The Rainmaker

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Summary: An entertaining and ultimately unfulfilling novel
Review: John Grisham returns to the courtroom for the first time since A Time to Kill in The Rainmaker and succeeds for the most part. The story is more than adequate and entertaining through out. There were a few loose ends that deserved closure and Kelly Rikers character deserved more attention but overall it is well worth your while.

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Summary: Again a greaaaaattt Grisham
Review: The Rainmaker is again a great book by John Grisham. In this Book you have an Hero likes McDeere in "The Firm". I have only three Words: Buy and read!!!!!

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Summary: John Grisham's best!!
Review: From the explosive courtroom scenes of bashing the insurance company to the strong descriptions of the dieing Donny Ray Black, The Rainmaker is a winner all the way. If you loved any of Grisham's other books, The Rainmaker is an excellent, intoxicating thiller from begining to end. I reccomened this one to my entire Seventh Grade Reading and Writing Classes. Once again, great book!!!

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Summary: Enjoyed it, but...
Review: I really can't agree with ratings of 9 to 10 in the previous reviews. Surely, Grishma is excellent but this is not utmost quality. I consider his former publications like "the firm" or "pelican brief" more exciting. Anyway, I'm waiting for "the partner" in paperback.

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Summary: The Rainmaker - can it be filmed?
Review: This is the first time that I have ever read a John Grisham book. Ironically enough, the first review I ever saw came from the Amazon website. I found the first third of the book, showing Rudy Baylor's experiences in Law School to be slightly tedious. I felt that it was important for Grisham to set up Rudy's background, but felt that he should've spent less time upon it - perhaps a fourth of the book. However, the other three-quarters of the book I throroughly enjoyed. Grisham seems to have the uncanny ability to make courtrooms and trials seem dramatic and exciting. It is a technique that he uses to great effect in this novel, and it is for this reason that I could not put the book down. The characters were adequately created. I felt that Kelly Riker didn't get enough attention, my reasoning being that if she were to be the love interest she deserved more attention. Francis Ford Coppola has made a movie based on the novel. It stars Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor, and Claire Danes as Kelly Riker. I only hope that the film can do the storyline of this book justice. Overall, I took two marks off because I thought one-third of the book could have been shortened, and another one mark off because I thought Kelly Riker deserved more time.

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Summary: i feel the lawyer talk and terms make this book a great one.
Review: John Grisham is a great novellist. he uses plenty of descriptive talkand makes his book the best it can be.he sets up a start where a lawyer creates malpractice by using an improper paper. then he gets a friend to help him find out how much money she really has. The book in total is a great one!

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Summary: Absolutely WONDERFUL!!!! A MUST READ
Review: The Rainmaker is, in my opinion, John Grishams best novel. The storytelling is superb. Having been to Memphis many times, The city is described with great accuracy. The charaters are rich in substance and full of emotion. While the suspence builds in the courtroom, the story takes a romantic turn and sends the reader off in a different direction. When Rudy meets the battered woman in the hospital, he suddenly realizes that his insurance trial may not be his only battle. He eventually finds himself struggling to find his own sense of happiness. Will he choose the love of a woman, or a lucrative carrer in the sleazy business of law? You'll have to read the book to find out

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Summary: Moviemaker it is, but no rain at all!
Review: A totally going nowhere story, but highly readable, that's all. Don't get so excited to give J.G. lot of !!!!! or 10s. His books were all readable but always short of some depth, just readable and may be good for moviemakings(except The Chamber?), folks. J.G. now is also a full time movie producer, he is writing his books for screenplays only. Read them just as some better screenplays but not that great or crazy about as you guys typed. This movie is coming out soon. His only some kind great book was the "A Time to Kill", but it turned into a lukewarm movie

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Summary: Good, but not Grisham's stunning usual...
Review: The book was good. There were a few things unnecessary, that just side-tracked the plot. However I did get a few laughs. I personally thinkb in reality Rudy wouldn't have been quite as lucky as to get such a judge on his side. Well, just my opinion, don't mean it's right... <=o)

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Summary: One of Grisham's worst..
Review: This book was one of Grisham's worst in my humble opinion. The book goes very slow and has MANY side plots which prove to be useless in the novel. The book is a SLOW read, and the book could have EASILY been under 100 pages for the main plot. My favorite is still The Runaway Jury. The Rainmaker just lacks the big scandal we all love in Grisham's work. Those of you writing summaries for the book---don't give away what happens in the book!!!!!!!!!!!!! People read this review to see if it's a worthwhile read, not to find out what happens in the end