Reviews for Reversible errors

The average rating for Reversible errors based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-23 00:00:00 James Seelbach Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph is an inmate on death row for a 1991 triple murder in Kindle County. Arthur Raven is a corporate lawyer who is Rommy's reluctant court-appointed representative. Arthur's opponent in the case is Muriel Wynn, Kindle County's chief deputy prosecuting attorney. Muriel and Larry Starczek, the original detective on the case, don't want to see Rommy's release. And Gillian Sullivan, the judge who originally found Rommy guilty, is only recently out of prison herself, having served time for taking bribes. I almost DNF this book. I actually didn't care about the 2 couples' private lives (Arthur and Gillian; Larry and Muriel). I expected action and suspense, not couples' problems. In addition, there are many swearing and unnecessary sex scenes. That's why I skimmed the pages a lot. Book's conclusion was so boring, that I regretted reading this book, that's too long: 464 pages - it should have 110 pages less.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-12-02 00:00:00 Rodrigo Golla I am not sure how I missed this Turow when it first came out, but I am very glad to have found it. He is such a master of the legal suspense and you travel right along with his characters through all the legal technicalities…which how Arthur Raven gets the case of Squirrel, sitting on death row and claiming his innocence. Well of course he is innocent, isn't he? I travelled all the ups and downs with Arthur. The thing I enjoyed about this is that I would decide I knew exactly what had happened, then 5 pages later be at a total loss as to what happened. All those niggling doubts! Every character in this story had issues….and most had pretty BIG issues. They had been associated with this case and each other many years before, and now life had come full circle. They had changed, looked at life a bit differently perhaps. Turow took the reader back in time for several chapters, and though I do not usually like this in a fast paced book…it was necessary, and did not slow the story. The title refers to not only the legal aspects of this book, but can be applied to each of the characters as well. In the legal system reversible errors can lead to a different outcome….is this true in life? If you are looking for violent, gritty crime with larger than life beautiful heroes and sadistic villains, then this is not the book for you. If you are looking for a cast of real and flawed characters as well as a page turning suspense then grab this for your weekend read.