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Summary: ZZZZZZZZZ
Review: I can review this book in one word - BORING!!!! About one hundred pages into it and it's all I can do to keep reading. I'll finish it, but it won't be easy. For all the reviewers who liked this book and call it his best, this book can't hold a flame to A Time To Kill. There's nothing in this story to hold your attention. It's like lying under a hot summer sun. Ten minutes and you're falling asleep.
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Summary: a painted house
Review: a few years ago, we started listening to books on tape while we traveled. there doesn't seem to be enough time with busy schedules to just sit down and read. we recently took a trip and a painted house to listen to along the way. our travel time didn't last as long as there were tapes to listen to. this book was so captivating that we could not stop thinking about it and how it would end. my husband listened to it during the day when he was driving and i listened to it at night. we enjoyed it more than any book we have listened to so far. i hope there is more to come. thank you for such a sweet story.
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Summary: The Painter House
Review: Of all the books John Grisham I think this is the most boring and mundane book I have ever read. The only reason I finished it was because I actually thought it would imrove. I will not buy any more of his books untill someone else whose opinion I trust reads it first. I felt this was a waste of time and money! Do not recommend this book to anyone I know!
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Summary: Refreshing Change
Review: I have been hooked on John Grisham since I read "The Firm". I picked up "A Painted House" in an airport, once again late for another flight. Upon opening the book I was fully expecting another story filled with lawyers and court room drama. To my surprise I was introduced to Luke the 7 year old narrator living on his grandparents cotton farm in the early 1950s. I completely enjoyed the story and was quickly taken in with Luke and his family.This was a refreshing change for me as well I'm sure it was for Mr. Grisham.
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Summary: Little House on the Prairie meets Grapes of Wrath
Review: I didn't know John Grisham could write without lawyers. I was so impressed with this book, I could barely put it down. I wanted to see if he could keep my interest when the narrator was a 7-year old boy. Would it be like a second grade reader? Absolutely not. Grisham really brought home the plight of the poor cotton farmer in the 50's, but included the charm of love and compassion among the farmers, hand-shake agreements, living off the land, prayer, and true frustration with elements they have no control over. I hope Grisham will write this way again. It was wonderful!
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Summary: A Painted House
Review: This is one of those books that "you just can't put down". Although a day job gets in the way of reading, I did manage to start and finish the book in two nights. The pacing of the book was perfect. The story was simple, yet complex- but without long, boring descriptive sections that some many books lean on. If you enjoy reading books based in the southern United States, with a 50's timeframe, you'll like this one.
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Summary: On par with The Grapes of Wrath
Review: An excellent story, Well written. This story really gets you into the fields with the Chandlers as they fight to survive in rural Arkansas. And coming through the eyes of a 7 year old only makes it better. This should be required reading for all High School Kids.
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Summary: snooze - zzzzzzzz!
Review: I'm half way through this book...wake me up when it's over. zzzz
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Summary: As fun to read as watching a painted house dry
Review: Grisham should stick to his legal dramas. It started with a lot of promise. Sadly, the characters were underdeveloped to say the least. I never felt any kind of emotion for anyone in the book. If he had wrote a few more chapters that developed the characters it would have been a much better book.
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Summary: The Painted House
Review: This book starts out very slow. Keep reading as the heat of Arkansas draws you into the storyline. One of his best books.
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