The Chamber

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Summary: ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE BOOKS
Review: This book is a great book for any readers intersted in law or suspensful books. The book starts off slow and then gradually speeds up. You must have patienice to read this book though. This may be hard for people under 20 because if it's length and how long and sometimes boring it could be for younger readers. I also suggest that if you like it you see the movie and read and watch other john Grisham novels

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Summary: Exceptional piece of work the best grisham book ever
Review: I can tell so much thought was put into this wonderful tale of a young lawyer who takes his grandfathers murder trail of two children and discovers what his past is really about and the horror of racism

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Summary: spell binding.
Review: I believe that this is one of the best John Grisham books ever written. I read it when I was 13 and found it to be excellent. I think the author is giving subtle hidden messages in this book about life in general. He portraits life and gives the criminal justice system some pit falls, but these things make you wonder. I would tell anyone who loves good reading to buy this boo

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Summary: Definitelt not his best but good none the less
Review: Well John I've read all you've written and I give you a 3. I admit it gives great insight as to the gray areas of the death penalty, but moved too slow in most areas. By far worth reading for anyone who has aspirations of becoming an attorney.

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Summary: "The Chamber" shows that the death penalty is a gray area.
Review: I am a bit confused as to why the reviews on this book are so poor. I suppose that others did not get anything out of the story, but I sure did acquire a heightened awareness of the death penalty. The Chamber reveals that issues of the death penalty are neither black nor white....there is a lot of "gray area" surrounding each case. Of course, there will always be a conflicting sides on this issue, but this story does give insight into the type of people who do end up on death row. I feel that this is worth reading when you are confused on the issue of the death penalty. The story itself may be a bit try, but learning about why a person would commit a crime & his past life is well worth it

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Summary: this book is all right
Review: I thought that this book was all right. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who thought they were in for a deep read however

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Summary: A reason to evaluate your opinion of the death penalty
Review: I had been taught in literature classes that the three main purposes for writing are to inform, persuade, and entertain. In "The Chamber" I feel that Grisham has masterfully accomplished all three. Everytime I read a Grisham novel I am informed about some aspect of the legal system that I was not aware of before reading his book. In this book it was the legal and political maneuvering that occurs in death penalty cases. As a novel, I chose to read it for its entertainment value yet in this case, as I read the book, something truly unexpected occured. Up until the this time I was a staunch supporter of the death penalty for crimes of premeditated murder. Even after seeing, "Dead Man Walking" I still felt the death penalty had merit. After reading "The Chamber" I could not support the death penalty with the same conviction I did before. A book that causes you to think and reevaluate your convictions is in my opinion something no less than excellent

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Summary: Why is he a best selling author?
Review: I can't understand why Grisham books sell--I've never purchasedone after The Firm. This book is an argument against the deathpenalty with a totally despicable character that the reader is encouraged to be sympathetic toward. I oppose capital punishment but felt if it were ever deserved, it is in this case. It is never clear why Adam Hall, the grandson, cares so much for this person. *Dead Man Walking* did a far, far better job handling this topic. Glad I didn't purchase this.

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Summary: Grisham Gets Controversial in Unusually Gloomy Story
Review: "The Chamber" is probably Grishams most unusual book (maybe except for "The Rainmaker" who differs because of the light-footed humour). In this story we are forced to think long and hard about the death-penalty. And Grisham does not make it easy: An unsympathetic racist bastard of a Klansman is on deathrow for having killed two kids in a bombing many years ago intended on a Jewish lawyer who defended blacks. The choice is obvious... or what. The description of the life on death row is shocking, touching, emotional, and necessary: it forces us to ask ourselves the question: can the death penalty be justified. While our hero fights time, his client, and all odds to get his Klansman grandfather off death row, the reader has time to make up his/her mind, but it is not easy. I say: Let the man go. Read the story and see what Grisham chooses to do.If this story does not bring tears to your eyes, you have a heart of stone. It is a most human and touching book, with a dark and controversial tone, otherwise unheard of in Grisham novels. Well done Mr. G.

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Summary: Tedious reading with a very thin plot & uninteresting char.
Review: Sorry John, but this is a not one of your best efforts. It lacked good drama, characters you could or wanted to identify with, and could've been a much shorter book