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whaney's review against another edition
3.0
Another enjoyable book. Nothing OMG great, but a good listen. I'll definetly look to read another Dismas Hardy book.
weaselweader's review against another edition
2.0
Dull characters that nobody will care about at all!
As part of the long-running Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitzky series, Nothing but the Truth falls completely flat for me and is an utter failure as a legal "thriller"!
San Francisco attorney, Dismas Hardy is shocked to find out that his wife has been jailed for contempt when she refuses to answer a question posed to her in a grand jury investigation of a recent murder. The prosecuting attorney, definitely on a legal fishing expedition behind the closed doors of the grand jury, asked her about a conversation that she had with a friend who was a potential murder suspect. Because the friend had told her a secret in absolute confidence, she utterly refused to answer the question and stood her ground by allowing her self to be cited for contempt and placed behind bars.
What seemed like a preposterously weak premise in the first place ends up being dragged out into an overly long novel with dull characters whose fate will matter not one whit to most readers.
There were, I admit, two saving graces which saved me from simply setting the novel aside unfinished. First was the opportunity to learn a little something about grand juries and their place in the American system of jurisprudence. Second was the opportunity to meditate for a moment on the meaning of trust in a solid marriage and how a marriage can falter on the rocks of pre-occupation with work, career and anything other than marriage itself.
Other reviewers have sung the praise of this series but I'm sure not tripping over myself to look for other novels in the series on the basis of this one. Not recommended.
Paul Weiss
As part of the long-running Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitzky series, Nothing but the Truth falls completely flat for me and is an utter failure as a legal "thriller"!
San Francisco attorney, Dismas Hardy is shocked to find out that his wife has been jailed for contempt when she refuses to answer a question posed to her in a grand jury investigation of a recent murder. The prosecuting attorney, definitely on a legal fishing expedition behind the closed doors of the grand jury, asked her about a conversation that she had with a friend who was a potential murder suspect. Because the friend had told her a secret in absolute confidence, she utterly refused to answer the question and stood her ground by allowing her self to be cited for contempt and placed behind bars.
What seemed like a preposterously weak premise in the first place ends up being dragged out into an overly long novel with dull characters whose fate will matter not one whit to most readers.
There were, I admit, two saving graces which saved me from simply setting the novel aside unfinished. First was the opportunity to learn a little something about grand juries and their place in the American system of jurisprudence. Second was the opportunity to meditate for a moment on the meaning of trust in a solid marriage and how a marriage can falter on the rocks of pre-occupation with work, career and anything other than marriage itself.
Other reviewers have sung the praise of this series but I'm sure not tripping over myself to look for other novels in the series on the basis of this one. Not recommended.
Paul Weiss
martyfried's review against another edition
4.0
Another winner by John Lescroart. Lots of interaction between Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitzky, which is always entertaining. This one had a lot going on, a few surprises, and lots of generally good reading, or in my case, listening. By the way, the narrator of these audiobooks is very good, in my opinion, so if you want to try an audiobook, you can't go wrong with one in this series.
Sometimes I feel a bit guilty reading his books because so far, they all seem to have a happy ending. The good guys win, the bad guys lose. It makes things a little more predictable, but I don't know if that's really a bad thing if the story is entertaining. It doesn't matter, I'm going to keep reading his books and enjoying them, even if they aren't fine literature (whatever that is).
Sometimes I feel a bit guilty reading his books because so far, they all seem to have a happy ending. The good guys win, the bad guys lose. It makes things a little more predictable, but I don't know if that's really a bad thing if the story is entertaining. It doesn't matter, I'm going to keep reading his books and enjoying them, even if they aren't fine literature (whatever that is).
lgascoigne's review against another edition
2.0
I liked this book more as it went on but the end wasn't enough to make up for it being slow in the beginning.
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