The Partner

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Summary: The ending nearly ruined the entire book...
Review: I am a big Grisham fan, but with each additional Grisham that I read, the more they run together in my head. A great storyteller that makes his books a quick read, Grisham has mastered the formula to make consumerism push him to the top, but the hype that now surrounds new releases is more a hope to live up to the high standard set by his earliest works. The most troublesome aspect of this particular book, though, comes literally in the last two pages. One of the greatest disappointments, the ending was a total surprise in the most negative way. I almost felt sorry for spending so much time reading the first 466 pages because it all seemed for naught. Sorry John, hopefully this is not a "Testament" of what is to come....

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Summary: Pretty good, pretty good but where is the ending?
Review: John Grisham comes back and gives us an exciting story. Since I've only read four books of his, counting this one, I can only compare it to two of the others of his which I have read. It's almost as good as The Chamber (but not up there with it) but really third best, to both The Chamber and A Time to Kill. The fourth one is The Pelican Brief which wasn't very much to my liking, I must say. This book is pretty similar to The Chamber due to two things. The tension builds up with each page, and...there's an ending that doesn't quite end! (those who read it will know what I mean!) I don't like to be made to wonder what happens, I like to be told. It doesn't seem like almost five hundred pages was long enough for this book. There should have been more. If we did not consider the way this book ended, then it's a fun read!

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Summary: before you steal some money think about the consequences!
Review: great book about man who has quite difficult and unpleasant life and decides to change it; he did something stupid, but he had prepared himself for all kinds of difficulties; amazing thing in that book is how the hero,who committed the crime, got away with it by using all documents that he had gathered earlier; great gripping plot; fantasticly shown the backstage of the american lawyer's world; if you like John Grisham's works you should read it; enjoy!

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Summary: Best Book!!!
Review: I think that this is the best book he has written and I am only a junior in high school. I also enjoyed A Time To KILL very much, but to really enjoy this book you must enjoy his other book "The Run Away Jury"... in my mind it has some connection... maybe it doesn't but i enjoy these two very much... they are the best so read not one of these but BOTH!!!!

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Summary: One of the most captivating books I've ever read!!!
Review: This book proves that Grisham is one of the best mystery writers around. It was exciting and captivating and full of adventure. Every page kept me guessing what the upcoming chapters had in store. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspense and unpredictable plots. I was unable to put the book down until I had read it from cover to cover. I just finished reading it for the SECOND time!!

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Summary: Worth reading till the ironic, suprise ending!
Review: John Grisham does it again keeping his readers locked and turning the pages as fast as they can gobble the words. This story may start out a bit slow and tedious for some...but stick with it, the ending is completely unsuspected and very original. All-in-all a spellbinding, masterfully written piece of literature.

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Summary: No time for the bathroom
Review: I began reading this book in a lounge at LAX, waiting to board a flight to Tokyo. I usually use the bathroom every two hours, but The Partner had me glued to my window seat for 11 hours. Yes, this was the fastest transpacific flight ever. Thanks JG!

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Summary: Fast Paced from Page 1.....
Review: This was an outstanding book. It was very exciting, suspenseful, and dramatic. I thought that it was not quite as good as The Firm but definately up there with the rest of Grisham's books. Even though Patrick had done a terrible thing I still sympathized with him, and I am not usually with the 'bad guy', but I realy wanted Patrick to live in his little dream world.

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Summary: Excellent reading until the end -- extremely disappointing!
Review: I love Grisham's work. I always find time for his books between full-time work and small children. This is one of his best but the end is very disappointing! I was actually angry with the author when I was done

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Summary: Interesting, very Interesting!?
Review: I once said that I am not an avid fan of JG, and this book did not affect that statement. I got through the first chapter, which is pretty good for a high school student, and was quite impressed. I really thought that this book was going to be really thrilling-I chalk that statement up to bad taste and inexperience. The idea of a person getting away from his pathtetic, dull life and stealing a truck load of money was really cool, the way Grisham persued made it rather boring. Patrick was a really awesome character with lots of tricks up his sleeve and was probably the only thing that kept my attention. Despite popular opinion, I thought the ending was hype