The Neon Lawyer

3.5 for the STORY 4.5 for the ABThis is a standard David and Goliath story and if you don't know much about the Criminal Justice System it's a fun ride. For me it was an entertaining few hours which I was able to enjoy by bringing good will and squinting real hard but mostly because of [a:Nick Podehl 2803557 Nick Podehl https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1294338060p2/2803557.jpg]'s narration. Excellent. Don't get me wrong. The bones of the story are fairly accurate but, unless things are way different in Utah, I don't know that the state would've handled Amanda Pierce in such a manner, just because of the optics and there's no way that an attorney with nil experience like Brigham Theodore would've been assigned the case nor would a case like this go to trial in such a short period of time. But you can ignore all that and enjoy this like most tv procedurals or airport paperbacks that we forget sooner than the vacation.

When the villains are 100% evil and the hero is 100% good (but self-doubting), the outcome is predictable.