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Summary: Maybe the best one yet
Review: The people who review at USA TODAY obviously missed the boat on this one. Grisham offers a sordid tale, with great characters, that is literally a page turner. No one is innocent, and the reader can choose whom to hate, dislike and or root for. The ultimate test for an author is "do your readers want to know what happens next...?" I couldn't wait! Bravo John Grisham...!
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Summary: fulfilling a contract
Review: Just like a rock group with a contract for so many albums a year, Grisham barely fulfilled his contract with Doubleday. I hope Doubleday doesn't renew his contract. Grisham laughs all the way to the bank, at the readers expense.
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Summary: the bretheren
Review: A real disapointment, after his other offerings I was sure this would be a "cannot put down" Alas it started shallow and remained that way. Maybey the movie boy`s can re-write and add some depth?
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Summary: There were no heros
Review: Ladies and Gentleman, in the world of politics and prison (interchanged), there are no heros. Disappointed in the ending tho... I kept waiting for the judges to get knocked off...but you know why they didn't...they helped Buster; they were the good guys (not the heros). I couldn't stop reading and read it in 7 hours. How much more that we know now on how the system works...thanks John
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Summary: The Brethren by John Grisham
Review: This was by far the poorest written and sorry excuse for a plot I have read in a long time. I am a long-time fan of Grisham's for his interesting story-lines which are generally well written. this was pure Trash! I feel as though he has insulted all of us for not being intelligent enough to bother to write a decent story for. He can't need the money that much to write anything this bad! My last Grisham purchase
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Summary: Redeeming qualities
Review: So I get a Amazon gift certificate for Christmas and I say to myself, gotta get the new Grishham. Loved the last 2 - The Street Lawyer & The Testament - they had people who you could root for and who ended up having some sort of redemption in their lives. In other words, all Grishham novels up to now had "anti-heroes", but they did the right things for the wrong reason, or the wrong things for the right reason. But there are no such characters in the Brethren. I think the author had so much bad feedback from the Testament that he had gone Christian or had lost his cynical touch, that he just gave us all cynicism and no heart in this book.
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Summary: A good read that let me down
Review: With a clever plot, interesting characters, sharp doses of humor, and a fast pace, I raved over this book as I read it. But the final chapters were disappointing, if not unsettling. I realized that there wasn't a single, likable character throughout the story. I didn't mind the cynical theme, but I really didn't see justice served to those that deserved it. Does crime really pay?
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Summary: Should Not Have Been Written.....
Review: Without a doubt his poorest written book yet...and I was an avid fan! Shallow storylines that do not resolve, and the ending...it's as though he just decided to stop writing it!
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Summary: Very, very disappointing.
Review: I know that probably those of you who read these reviews are die-hard Grisham fans, as I am. I love his writing, and his style. But, this book was a major disappointment to me. First, the price is ridiculous to me. But, I bought it anyway, thinking that it would be a great read. Well, it wasn't! It was one of the worst books I have ever read. There was no suspense, no plot, and none of the usual legal techinicality which is so common with Grisham's other books. I reccomend highly against buying this book, but if you must read it, may I suggest your local public library? Then, you won't waste that wad of cash that you will have regretted spending.
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Summary: Grisham returns to form......mostly.
Review: After stumbling a little with THE TESTAMENT, Grisham returns with an excellent thriller. The Brethren tells the story of three incarcerated judges in a federal prison who, in addition to dispensing justice in the prison, run scams on unsuspecting gay men on the outside. As we learn about the three, as engaging a group of rascals as Grisham has ever created, we also learn of the rise of a young congressman, hand picked by a leader in the intelligence community to become President. The would-be President and The Brethren end up crossing path and the usual Grisham complexities erupt. The book moves along at a thriller's pace, but with more humor and wit than we've seen in a while from the author. Hints of Carl Hiaasen creep into the prose. It's as good a 'caper' novel as he's written since the Firm. As always, Grisham's conclusion leaves a little something to be desired. However all in all, a very satisfying book from a master of the genre.
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