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Summary: A solid novel.
Review: Not his best, but still an excellent read. While there were not characters to really "root" for, I was quite absorbed in the story and how their paths cross.
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Summary: great
Review: this book is harder to get into than his others, its slow to start but it really quite fascinationg when its all over, nothing very significant happens which brings the climax factor down. but overall its another grisham great! he is a wonderful author! and this book like all his others is superb!
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Summary: Not the usual John Grisham
Review: What do three aging ex-judges, who preside over a court for white-collar cons in a low-security federal prison, have to do with the next President of the United States? John Grisham spins a tight tale of political intrigue, personal greed and human weakness in his new release, The Brethren.The future of The United States is at stake and CIA Director Teddy Maynard decides that the only way to save it is to elect a President who will strengthen the military and thus protect the country from the foreign governments that he believes are plotting the nation's destruction. Can Maynard do it? The answer is yes, and the ease with which his strategy is carried out is truly frightening. The three jailed judges, known as The Brethren, have hatched a nefarious yet brilliant plan to snare older gay men into a net of blackmail and fear. Everything goes as planned until they accidentally hook the biggest fish of all-the man being groomed to become the next leader of the free world. Grisham draws a realistic cast of characters - flawed, human and comprehensible. Everyone has his own agenda, including the Director of the CIA. In a daring and interesting undertaking, Grisham develops two different plots that seem to have no connection until they collide head-on, without ever giving us a single hero to cheer for - or a villain we can completely blame. In the end, the reader is left only with the sad inevitability of human nature and a terrifying look into what monsters may exist behind the secret doors of power, persuasion and politics in America. The Brethren is a fascinating and tightly woven story that is hard to put down. It lacks the one-two punch of previous Grisham novels, but the author seems to be trying to stay away from formula and instead offers a satisfying and thoughtful foray into the "back-streets" of our nation's political principles. Reviewed by Nancy Mehl for The Charlotte Austin Review
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Summary: Grisham stinks AGAIN
Review: I HAVEN'T READ ANY OF HIS BOOKS SINCE THE PELICAN BRIEF, WHICH BORED ME TO TEARS. I'M SURE THIS ONE WILL STINK TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Summary: Terribly Disappointing
Review: This book was very disappointing... The quality of the characters and plots was dismal at best. The earlier books of grisham were great. I won't be paying hardback prices ever again for a Grisham book.. Once fame hits, quality rapidly declines...
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Summary: Spellbinding
Review: One of Grisham's best. He leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat while he takes you from prison to the presidential campaign. It is right on target with what is happening in the world today. I was reading the book on Feb. 3 and the things happening around the world were right there before my eyes. Terrorism, rumors of China's purchase of the Panama Canal, an inept, lameduck president in office who tearfully promises revenge on terrorism and does nothing.
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Summary: Grisham at his best, again!
Review: Don't start this book unless it's a Friday night, you won't want to stop reading!
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Summary: Grisham delivers again!
Review: Another great Grisham book. 3 judges in jail snag a very big fish with their hook and get paid handsomely to let him go. Presidential races, spy stuff. Good stuff. Now go buy it already!
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Summary: abridged brethern not too chummy
Review: The abridged Brethern version must have lost something along the way from a book to an audio tape to an abridged audio tape. Some parts were humerous but, overall, the plot seemed to be missing realism. John has written too much about what is possible and forgotten what is probable. The ensnared targets of the brethern's scam "overreacted" to the dangers the various "threats" posed. The ending would have been better served if the brethern had received their comeuppertence. The perpretrators of the ploy were the "winners" plying around Europe. The main target for the scam was clean even after being "dirty" and could not have been held "hostage" by his mentor. All in all, the abridged audio tape left enough out that it became too simple and unrealistic. The main charcters motivation (other than money) were missing and the entire enterprise loses something in the translation. Either buy the book or the UNABRIDGED audio tape. I hope the missing pieces are a function of the abridgement and not the result of ineffective writing, in the first place.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: Gisham returns with this absolutely engrossing book. the characters are rich, complex and very real. The story line in very good and as usual, the story moves at a brisk pace. Of all Grisham's work, I enjoyed The Brethren most.
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