing by rich people that rendered a group of people homeless.
Unfortunately, the story just doesn't pick up pace at any time. It promises a mystery and then just fizzles out. There is the unexplained hostage drama that appears to be the real plot but, nothing more happens beyond the first chapter. The broken marriage and mid-life crisis of a rich but directionless lawyer appears too repititive.
The story does raise pertinant quesions on the magnitude of the problem faced by the homeless people. It does make you twinge at the thought of how people can just stay out in freezing nights during winter. It almost sounds like a book related to awaken the social conscious person in the reader than a novel of fiction.
If you are looking for a pot-boiling thriller with twits and turns and leagalesse that would leave you breathless, then this is not the book for you. It is a bit depressing so don't carry in when you want to lighten the mood during a travel.
Overall, I'd say this is a novel you can give a miss, if you only looking for the thrill of regular fictional book.
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