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Summary: Grisham Rocks!
Review: Classic Grisham. A great story. Lots of human interest. This story shows that justice is not always black and white... much falls into a gray area.
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Summary: WOW
Review: This is a book that if you can read it in more than one sitting I am shocked at you. This is a great Grisham book. Being his first I expected it not to be that good. But it seems from the being Grisham wanted to show the world who is king. It is about a girl who gets assaulted by some white folks and during their trial the father decides to ... them. Now it is a battle to determine if it was a legal move to do. They pleed insanity. And on top of all this the KKK is there. This book is everything that Grisham is I recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: A lot of feelings...
Review: John Grishamm is truely master. This book was sometimes hilarious, sometimes serious, sometimes sympathetic, sometimes..... whatever... I really loved this book. Very very highly recommanded. I think mr.jake doesn't act like real lawyer, nor jurors, nor judges, nobody. bBt it's a novel, so I don't care. it's worth reading.
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Summary: The Best work of John Grisham
Review: I've read this book several times-one of my favorites. I believe this is Grisham's best work. The reader is drawn in from the first page to the last. The scenes are graphic (at times) but that's what makes the book enjoyable. Although the justice sought by Carl Lee is vigilante you know that it's the only way justice will be served in this small town. An excellent job is done in the decriptions of the people on both sides of this legal thriller. When reading the court room scenes, you want to be in the court room because you want justice for the Hailey family..
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is an excellent read. Very enjoyable. One of my favorite Grisham books. You will feel what the characters are feeling. Jake Brigance, the young lawyer, battles with an annoying D.A., his own client, the NAACP, and the Klan. This book is very exciting!
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Summary: My favorite Grisham Novel says author of $oft Money
Review: This was in fact John Grisham's first novel and it was by far his best work. The characters were real, and disturbing in nature. The plot was and is timely and the story was extremely compelling. This novel dared to address the race issue in America, in a calm, realistic and believable manner. If you are looking for a page turner, then this is your novel. Be ready to be disturbed by the brutal nature of the crimes within the bindings of this book, however, rest assured that in the end, right will win out. Great job Mr. Grisham!!
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Summary: fantastic book
Review: I read this book after being told about how good it was by my younger cousin. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. The story brutally depicts the contrast between black and white. At times, I would have to grit my teeth in order to restrain myself from yelling at the racism portrayed throughout the book. Out of all the Grisham books I've read: The Pelican Brief, the Firm, and A Time to Kill, I'd have to say that A Time to Kill is definitely my favorite. It was so realistic that I had horrific nightmares about lynchings at night. To anyone that is considering to read a Grisham book, start with this one. It hooks you from the beginning and keeps you gripped until the end.
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Summary: A great not superior! storyline.
Review: Grisham shined after he wrote the firm and The Runaway Jury he slipped a little with this one! Not as superior buit still great nontheless.
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Summary: Gutrenching Plot
Review: In my mind, this is the best Grisham book. You may well have seen the movie, but you should read the book.I found myself trying to determine how I would react in the same situation. It also raises a moral quandary: Can murder be justified when carried out by grieving loved ones? If you started reading Grisham after The Firm became popular, and have never read this early book, you really should.
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Summary: Lacking originality
Review: Certainly Grisham's best novel(excepting possibly A Painted House, which I haven't read yet), this appeals to the indignation we all feel at injustice in the world in general and specifically to that evoked by so much racial injustice in our country's past and by violence perpetrated on children. I am surprised that mystery and legal suspense readers don't recognize the plot, though. My belief is that very few people living today have ever had an original thought (and I seriously doubt that I am one of them). Yet the very striking similarities, the clear-cut parallels, evident when comparing this novel to Paul Travers' 1958 Anatomy of a Murder is uncanny, to say the least. I would be curious to know whether Mr. Grisham ever read that classic (also made into a movie).
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