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Summary: Another Grisham fun read
Review: I look forward to John Grisham's books because they have a plot that keeps you interested. I worked in a law office many years and like his descriptions of law procedures. I've read all his books. Some are better than others but I'm glad I read this one. I read it in two days because I had to find out what would happen.
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: I have read most of Grisham's books and was quite excited when this one came out. However, after reading it, I was disappointed. Sure, the books starts off with a very interesting plot, but 1/3rd of the way through the book, the trial has ended and the rest of the time is spent following Willie around town. I wish Grisham would go back to the writing style that got him here in the first place.
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Summary: The Last Reader, Maybe
Review: Grisham, you've gotta be kidding. I beg my fiancee to let me buy this book -- as we are on a shoestring budget-- and she relents and this is what I get? I love Grisham. I hated this book. I read it and realized it was good for something -- to cure me of my insomnia.
This is why I'm writing in my spare time. I'm tired of picking up a book in hopes of it being decent and finding out it's a waste of time. I mean, it wasn't even fun to read. That's all I ask for, something halfway entertaining. And the sad thing is, the next Grisham book that comes out will be purchased by me again.
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Summary: Disappointment
Review: Grisham disappoints the reader in this drab novel. Too many inconsequential characters, which makes the book choppy to read. Granted, a surprize ending, but not enough to propel the novel into a mediocre book.
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Summary: Nothing New Here
Review: Grisham has experimented with so many styles lately that he doesn't know who he is. I tried but I coundn't find anything new here. This book stinks!
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Summary: Another Disappointment
Review: Grisham is off on another political tirade. He starts off developing a decent plot and then abandons it. He gets off on an anti-Vietnam crusade extolling the virtues of running off to Canada. He focuses on his relationship with a matriarch which, again, diverts from the story line. He treats the solving of final crimes as an afterthought. Grisham has clearly lost it. Where he once wove a tale that meshed from beginning to end, he now appears on an ego trip to stuff his political predjuces down the readers throat at the expense of whatever plot he initiated. I was also disappointed with The King Of Torts for many of the same reasons. This was the last book by him that I shall read.
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Summary: Great work
Review: I believ the negative comments are from those who like CNN and USA Today - they like their stories in sound bites. This is a rich, warmly told tale that is a story, not a mystery, but a story. And a fine one at that.
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Summary: Grisham's Done it Again
Review: I just finished reading The Last Juror and all I can say is it is probably one of the best books I've read this year. The story is simple yet complex, and the characters are beautifully drawn out. If only I could write like Grisham, I too would be a bestselling author (although I'm told THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY is going to be one). If I could write like JOhn Grisham, I'd be reading all the time instead of writing.
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Summary: Wasn't expecting much
Review: I wasn't expecting much based on some of the negative reviews about this book, and perhaps that was why I enjoyed it so much. True, it's not at all like Grisham's thriller genre, but it does have the courtroom element and this, coupled with his styles in "A Painted House" and other great reads of his, makes it enjoyable and fun. The story itself is not that unusual but the masterful telling of it reminds me of "King of Torts. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it. Would also recommend "In This Mountain" and a great new book I just discovered: "The Bark of the Dogwood" by Jackson McCrae.
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Summary: Yawn
Review: I am so glad I am done with this book. I have never not finished something I've started, but was darn close with this. Boring. If I wanted to read about segregation in the south I would have chosen a non-fiction book.I was excpecting an exciting, fast paced, "whodunnit" thriller. Boring. The charachters are absolutely forgetfull. I really enjoy reading and developing a "relationship" with well drawn charachters. None hear. So much more could have been done with the offing of the jurors. Just bang,bang their dead? How bout some detail!? Boring. This was the first Grisham novel I have read, and frankly, I was extremely dissapointed.
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