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Summary: It just doesn't make sense.
Review: I'm willing to suspend disbelief when I read a novel. Frankly, I frequently read novels as an escape -- but that's a whole 'nother issue. The problem with this book is that the premise is so fundamentally flawed that it's hard to become engrossed. Basically, within the first chapter or so a kid learns a secret that the mob wants kept quiet. The underlying assumption of the balance of the novel is fundamenatally flawed. The mob knows that the kid has the secret and the book is based on the assumption that they won't rub him out as long as he doesn't tell. It makes no sense. As long as he hasn't told anyone, there is something to be gained by getting rid of him. If he spills the beans, maybe they'll be pissed and retailiate, but probably not -- the cat's out of the bag; it's too late. The book attempts to maintain the tension under the illogical assumption that the mob will vacillate over what to do about the kid (who is annoyingly precocious) while he keeps the secret. When the plot is so fundamentally flawed, and the kid is so precoiously annoying, I can't suspend disbelief and enjoy the book while I'm soaking up 'rays on the beach.
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Summary: three stars
Review: I rate the book with three stars, which means average. It wasn't bad at all, but it was a little bit far-fetched for me, because I can't believe that an eleven-year-old boy would be able to hire a lawyer all by himself and so such things like Mark Sway does in this book. How can a boy at that age be so clever and always helps himself?! I think it would be more interesting for me to read the book in the original version or to see the film. Another reason for giving only *** was that there was no excitement in it for me. I really like terrifying books, but this one was a little bit boring. Positive about reading it was that I was able to enlarge my vocabulary.
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Summary: The Client
Review: Mark Sway and his younger brother Ricky were sitting in an open area of the woods,sharing a forbidden cigaretts,when a black lincon drives up and a man by the name of Jerome Clifford, also the deffencelawyer of Barry Muldanno who is wanted for murdering this senator,but no one knows where the body is! Jerome spotted Mark and pulled him out of the bushes,dragged Mark into the car where Jerome told Mark a secret that would bring him and his family into allot of trouble. When Jerome was out of his car, Mark slipped out the back door.The two brothers run back to the house but Marck notices that Ricky is running funny. Ricky had to get to the hospital.
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Summary: My Childhood Dream: To be Glamourous
Review: Another sweet story about a kid by Grisham. This typical novel by Grisham ( in read his without any specific order) but something made me like this book. When I was a kid, I was quite impressed with kids with glamourous talents like hacking computer system and driving big trucks. This book really brought up the forgotten dreams: the flashing camera and frontpage coverage)
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Summary: The Client
Review: In my opinion, this is one of the best books I have ever read. John Grisham is also one of my favorite authors. Most of his stories are about law, and some people say his books are for adults, but I think they are VERY interesting!
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Summary: weak legal thriller
Review: Eleven year old mark sway and his brother ricky are sharing a forbidden cigarette in Memphis, Tennessee when a unlikely meeting with a sucidal lawyer leaves ricky in coma and mark with the knowledge of some serious mafia information. Soon under investigation from countless mob sources, mark seeks the help of reggie love, a woman who has been a lawyer for all of four years. The two use countless legal manuevers to keep mark from talking but every attempt fails. Then when all hope appears to be lost, Mark and reggie come up with one option that might win their freedom. Or cost them both their lives..........As always with John Grisham, a trip to the south is lush and enjoyable. But the book seemed to focus very little on character development and very much on legal entertainment. Not that this book was not entertaining, it just would have collapsed if there had been any more. This book also seemed to be written in a comic book mode in the shape of a novel. It could have been alot better, if the author was not paid by the word, or in this case, by the letter.
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Summary: the client
Review: The Client is an interesting book that takes the readers through a story that involves children, lawyers, and even the mob. John Grisham, who is known for his books involving the law, again does a wonderful job with a story involving the law. The book is a hard one to put down because of its eventful nature. I found in most chapters that something exciting happened.
Mark Sway, who is eleven, and his younger brother Ricky, who is eight, start out the story going into the woods so Mark can teach Ricky to smoke. What happens next turns their lives upside down. They become witnesses to the suicide of Jerome Clifford. Jerome, who is a lawyer, has troubled past that he's trying to escape by killing himself. As a lawyer of several shady characters, Clifford knew many secrets of criminals. He knew one, though, that drove him paranoid and to death. Barry "The Blade" Muldanno was one of those shady characters and his secret was that he had killed Senator Boyd Boyette. Before killing himself, Jerome drags Mark into his car and proceeds to tell him the secret of where Boyd Boyette is buried. This whole scene traumatizes Ricky to the point where he will not talk or move. When Mark hangs around the scene, the police find out that Mark was at the scene when the suicide takes place.
The scenes now switch to the hospital where Ricky is being held and its surrounding areas. The FBI gets involved at this point and wants to talk to Mark. Mark has watched many movies and knows he needs a lawyer. After visiting one lawyer who was too busy, Mark almost accidentally comes upon Reggie Love. Reggie is a female lawyer, who has battled through a divorce and a substance abuse problem. After getting through her problems, she became a lawyer specializing in child abuse cases. Mark explains his whole story to her. She goes with him to the see the FBI and exposes the use of illegal tactics to get what they want. The cat and mouse game of trying to get Mark to talk eventually leads to Mark going to jail. He finds a way to escape, though. The rest of this intriguing story leads to a pretty lame ending, which I will not spoil by explaining. I was expecting a pretty exciting ending, but I did not get what I expected.
The story, except for a part here or there, is very believable. The fact that Mark knew all that he did was very believable, because of the way he was explained. Grisham told how he grew up learning things on his own and also watching movies. The biggest part I had trouble believing was the fact that the mob was after this little kid. I guess it could happen, but I had trouble believing that.
Another good quality of this book was the fact that it was easy to read. The story flowed together well and at no point did I have to go back to read a part again. Grisham would flip around to different characters in the story in different chapters, but he did a great job of reminding the reader where each character had left off before starting into something new. Also, the words he used were not so easy that a child could read the book, but not so hard that the reader needs a dictionary beside them.
This book appeals to many different readers. A person who enjoys a fast paced book about the law would really like The Client. Even though I'm not a fan of books about the law, I enjoyed the book a lot. On a scale of 1-10, I would give the book an 8. I would also recommend the book to anyone. I feel that anyone that started reading the book would keep reading it.
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Summary: A new Grisham fan recommends this awesome page-turner
Review: The Client is one of John Grisham's best. An eleven-year-old boy and his eight-year-old brother stumble upon a suicide victim while having a secret smoke. The eleven-year-old, Mark Sway, ends up in the victim's car and learns the location of a dead senator. The victim is a lawyer, and his client, the killer of the senator, learns what innocent Mark Sway knows. Mark's poor little brother goes into shock and doesn't come out. Now the FBI is pressing on Mark to learn the location of the dead body, for it is crucial evidence to a murder trial. The killer has already threatened to kill Mark if he tells. Deciding not to tell, he is put in jail for contempt, and will remain there if he doesn't tell. Will he tell? Or will the killer walk away?
John Grisham is very descriptive. Every scene I saw in my head, like a movie in my mind. The dialogue in the book became harsh in some spots, but very few. The book was 1st person point of view of Mark Sway.
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Summary: a 13 year old who doesnt love to read.
Review: I am 13 and I dont love to read. I couldnt put this book down. it was my favorite book i have ever read. It was about a topic that when you think about it, could happen to any of us. Also it happened to a kid. I would recomend this book to anyone, even if they dont like to read like me. i loved this book.
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Summary: Disappointing Novel
Review: Although I am not an American, I don't believe the thing happening in this novel. Can FBI and the bad guy that silly? John Grisham always make them as silly as possible. Also, why is Reggie willing to do that much to a stranger? given that She only got one dollar. Finally, I hope John Grisham don't use the same plot which has also been used in the Firm and Pelican Brief and
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