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Summary: Bleachers
Review: Could John Grisham ever write a bad book? I think not. This book could be longer but even short and sweet it was still a must read. Larry Hobson Author -"The Day Of The Rose"
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Summary: Author's should never read there own novels
Review: Grisham reads the book himself in a monotone, so if you are
buying the audio version of this book, please save your money.
Maybe the print version is better?
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Summary: Fast Read - Decent Story
Review: This wasn't as good as his other books, but it was the fastest book I've ever read. The story keeps you interested enough to finish the book. John Grisham's books are so well written he could probably write a gardening book and still make the best seller list. I'm just glad the book wasn't any longer...
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Summary: Good book but a a bit on the short side.
Review: This is the first Grisham book that I have read. I was very satisfied with it overall. Despite being a quick read (less than 200 pages ) it has characters that are detailed very well and a great main plot. The only blemish is that it might have been too quick of a read. With it being written so well I really couldnt out it down and finished it in less than 3 days. I would reccomend this book to aanyone who has ever played organized football at a high school level or higher.
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Summary: Just a Few Cards Short of a ....
Review: If Grisham had taken the subject just a few courageous steps further this could have been a remarkable book. As is, just a standard story about the memories and homecoming of a failed HS football hero and heros.My expectation might be far outside Mr. Grisham's bandwidth, but I would have liked the author to go a few steps further and explore this world of HS and College sports and what causes reasonable people to loose all perspective about such unimportant games, whether there is some direct connection between our military excursions and sports obsessions, whether these super-tough coaches are, in fact, punishing fathers that expect the impossible before they'll acknowledge love for their "sons", why these championship "winners" really aren't remarkable winners at more things that matter. But back to reality, the book reads like a TV movie screenplay. Some nice tight scenes, easily recognizable characters, nothing too thought provoking or challenging - similar to one of the other Grisham books I've read - good story, nothing memorable. Wait for the FOX movie.
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Summary: AWFUL
Review: It is unbelievable how bad this book is. Afterall, one would logically think that with the "mighty" Grisham and the famous publisher Doubleday, you would wind up with a book that's at least passable, if not very good. Instead, you have dribble. A waste of the buyers time and money. This book is totally meaninglesss. It conveys nothing. It has nothing to say. There's no "message." It starts nowhere & goes nowhere. Why it was written is beyond me. How it got published can only be due to the name "Grisham" & his built in audience of fans. If this is what passes as a book that get published, then I truly believe that anyone who know the alphabet is capable of writing a book & getting it published. I know I'm spoiled, having read 2 magnificent books before this horror ("The Five People You Meet In Heaven," & "The Meaning of Everything" - Albom & Winchester respectively), but I am offendered by "Bleachers." As a non-fiction author of published books, and more to the point, as a tutor to novice writers, I'd like both Grisham & Doubleday to tell me what to say (assuming the student has read "Bleachers") when I talk about the realities of writing and publishing and the need for total dedication, etc., in order to have the lonshot chance of getting published - no matter how good their work may be? I want to know what Grisham & Doubleday have to tell me. I'll await their reply.
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Summary: AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF TIME.
Review: Poorly written, underdeveloped, repetitive, garbage. Grisham may have been hallucinating when he wrote this.
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: This book is poorly written. The plot is thin and the characters are underdeveloped. Readers expecting a typical Grisham novel will be very disappointed - Don't waste your time on this one!
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Summary: What the heck?!?!
Review: Ok, when I see a book by John Grisham, I expect a legal thriller. I saw this book and immediately said what the heck is this crap! HUGE disappointment for his fans who clamor for his legal genre.
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Summary: Good but unrealistic
Review: I love football and I love John Grisham books. I had high hopes when I began reading Bleachers. I would marginally recommend this book but not unless you're a football fan or at least like Grisham. The book is about a high school quarterback who goes back to his home town when the local coach dies. The town is "Messina". I'm not sure if this is a real town in the South or fictionalized. I think the state they are in is Georgia. Well, this QB has a lot of demons to get rid of. Namely his relationship with his coach and the high school girlfriend he dumped for the town slut. All the old players do a lot of talking in the "Bleachers" (hence the name). Funny stories are told and an old game is rebroadcast on a boom box. I liked the plot itself. Some of what I didn't like was the stereotyping of the characters. It seems Grisham likes to paint people in black and white. Everyone in the book was so uniquely different. I guess that's a good thing but in a small town like that it would seem to me that these folks would have much more in common than different. One other thing that bothered me was the football inaccuracies. During the game rebroadcast the opposing team starts the second half by running three plays trying to eat up the clock. By the time they have to punt the clock shows "ten and a half minutes". Anyone who knows football knows that it would take much more than three plays to burn 4.5 minutes of clock. It's literally impossible with a play clock. Which I know they had because this game took place in 1987. Reading parts like that make it a little un-credible. Overall, Bleachers is a nice little read during football season but I wouldn't go out and buy this book.
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