Inherit The Wind

When we first started reading "Inherit The Wind" I thought it was a slow book, but as we kept going the action picked up and several times the book actually shocked me and brought me in. Act Three in the book was by far the most exciting part of the book. Everything that was building up exploded and blew me away. When the jury was discussing the verdict I could easily predict that Cates would be charged guilty. Reading about the people in Hillsboro it was expected to go against evolution. After the trial when Brady didn't get all the attention, that was a mind blower! I was expecting the whole room to flood towards him asking questions and taking pictures. Instead the crowd was subtle, and it seemed almost as if the crowd began to agree with Cates, and wanted him to be innocent. It got ever better when he wanted to have a few words and got blown off. He went from the top to the bottom in a matter of a couple seconds. Then he died. I would never have even guessed that. Not only did he die of a strange cause, but it was such fortunate timing for him. He got to die right after he won a hugely famous trial. To top off the astonishing act Hornbeck, who was on Brady's side, paid for Cates to have a year of freedom. In that year Cates could easily make the money to post bail. While starting the book you thought you could predict everything that was going to happen, but as the book began to come to an end unimaginable things unfolded making the book actually pretty good. It is definitely a book that I would recommend, and it was a great book to read!