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Summary: From the sublime to the mediocre
Review: Like most people I know, I read all of John Grisham's. This one is definitely a plunge from sublime to the ridiculous. From the first few chapters, I had this strange flasbacks of Tom Sawyer, Studs Lonigan and Once Upon A Time in America all slapped together into this dragging, incoherent, disjointed plot, without rhymes, reason or resolution. Some people call it style, I say Grisham should stick to his lawyerly knitting.
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Summary: I'm tired of waiting for something to happen
Review: I picked up this book yesterday with hopes of classic John Grisham. I am now at page 86 and am thoroughly bored. I came to this web site to see if it was worth dogging through the book.All that has happened so far, is an intricate story-telling of hiring workers and picking cotton. I'm not sure I can make it through another chapter. Maybe I'll pick it up again tomorrow, and try again.
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Summary: Quiet Read
Review: Good family values lesson. A book to read when you just want a quiet time without sitting on the edge of your seat wondering what's going to happen next.
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Summary: A Southern Memory Doesn't Disappoint
Review: The accuracy of dialogue and the reactions to the things this seven-year old boy experiences, are a marvel to behold. It is simply the truth well told. This is not just the way people were, but the way people are. Tradition binds us, yes. But it can strangle us, too. The book exudes pure memory, and therefore I feel it is more autobiographical than the author will allow. But, for this he must be forgiven. After all, the others he left behind in his "homeplace" remember the stories too, and they themselves play the parts in this, "A Painted House". I recently gave the audio version to my mother as a gift, and I know her childhood days of rural Louisiana came back to her as she followed along. As she described her reaction to the book, her feelings echoed my own: "I hoped it would never end."
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Summary: Great book
Review: What makes this book great is the detailed and well developed characters and the vivid images of life in rule Arkansas during the early 50's. The story is very believable which seems rare in most modern fiction these days. The only draw back of this book is that, at the end, you're left to wonder about what happend to these individuals who you had come to know and care about during the prvious chapters. Perhaps a sequel is in the works. If not, then your imagination can fill in the sebsequent details.
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Summary: Wow!!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was action packed enough that I didn't want to put the book down until the last page. The characters are great. I know I will always remember them. I would love to see John Grisham write a sequel to it. I would like to fing out if Luke ever makes it on the Cardinals.
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Summary: WOW!!
Review: i have never read a John Grisham book before but i really loved this book. I couldn't put it down. There were always conflicts and/or differences between people that kept some sort of action going. i would love a sequel to it to find out what happens to all the characters.
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Summary: Wow! It was Different.
Review: I have never read a John Grisham book before. But this one was definitely a good one. There were always some sort of conflicts or differences between people and that kept the book interesting. Some things you just don't expect. I would, also, like to see a sequel to this book to see what happens with each character. It was absolutely fabulous.
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Summary: The worst grisham book ever published
Review: I have read almost all of John Grisham's books, and this book is pathetic. There is no overall plot, but just a lot of ramblings of a 7 year old boy in a make believe land. I am old enough to remember the early 50's. The book has no overall story line. I have read the first three-quarters of the book, and I am not sure I can force myself to finish it. The book is that bad. It does not keep my interest since it is full of drivel stories. I cannot say enough bad about it.
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Summary: Now I need a sequel
Review: I think the book was brillant in the descriptions of life in rural Arkansas and the people in the life of Luke Chandler. Being from a coal mining camp in the 50's, I could relate to the poverty and the closeness of family. I can also relate to the place religion played in the lives of all community members.
I was disappointed in the ending because so many questions remained unanswered for the reader. I realize this was a literary ploy by Grisham to hold my interest beyond the last word of the last chapter. But it is so unfair! I was so caught up the lives and times of Luke that I feel betrayed.
John, we need a sequel!! Perhaps "Luke Goes North."
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