The Rainmaker

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Summary: a realistic look at lawyers today.
Review: Anyone looking for a book that has everything should look no further. This book tells you all about the life of lawyers. It was so great, and it made me want to become a lawyer.

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Summary: EXCELLENT!
Review: This was my first Grisham book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story was full of suspense, mystery, lesson, it may you think, romance and more. If you have never read a Grisham, this is the one you should read first.

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Summary: HEARTFELT AND POWERFUL
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book... i couldn't put it down... john never has let me down before... just when you think something is going to happen the exact opposite happens... all i really can say that sums up this book is "WOW"

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Summary: Grisham's best, hands down!
Review: This is by far John Grisham's best work, at least of the several I've read. Great character development: Rudy Baylor and his somewhat sleazy sidekick Deck Sheffler come alive, and they're real. And this book is FUNNY! The comic relief blends effectively with the tragic core of the story, which involves the death of a young man by leukemia while his uncaring insurance company gleefully pockets the premiums. Grisham's (Rudy's) wry narrative of these events is priceless. And while the David and Goliath plot may be a bit hackneyed, it engages the reader as only Grisham can. First class!

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Summary: Darn GOOD!!
Review: Excellant! realistic . could not put it down. remarkably intriguing. i must say Grisham is good at creating characters and turmoil.

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Summary: A five-star read!
Review: I loved the ending. It was a great storyline

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Summary: Completely Absorbing!
Review: Rudy Baylor's (mis)adventures in the practice of Law brings him into situations both touching and tickling as he struggles to save his clients, his honor, and himself. Grisham has done it again ... and hopefully will continue to do so for a long time.

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Summary: A really funny book!!!
Review: It has been a long time since I read a book that had me laughing as much as "The Rainmaker"! (and I read a LOT of books) I loved to see the Big Boys get cut down to size and I really enjoyed how there was no way to tell what was coming next! One of Grishams BEST! (amd I have read almost all of them)

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Summary: The characters of this book are 3 dimensional
Review: I have read every single one of John Grisham's novels and this one by far was my favorite. Rudy Baylor's character was so real to me that I saw my self in him almost from the first chapter. It was this book that had me "all of a sudden" start really wanting to become a lawyer. Sigh, this never happenned. I went into computers instead. Yet this is still my favorite Grisham novel.

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Summary: Realistic and riveting. Could not put it down.
Review: The Rainmaker is all too realistic. It is descriptive in the way that it tells of a young lawyer who is determined to be a lawyer and in the process, stay the person he is. His desire to not become a rich cheating lawyer like the "bad guy" in the book is evident. We feel his pain and his sorrow still at the end. Those who saw the movie and are searching for the same degree of brilliance in the book will get it.