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Summary: Exciting/Disappointing
Review: I read the entire book in 4 days, and finished it at 2:00am. I was gluded to the pages, waiting for what happened next. John did another wonderful job of describing what was happening. It is the little details that make this book good. You can smell the coffee in the styrofoam cups. I gave this book an 8 because I hated how it ended
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Summary: New Grisham book below expectations
Review: Don't get me wrong its a good book but having read his previous works (The Firm being my favorite), his newest release, The Partner, became too typical of his previous books. Everything just fit in too perfectly and made it unrealistic, and the ending was a surprise but not disappointing.
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Summary: Good, but not great Grisham
Review: An enjoyable thriller from Grisham, but very familiar stuff. My personal favcrite of his is The Rainmaker, and this is nowhere near that good. But if you need a good page-turner with some enjoyable twists and turns, this is a good bet. In some ways, this is the flip side of the characters from Runaway Jury, and their clever plot.
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Summary: Highly enjoyable with many twists and turns.
Review: I have enjoyed every book Grisham has written (Rainmaker as my favorite, just slightly over A Time to Kill) and The Partner was no disappointment. In fact, it may be his best. If not, it's close. I've heard people criticize the ending, which is not really too happy, but I found it interesting, and a welcome return from the great endings I usually encounter. John Grisham's books are famous for that. I recommend you read this book, you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: John, Please Put an Ending on Your Books!
Review: I finished the book at 2:15am this morning and it took a while after that to go to sleep...I flew through this book, just like every other book of Grisham's only to be slammed against a wall at the very end...
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Summary: Grisham Gets Past Recurring Theme...Kind of
Review: Let's start out by stating the obvious. Grisham is an excellent storyteller with complete mastery of the chapter hook, and a refreshingly clean (if somewhat sarcastic) style. His character developments are adequate, his description is sometimes spartan, but the plot (ahh, there's the thing) is always racing like a day at the Brickyard. With that said, Grisham's newest entry really has a lot going for it. For one, it's not the same old story line most of his other books have been (someone finds out something they shouldn't and now they're on the run--The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client...). It does, however, almost run in this vein. This time the guy that learns something he shouldn't and ran is caught and now we deal with the aftermath. We see the torture that could have easily happened in any of his other novels had the main characters been caught. Another thing the Partner has going for it are several interesting sub-plots that logically flow together. You see where they're headed, which, sometimes, is nice to know. But (and you knew this was coming, didn't you?), you could pretty much write the rest of the story after chapter four. It's all set up and you know where everyone is going, you just don't know which route they're going to take. For those of you who have read Grisham before, go ahead and list with me the characters that are going to be in this novel: at least one smart aleck lawyer (although probably more), a sleazy lawyer (again, probably more), at least one completely innocent woman who will be the love interest, a child under ten, an investigator with questionable morals, and someone not so bright with mafia-like connections. Throw in a Senator this time, and you've got most of the major players. Our protagonist this time happens to be a criminal (slight twist on the typical main character), but overall you know where this novel is going well before it gets there. Oh, you may not know the exact details, but you're sure the good guys will be rewarded and the bad guys will be shown up. Despite a somewhat poorly planned and disappointing "surprise" ending, the predictability of the plot isn't really a downer. Definitely not one of the stronger Grisham entries, but like all of them I've read (which is all but the Chamber), a page-turning experience. If you're totally new to Grisham, DO NOT start with this one. By far his strongest novel is A Time to Kill which has much more clearly defined characters, a more interesting and satisfying plot and some pretty decent description. The Partner will help you understand why people stay up until all hours to finish one of his novels, but may have you questioning why people pick up the next one.
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Summary: Grisham ran out of ideas several books ago.
Review: Improbably plot with improbabable ending.
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Summary: Bad writing, but I keep on reading
Review: Grisham has now written the same book several times - a woman and man virtually alone against a world (including the FBI) out to get them. Here they are in The Partner. The writing is, as ever, utterly pedestrian. And how many times do we need to be told that someone is drinking coffee? A change this time is the ending, a splendid piece of irony but so out of character with the rest of the book that it can only seem utterly contrived, a dea ex machina (albeit going in a direction opposite to the usual). All of the above notwithstanding, I continue to read just about everything Grisham writes. When I have time to kill, or am ensconced in my chamber, or away from my firm, or with no clients to see, or lacking a partner, then Grisham does have a certain analgesic effect.
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Summary: Another mediocre John Grisham
Review: I'm not sure why I continue to read John Grisham's books. America's fascination with Grisham only perpetuates the assembly-line manner in which he writes. This book is another in a string of mediocre works. Grisham's brilliance in "The Firm" and "A Time to Kill" has long since faded, yet people like me continue to be sucked in by his name. Grisham's plots are contrived and his characters thin. Does anyone else feel he has taken to injecting his seemingly-liberal tendencies into his recent works? (The Client: anti-police; The Chamber: anti-death penalty; The Rainmaker: anti-insurance; The Runaway Jury: anti-tobacco companies) There's not much to say about The Partner. It was OK. When I finished it, I was happy to be rid of it. This was probably the last John Grisham I will read. Now that Grisham has opened up the market to legal thrillers, there are so many better writers out there to turn to. Scott Turow, who preceded Grisham, remains among the best. Although his books only come out once every three years, they are well worth the wait. His writing is far superior to the trash of John Grisham.
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Summary: Ghee! Thanks God for bringing Grisham!
Review: My girlfriend introduced this greeny-covered Grisham's book, and i just gave a blank remark on the book, cause I've been bored by his previous titles before. But after some serious browsing and a cup of cappucino beside me, this is a TRULY REMARKABLE book i've ever read for a long time. Patrik is a well-written legend, but sadly towards the ending, everything doesn't seems quite pleasant.
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