Camino Island (Grisham) - Book Reviews

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If parts of Camino Island feel like Grisham phoned it in, the bulk of it makes you think the author had a rip-snorting time writing it. I certainly did reading it. The story kicks off in high gear with a heist of priceless manuscripts from Princeton…. The stunt is so ingenious it’s impossible not to find yourself on the side of the crooks, rooting for them to pull it off. READ MORE …
Philip J. Adler - LitLovers


Sometimes, though, Grisham gets a bit too relaxed, letting his dialogue become both simplistic and florid.… Yet these flaws don’t impede the jolly appeal of the novel’s storytelling. Grisham has said that he and his wife dreamed up Camino Island during a long car ride to Florida, and the book provides the pleasure of a leisurely jaunt periodically jolted into high gear, just for the fun and speed of it.
Ken Tucker - New York Times Book Review


[A] fresh, fun departure from his normal fare. Oh, don’t worry, Grisham-ites. Smart plotting, clever criminals and law-enforcement types are all here, but this one stays out of the courtroom. Instead, we go into the inner sanctums of … bookstores. Say what? Sheer catnip for book critics like me, and I think readers who don’t usually gravitate to Grisham will get a kick out of Camino Island.
USA Today


A theft of priceless books from a library, a book dealer who dabbles in the black market of stolen manuscripts, and a novelist who is recruited for a daring mission all add up to what sounds like the ideal beach read.
Library Journal


A light caper turns into a multilayered game of cat and mouse in a story that, as with most of Grisham's crime yarns, never gets too complex or deep but is entertaining all the same.…How all these little threads join up is a pleasure for Grisham fans to behold: there's nothing particularly surprising about it, but he's a skillful spinner of mayhem and payback.
Kirkus Reviews