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Summary: Another excellent Turow book with minor problems
Review: Personal Injuries was an excellent book that had one major flaw--too many characters! The plot was well developed, clever and very interesting to discover layer upon layer of deception. The main characters were unique and watching them evolve was good reading. The descriptions of a person with ALS were stunning and heartwrenching and speak to the excellence of Turow's writing and compassion. But with so many charcters to keep track of the narrative line almost became lost and by the end my brain was tired trying to keep everyone straight. I look forward to his next book.
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Summary: Having hard time getting into the book after 6 chapters.
Review: If a book doesn't get my attention in the first few chapters, I generally put it down. I am a big fan of Grisham's and was under the impression Mr. Turow had the same writing style. I am going to give it until Chapter 10 and, if it gets better, I will re-review.
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Summary: Pretty lame
Review: I ordered Personal Injuries, The Triumph and the Glory, and Cold Mountain a couple weeks ago. At least The Triumph and the Glory was good. Turow just went through the motions with this book. Sorry, but I was personally injured by this flawed patchwork job of a novel.
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Summary: Turow's worst effort. Not worth reading.
Review: Turow tells a very boring story of a very unexciting and uninteresting topic. Very poor effort.
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Summary: Interesting, slow moving, definitely not suspenseful
Review: I'm a big Scott Turow fan - we went to the same high school and worked on the NEW TRIER NEWS together and he can write, no question. But this book is a bit of a slow read, and I think it's disappointing to those who are looking for twists and turns as in his other books. I agree that this is much more of a novel than a legal thriller. One literary device I found disconcerting was his use of a first person narrator, who is basically anonymous as we know little or nothing about him although there are a few not very satisfactory details, but then large sections of the book take place without the narrator present. I found this awkward and didn't feel that it worked well. Also, I didn't think Eton was particularly believable nor did I find her story as it unfolded all that interesting - I kept waiting for the big revelation which would make sense but it really wasn't there. I do offer a tip of the hat for Scott's very sensitive portrayl of ALS(Lou Gehrig's disease); he obviously did a great deal of research and this piece of the novel was very well drawn and empathic. This was by far the most interesting part of the book.
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Summary: Not much happens but it takes many pages to not happen.
Review: This was my first novel by this author and it will be the last novel I purchase by him. The characterization was non-existent, the plot was never engrossing enough to fully draw you in and the story would have played better if it had been told at a faster pace. Accentuating the slow pace of the book was the superdivision of chapters into months, which only made the feeling that this story was taking forever to unfold that much worse. Although I could see elements of storytelling in this novel which indicate that the author can spin a good yarn, he missed entirely for my taste in this book.
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Summary: A bit too intellectual
Review: I am a big Turow fan but for some reason, this book just did not have the suspenseful beginning of most of his books and it never got me very interested in what happened to the characters. But it was extremely detailed and intricate--a sort of dryer pleasure, I suppose.
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Summary: Slow-moving and boring
Review: I purchased this book to read on a long airplane flight to help the time go faster. My advice to others who may want to do the same: DON'T! This book dragged on with dull stereotypic characters that had DULL conversations. This book almost made the airline magazine articles interesting! My advice; soooooo many books, so little time, skip this one.
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Summary: The Only Lawyer-Author Who Writes Well
Review: Loved this book. Many reviewers here evidently actually prefer John Grisham. Comparing Grisham to Turow is like comparing Budweiser to a fine cabernet -- there may be times when you enjoy it, but it's never nearly as complex, rich or satisfying. The characters in this novel are obviously drawn from real life, as any lawyer who has practiced for more than two years in any metropolitan bar will attest. Turow's experience as a prosecutor of corrupt judges in Chicago permeates the novel and makes these characters breathe as Turow's people have not since Presumed Innocent. I know that somewhere along the line in Greylord, the sophisticated equipment failed when it shouldn't, that there was at least one "bad guy" everyone liked better than the ostensible good ones, and that several judges who fell from grace broke the hearts of the community. I vote for Alec Baldwin as Feaver in the anticipated film.
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Summary: Well Written Legal Ficiton
Review: This is a well written account of a fictional sting and the personalities behind it. It reminds me of Grisham's A Time To Kill in that it is not a "who done it" type legal novel. In both A Time To Kill and Personal Injuries, you know pretty quickly how most of the issues will be resolved, but trip there is well worth the effort.
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