Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
BORING. The book was not what I expected from so many 4-star ratings given to it.
The lead character in the book is Jennifer Parker, a young lawyer. The author makes you think in the beginning of the book that she has integrity in her personal life and work. Jennifer’s mom had left her dad for some young guy and she hates people who cheat to the very core. Then she herself starts having affair with a married man, twice!
Sheldon purposes makes Jennifer win cases which logically could not be possible. An example: She makes a promiscuous woman win a paternity case against a rich socialite with very good character. Jennifer makes the jury believe that the kid is that guy’s son just because the ‘dad’ kept licking his lower lip when nervous and the kid was also licking his lips ( Jennifer’s trick: Fed the kid corn syrup before the court hearing ). Would you believe that?! Another example: A man is acquitted of a murder even though he has a reputation of being violent, even when there were no witnesses to say that he killed in self defense, even when there were countless witnesses who saw him kill!
Worst of all is the lack of integrity in Jennifer’s character, she hates people who cheat and then she only starts sleeping with married men. She first seems to fight for good, but then she just becomes the Italian mafia king Michael Moretti’s pawn to defend rapists and murderers.
Will probably never read another Sheldon book.
