The Testament

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Summary: A Trip to Brazil, 9 Heirs, Their Lawyers and 11 Billion $
Review: Have you ever imagined owning eleven billion dollars? It would probable be pretty nice. That's not the case for Troy Phelan. Troy Phelan "the tenth richest man in America" owns eleven billion dollars. Troy Phelan is a cruel, hard old man who is on the verge of death. As he puts it, "Down to the last day, even the last hour now. I'm an old man, lonely and unloved, sick and hurting and tired of living". Troy Phelan's six, rude and greedy, children and his 3 ex-wives, have to suck money from their father over the years. They are now gathered one last time with their father for the final signing of the will. Each greedy heir has always thought that they will inherit some of their father's estate, but their father had other plans.

The hero of this story is a guy by the name of Nate O'Riley. Nate is a troubled young lawyer with a bad past. He has been battling his drug and alcohol addiction, hiding from the IRS and running from his marriage. Nate, just fresh out of rehab, has been asked by his boss and also friend Josh Stanford, to do one last case. Josh, who was Troy Phelans lawyer, and is now handling the Phelan estate, has asked Nate to find the legal inheritor of the will. Nate is sent to the Pantanal to battle the heat, water, savages and to find the richest woman in the world.

John Grisham is well known author of all types of books. His books have lots of action, adventure and reality about life. I personally think that "The Testament" is one of the best or the best book John Grisham has ever wrote. In rating this book, I would give it 4 stars. If you're looking for an all around good book it has to be "The Testament".

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Summary: An all-around good book
Review: A Review by Jimmy
Have you ever imagined owning eleven billion dollars? It would probable be pretty nice. That's not the case for Troy Phelan. Troy Phelan "the tenth richest man in America" owns eleven billion dollars. Troy Phelan is a cruel hard old man who is on the verge of death. As he puts it, "Down to the last day, even the last hour now. I'm an old man, lonely and unloved, sick and hurting and tired of living". Troy Phelans 6, rude and greedy children, and his 3 ex-wives who have tried so hard to (...) money from their father over the years are now gathered one last time with their father for the final will signing. Each greedy hair has always thought that they will inherit some of their father's estate but their father had other plans.

The hero of this story is a guy by the name of Nate O'Riley. Nate is a troubled young lawyer with a bad past. He has been battling his drug and alcohol addiction, hiding from the IRS and running from his marriage. Nate, just fresh out of rehab, has been asked by his boss and also friend Josh Stanford, to do one last case. Josh, who was Troy Phelans lawyer, and is now handling the Phelan estate, has asked Nate to find the legal inheritor of the will. Nate is being sent to the Pantanal to battle the heat, water, savages and to find the richest woman in the world.

John Grisham a well known author of all types of books. His books have lots of action, adventure and reality about life. I personally think that "The Testament" was one of the best or the best book John Grisham has ever wrote. Rating this book in would give it 4 stars. If you're looking for an all around good book it has to be "The Testament".

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Summary: Life and How you should live it
Review: If you are a John Grisham fan then you will know this is one of his greatest books ever. Once you are ingulfed in this story of life and inner love then you will never be the same. The charictors in this drama have all got somthing in common with the people you would meet in the street. from the start in Virgina to the lands of the Pantanal you will feel yourself wanting to go to the places he speaks of. With twists in every tale and life and death becoming one you will know what this book is all about. Life and how we live it.

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Summary: The Testament
Review: I read the book The Testament By John Grisham, It was a page turner! Along with the rest of John Grisham's Law books this is the best so far. The point of the book is that Phelan, an owner of a major law firm kills himself and leaves money for several wives and kids everyone is familiar with. He also leaves some for Rachel Lane who no one has ever heard of. They hire Nate O'Riley a just-out-of-rehab-ex-lawyer to find Rachel to give her eleven billion. Eventually he does find her and offers the money, thats when he finds out about her, she is a doctor. I have also read the Firm and there were subjects in The Testament that was familiar. It was the fact that it was a law book and mystery in a way. Like the mystery in The Firm was what is going on within the firm and in The Testament, where and who is Rachel Lane?
Nate then finds out she has changed her name to Rachel Porter. Rachel read the papers carefully and said "I'm not singing anything, i dont want the money." PG.310 I thought that it was a very bold thing to do. Besides there are no banks around to store the money. She was happy where she was, with her people. She has been so much in her life, and reached god in a way most have not. What would she do and want to do with eleven billion dollars? She even told Nate she doesn't need money for medicine or supplies. This book is not for everyone it can get boring here and there and may take time to read since it is so long. Although there are alot of funny parts in the beginning and it gets exciting toward the end it is a good book in my opinon.

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Summary: it started great and fizzled
Review: this book started out with an excelent plot and then by the middle and definitely toward the end it fizzed out! the ending that I had anticpated in my head was much better. the one john grisham went with was very anti-climatic and blah....! the crazy kids of the billionaire were very intriguing yet he decided to focus on a recovering addict looking through the jungle for a boring character..(yes that was a very good sub-plot but the heart of the book was with the fight for the $$. the drama and humor was with the crazy a** wanna be heirs) in the end it was very disappointing.

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Summary: A surprisingly spiritual novel
Review: I've always loved John Grisham (The Partner was my favorite until reading The Testament), and I was pleasantly shocked to find such outright spiritualty oozing from Grisham's pen. I saw much of myself in the character of Nate (though I'm neither an alcoholic nor twice divorced), and was only disappointed that we aren't able to see how his spiritual journey progresses. What this story does show us is how readily grace is available to us all. When we are at our worst, we can still be used to accomplish something bigger. God has faith in us -- he's created us to do big things -- and all we need to do is learn to lean on his strength rather than our own. Watching Nate come to this conclusion was one of my favorite aspects of this book. This is a truly satisfying read!

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I count on John Grisham for a good read when I need an escape from my life. I found myself reluctant to bother finishing this one, though I never lost hope that it would get better. It didn't. It read like an ad for a born-again Christian church and what little was resolved at the end wasn't worth the effort. I couldn't help wondering if Grisham phoned this one in, or indeed if he wrote it at all. I understand that publishers continue to publish under a best selling author's name long after he/she dies. Maybe Grisham died and no one told him.

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Summary: Good holiday reading
Review: There are two different angles to this book. A wealthy billionaire with many pathetic offspring leaves a will before commiting suicide. The children believing to be ric beyond their dreams start spending.

He has however left the lot to another child who has found God and is doing His work deep in the jungle. Nate O' Riley a recovering washed up alcoholic lawyer is pulled out of Rehab to track her down.

A good desciptive story with believable characters and the jungle parts of the book interweave well with the pursuit of the greedy lawyers. A nice easy book to read.

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Summary: Not Grisham's best
Review: While I found this book to be amusing and fairly interesting, I really don't agree with other reviewers that say that this ranks with Grisham's best works so far.

The least 'legal' of his 'legal thrillers', this in none the less a good read. Characters are sympathetic, the story is imaginative and interesting. The setting in the Amazon is greatly described and draws you in. The ending...well, I think the ending is the weakest part in the book -- not compromising or brave, it is too simple and to wishy-washy for me.

I've read all of Grisham's books (well, not including Painted House), and I have to say that second to Street Lawyer, this is probably his least successful effort.

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Summary: An attention graber
Review: I thought the book was excellent. John Grisham did and excellent job of keeping the reader's attention. He made twists and turns that wern't expected by the reader. He gave an abudant amount of detail. He described things so well that I could picture them in my mind as clear as day. For example, when Nate was looking for Rachel the first time, he was is in a small plane in a storm. John Grisham describes thunder hitting the plane by saying, "A thunderacp just above the Cessna stunned them, like a shotgun in a ... room, and it shook them to their bones. Nate's eardrums practically burst." (page 98). When I read this I could almost feel the thunder as if I was actually there with them. Grisham also made the book very believable. The plot and the charcters in the story could have been something that happened to a family. With so many rich peole now-a-days, I wouldn't be surprised if this happened to one of them.