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Summary: A very good book that keeps you reading.
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I liked how he had brought into the story the,A Time To Kill case.
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Summary: Grisham can write well !!!
Review: hey there, I'm here again for another of grisham's works, what ?? did you say grisham, hey i think there's a mistake this cant be grisham's works. This a work by a literary genius never witnessed in any of grisham's works till date. Yes it's slow paced, sad ending and has none of the qualities i consider grisham's typical and aces. Nevertheless it's very informative and well written, excellently articulated and put forward. I did actually experience the life at the death row though not actually regretting the man's being there. Whatever a man does , he does'nt deserve to be killed. THAT is the baseline of the whole book which i think is excellently engraved into the readers mind. I guess we could call it Grisham's answer to the argument about death penalty.
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Summary: Not what it seems to be
Review: Five minutes after I finished my reading of The Chamber, I thought lots of my precious time could have been saved if I hadn't bought that book in a simple store at Mexico City International Airport. Five minutes later, I figured out how cruel and strange life is, even when we're pretty sure of what to do or what to say. The Chamber is not a classic Grisham's, but who cares? At least it will make one stop and think about some facts and lives that run by our mere routine. Especially for guys who live in a country where executions are usually turned into shows. Don't need to mention it. By the way, I would have punched Sam Cayhall right in the chin.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I have read every one of Grisham's books except the Street Lawyer, and none of them have fallen short of excellent. This book kept me hooked for days at a time.
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Summary: and the point was....?
Review: I've read several Grisham novels and have enjoyed the pace and the suspense - two things that were sadly lacking in The Chamber. The characters were unlikeable, the storyline slow and predictable and the ethical questions too contrived.
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Summary: A disapointing attempt at thrilling literature
Review: Grisham's best books are the thrilling fights against powerful enemies not yet fully known; this theme makes The Firm, The Pelican Brief and The Client such exciting stories.That his first book (A Time to Kill) did not sell at fist didn't suprise because it just goes on and on in this flimsy tale of legal chitchat of a starting lawyer defending a black man's murder of the rapist of his daughter. The Chamber gave me the same feeling. It feels like a poor attempt to write a literary, philosophical and ethical thriller - presenting the death penalty as an issue (but not really discussing it) and missing the chances of real suspense in the story. I gave it two stars because of the description of the last hours of Adam and his grandfather, which I found really moving. But they didn't make me forget that I had thought I bought a thriller.
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Summary: Death penalty, lawyers, KKK, relatives. Sound interesting?
Review: This book, I thought, is a very good book. It's my first John Grisham book that I have read and it's very intersting. I am now hooked on more of his books and I would love to read them. I had seen The Rainmaker when it was in the theaters and I had always wanted to read the book, but never got around to it. But now that I have read one of Grisham's book I am going to try and read as many of his books as I can. It was very good!
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Summary: Grisham makes a convincing case against the death penalty.
Review: In The Chamber, we meet Sam Cayhall, initially a less than likable participant in a hateful Ku Klux Klan bombing who finally is convicted after three trials and sentenced to a painful death in the Mississippi gas chamber. However, by the time he is sentenced to die, 22 years after his crime, he is a frail, 70-year-old man. He has spent almost 10 years on Death Row and has become a jailhouse law expert, helping his fellow inmates with their various and futile appeals. Sam's rookie lawyer grandson, Adam Hall, emerges fresh out of law school to champion Sam's gangplank appeals for a stay of execution. Adam has to come to terms with a lot of family issues in the process, especially because he cannot understand his grandfather's motivations for his hateful crimes. Sam gains our pity and even sympathy in the final chapters of this book, as he experiences a spiritual redemption. He harbors a secret which, if divulged, could hurt those closest to him. I will not spoil the ending for those of you who have not read The Chamber. All I will say was that this book draws the reader right into the legal suspense of the courtroom and the tragic atmosphere of Death Row. And, although this book seems to be a plea to abolish the death penalty, Grisham never attempts to justify the horror of the crime described in its initial pages. Read this book -- it is controversial, and maybe you will cry.
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Summary: His Best by far
Review: John is now showing us the cold hard truth about death row lawyers. He did not make it sweeter than it should be. He made Sam nasty and horrible but still showing that he was a human and capable of emotion.
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Summary: Not typical Grisham, but just as good
Review: Klan rallies, corporate scandals, and the ACLU. I loved "A Time To Kill" but after a while, the same theme gets old. I wasn't too enthusiastic about picking up "The Chamber," However, this book has had a huge impact on me. Grisham finally puts the burning cross aside and takes a real look at the ugly face of hatred. As former Ku Klux Klan member Sam Cayhall sits on Death Row, his grandson struggles to save his life. But the real story lies in the relationship that the two develop as Sam's appeals slip through the cracks. I never thought I would feel pity for a Klansman, but Grisham gives us not just a different perspective, but the whole picture.
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