Books Review of the Week: “Ford County”
Every week, we showcase an Amazon user review from an item on the current All Topics Books Pop Fifty list. Here’s your review of the week for this week!
Review of #1 “Ford County: Stories”
Review by Jason Frost: “In the grand storytelling tradition…”
This reviewer’s rating: 5/5, average reviewer rating: 3.5/5
John Grisham is a storyteller. For all the flack he takes for being a “pop” author, this man knows how to tell a tale. The only thing this book was missing was a rocking chair and a porch. These are stories that might have been told on a lazy Sunday evening while sitting on grandpa’s lap listening to the cicadas playing a tune composed by Mother Nature. These stories run the gambit from touching, to sinister, to the unthinkable, to heart-wrenching to, “yep that’s what you get”, to my favorite… the “illegal yes, but I’ll bet it felt so good”!…