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Summary: No Lawyers, no legal wrangling, no fun!!
Review: I read this one while on vacation in the Bahamas. I found it to be a 'novel' of less interest than his past efforts. I knew that it would be different, but I wasn't impressed with it as much as his past efforts. I don't read much, but when I do, I like the suspense that he offfered up in the past.
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Summary: Another Grisham weak ending?
Review: I just finished reading "The Painted House" and I enjoyed it as a wonderful visit to rural Arkansas during the 50's as seen through the eyes of a 7 year old boy (albeit somewhat wise beyond his years). It is an easy read and a page turner, not because of mystery or excitement but because it is a nice time and place to visit. Oh, but there is plenty of excitement in that little town.I am dissappointed by the ending. Once again Mr. Grisham leaves us hanging with so many unanswered questions. Does Ricky come home, for example. What about the flood? Does it get to the house? How can we just leave these people in that mess? I thought Mr. Grisham was getting better about tying things together at the end, maybe not.
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Summary: A Little different.
Review: You pick up this book, open it, and start to read the jacket that covers this book.The first thing you realize is that there is no mention of a lawyer. And that is a little scary considering his past books. But don't put this one back. The book starts off slower and milder than his other books but it does start to pick up steam and you can tell this is a Grisham novel. A 7-year old boy, Luke Chandler, is the main character/narrator of this story. He works on a farm in Arkansas with his parents and they get help from other sources to pick cotton. Things start to change when he witnesses a murder. As the book goes on, you notice the boy is starting to grow up and realize exactly what the real world is like. Though this book has familiarity to it, it is like nothing Grisham has ever done before.
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Summary: A Painted House
Review: I have read all of John Grisham's novels and have liked every one of them. In "A Painted House" Grisham once again proves that he ranks among the best story-tellers writing in America today. What a sweet, moving, touching and often laugh-out-loud-funny little book. They'll make a movie out of this one, folks. Loved it!!!
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Summary: Worst Grisham Book Ever
Review: There is no plot. The descriptions of mundane tasks go on and on and on.
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Summary: CHANGE OF PACE
Review: As with most of Mr. Grishams work, I whipped through this story in just a few sittings. Unless mine is the first review you`ve read, it is now obvious this story is unlike his previous novels. I found A Painted House to be thoroughly entertaining and engrossing. Although I myself was born some twenty years after the time this story takes place and light years away from its setting, I found the similarities to my own childhood comforting. From Lukes hours of "pop-ups" in the backyard, to his butterflies in the belly in Tallys presence, we could very well have been brothers. I highly recomend this book to anyone who simply wants to retreat to a more simple time for a few hours in our hectic lives. I think any and all Grisham fans will enjoy this tale.
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Summary: A comparison to Where the red fern grows.
Review: I thought this was a great read. My son and I read Where the Red Fern Grows and it was alot like this. I wourl like to thank Mr. Grisham for writing something else besides courtrooms and lawyers. This book I think will become a classic for all to read.
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Summary: Story Never Takes Off
Review: Grisham leaves the courtrooms for cotton fields in what appears to be an attempt to write a Faulkner-type tale. The author does live up to his reputation as an inventive, plot-driven storyteller, but bottom line is this book does more exploring the fact that farming is a tough gig than it does creating a riveting work of fiction.
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Summary: an easy entertaining hollow read
Review: I have read all the Grisham novels and have enjoyed them without exception including the present offering. My opinion is that the forte of the authors writing is his character development and the descriptions of those involved in his stories. I was especially enamored of the protagonist in The Client, another child. Thus I was looking forward eagerly to another book with a youthful narrator and descriptions of his escapades. The book provided many enjoyable and interesting players interacting during a six week period that concluded the cotton harvest in 1952 Arkansas. While I found all of the characters as fascinating as I'd hoped I was disappointed in the culmination of the story. I felt unfulfilled as the story ended with no finality or resolution to the varied plots that had been developed. Like always the variety and accomplished descriptions of these different personalities made it worthwhile reading, but I finished lacking a finality to it all.
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Summary: A beautiful "coming of age" novel
Review: What a wonderful read! John Grisham recreates the world of the 1950's deep South with intricate detail and skill. Seeing this world through the eyes of little Luke Chandler was a pure delight. After finishing the book in two days, I was disappointed to see the end!
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