Book info

• Title The Confession
• Author John Grisham
• Year 2010
• Genre Thriller

An innocent man is days from execution. Only a guilty man can save him. Travis Boyette is a murderer. Nine years ago, he strangled a high-school cheerleader and buried her body so it could never be found. Then, he watched and waited as police arrested Donte Drumm, a local football star with no connection to the crime. Tried, convicted, and sentenced, Drumm was sent to death row whilst Boyette walked free. Now, Donte Drumm is four days from execution. And as Boyette faces his own mortality, hehas finally decided to do what is right. He has decided to confess. But how can he convince the state that they are about to execute the wrong man?

Thoughts

I do love a good John Grisham, but I must say this was a middle-of-the-road JG. The story was really well-written, and enticing, with great characters, and a good structure. It’s just that overall I was left feeling very, very depressed. Perhaps I shouldn’t judge the book on that, perhaps that is just the way it is supposed to be - to make you think. I don’t know.

I very much enjoyed the author’s note in which Grisham declares that if anyone finds any factual errors, he basically doesn’t care because he hates research so much. That’s not to say he did none, but that it’s not his favourite part of it. I do like some nice honesty.

So, overall, it’s not put me off Grisham’s books, and it’s certainly not as bad as the Painted House one, but it’s not a favourite.

Rating: 3 / 5