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Summary: A Non-Stop Reading.
Review: You will not want it to finish. Seven year old Luke narrative will make you smile at the same time it will make you sad. The bad times in a farm of a small county with his parents and grands and the waiting for news about his uncle, by the view of a bright kid.
Grisham make it one more time, despite the absence of the lawyer thing.
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Summary: A Painted House by John Grisham
Review: The first thing you need to know, is that this is nothing like any of his other books. Do not try and compare it to anything else he has written. It is a wonderful story told by a great writer. A completely different way of looking at things through a 7 year old's eyes, in a completely different society.
The ending is not brilliant, but it did leave me wanting to read more about this family. A sequel would be great.
Grisham does it again!
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Summary: Boring...
Review: As a Grisham fan, I was extremely disappointed with this book. I was worried about his deviation from the legal thriller when Skipping Christmas came out and was hesitant to read it. However, I was pleasantly surprised and when this book came out, I was a bit more eager though secretly wishing he would stick to his genre. After reading this book I am not even looking forward to reading The Summons (though I will). The character development was mediocre, the plot went nowhere, making you glad when the final page was in sight, though I wouldn't say it was an ending. Let's hope he can make a comeback, though I haven't been hearing the greatest about his new endeavor. Skip this one and possibly the next.
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Summary: Refreshing Change of Pace for Grisham
Review: A Painted House is a wonderful story of rural American life in the 1950's and is a refreshing change of pace for author John Grisham. The book puts on display Grisham's excellent storytelling abilities which are not inhibited by the tired legal thriller premise. I hope the book's success encourages the author to continue to seek ways to branch out from the legal genre. I found myself reminiscing to the time I was seven and spent Sunday's on my granparent's farm, dreaming of being a major league baseball player. No, the storylines did not wrap up neatly at the end, but that was obviously the intent. I wonder if the readers who have expressed dismay over the unresolved endings surrounding the most prominent story lines, caught the subtle lack of resolution of the book's titled theme.
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Summary: Please Let There Be A Sequel
Review: Otherwise, the ending sucked. I liked this book. I enjoyed this book. I was there -- in Arkansas, and was listening to Stan Musial and the Cardinals on KMOX. Not really, but while reading this book, I felt like I was.It was neat for me because my mother grew up in that part of the country and has told me many stories about picking cotton and being poor. Please right part II Mr. Grisham.
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Summary: Bored to tears
Review: I've read many Grisham novels, and never thought he would bore me, but this piece of drivel that I bought at JFK airport to give me something do do on the long flight to LAX left me so bored that I actually set it down and read the in flight magazine. I just couldn't stomach another page of Luke's endless snivelling and his thoughts that he'd go straight to hell if he told a lie to Pappy. Not a single bit of intrigue or anything to hold my interest. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come from Grisham.
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Summary: Not his style book
Review: I dislike the direction this author is taking. His books are usually compelling and interesting. This story I had to keep reading in hopes it would be more interesting and move faster, which it never did. If this is the new direction I will not be reading this author any more.
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Summary: A Must Read
Review: Anyone wanting to escape to a simpler time, when kids were kids, and people talked to each other, should read this book. I found it to be a very refreshing read. The characters are 3 dimensional, and very believable. Life from the perspective of a 7 year old is a nice change, especially on a cotton farm in the south.
Grisham takes readers on an emotional ride from anger and sadness to joy and laughter. Sometimes within the same page. This is a book that you won't put down until you are done, and then you will want to read it again.
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Summary: Delightfully different
Review: I am not a Grisham fan. I read The Testament and felt it was a flat meaningless story. I borrowed A Painted House because I really did not notice the author at the time. Although I finished the book a week ago, parts of it are still in my mind. Like another reviewer, I LIVED those six weeks of picking cotton. I wanted my husband to read it, my 12 year old son to read it, etc. Maybe it didn't solve race relation issues or tie up loose ends neatly, but I never expected it to; life doesn't. There are few books that transported me to a setting as well as Grisham's did. I hope he has more like this one in him.
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Summary: Is it a law to tie all loose threads?
Review: Why do some people think every little story thread needs to be tightly tied-up-and-clipped at the end? Is anybody's life that way? This novel stands up on it's own. Everything is masterful - setting, characterization, description, dialogue, plot, pacing.... Grisham, of course, set himself up for a sequel. Based on his past novels (The Chamber was my favorite) I'm sure if he decides to write a sequel it, too, will be masterful.
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