Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Grisham can do better.

I have read all of John Grisham's novels so picking up this one was natural for me. I wish I hadn't.The story really never goes anywhere. Clay, A poor lawyer, gets rich, and then it appears that he is getting in trouble with the FBI, but that goes nowhere. Then he loses all of his money. That is pretty much the entire story line. Sprinkeled into this is Clay's desire to rekindle his old relationship with his now ex Rebecca and his hatred for her parents. She shows up about 30 pages from the end of the book and they are back together. This does nothing to add to the plot.I found myself hoping that Clay would get tied up in a court battle for his insider trading which would have set up a good courtroom drama for Grisham to write to.I don't know if Grisham has lost it, or his editors tore his original apart and ended up with this sorry novel. Regardless, I will hesitate with Grisham's next effort appears on the bookstore shelf.