The Testament

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Summary: It made my head hurt
Review: This is the worst piece of Grisham trash yet!!! Every book is about a southern lawyer, Doesn't he understand that no one likes southern lawyers?!

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Summary: Realism Sense
Review: I like this John Grisham's newest book, and give it 4 stars. Like his anothers book, Grisham showed a realism sense again. It's sense, however, always bring the readers to flow in his story, and drive us to ask "what more happens?" But sometimes I asked my self, why Grisham always write a law story? If he write another genre, I think - with his realism sense - he can build more greateful tales. Like we ever know, in A Time to Kill, Grisham explored the facts so realism. It continued in his coming books, expecialy in my oppinion is the best, The Testament. More, he bring us to the world of laws, lawyers, and firms. No just a story, but it was like an encyclopedia of laws. Grisham self, like a prof. in his jobs. In other word, 4 stras are enough for him.

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Summary: Another Grisham Winner
Review: You can't but help just loving Grisham's accurate legal and law accounts on books, that's why his fictions feel like biographies instead of what they're made to be. The Testament falls under the same lines of what the author does best: reality. Though this book wasn't as great as his widely acclaimed The Firm, it's just as intense and creative.

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Summary: I never put the book down the whole weekend
Review: It was absolutley amazing I liked how it was in away tied into all the other great Grisham books. I honestly got it from a book club, and honestly never put it down for a whole day in which I finished the book earliy the next morning.

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Summary: Strong Recommendation...If You Like Law Novels
Review: This is another great lawyer-story from Grisham. It takes many twists and turns with a good cast of characters, eventually ending with something that was a suprise to me. The varied characters and the adventures they immerse themselves in helps keep the pace and enjoyment level of this story afloat. Sometimes the legal jargan gets to be a bit much, but its rare and not too bad. Great story!

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Summary: Outstanding Book!
Review: This was my first John Grisham book and I certainly enjoyed it.
In this book one of the ten richest men in the country(Troy Phelan) has a ceremony to read his last will and testament to
his greedy family.He has three psychiatrists on hand to verify his sanity.After the ceremony ends and the family leaves he
produces a holographic will disinheriting his family and leaving
the entire estate to an illigitemate daughter who is a missionary
in Brazil.Phelan has left each of his children $5 million dollars
on their 21st birthday.They have all squandered the money.In the
meantime the daughter Rachel Lane must be found.
That job is given to lawyer Nate O'Reilly(a rehabbed drunk).He
makes a perilous trip to Brazil to locate the missing heiress.He
discovers that she wants nothing to do with her 11 billion dollar inheritance.Nate returns to America emptyhanded.In the meantime the disinherited heirs and their lawyers are trying every type of legal manuevering to overturn Troy Phelan's will.
It is imperative that Nate return to Brazil and talk to Rachel
Lane again.
This was a very good book that I enjoyed reading.The ending was
shocking.Buy it and read it.

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Summary: It sounds like Mr. Grisham enjoyed himself with this book
Review: I am disappointed when I read reviews of people who found the ending to the Testament unsatisfying but I suppose I should not be surprised if readers expect every time for the "bad guys" to die, and the good guy to ride off into the sunset with the girl and a fortune to boot. I loved Grisham's refusal to give us "good guys" and "bad guys" in this novel. We are all part of the same human family and should be routing on each other. I also am shocked at those who insist that Grisham stay "true to form." I am an amature writer myself, and if I were Grisham, I would have been bored to death of following the same Hollywood template to generate year after year what was "expected of me." I enjoyed Grisham's excursion out of the court room and into the jungle. And I thought the plot was rather realistic in that an alcoholic might find a balm for his sickness by escaping the materialism of America and facing some true life and death adventure. I also liked that Grisham chose such a large, mind-boggling sum of money to put on the table so that our interest could be peaked at the thought of what the missionary found more valuable than $11 billion. I could not put it down, and after I was finished, I could not stop thinking about it.

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Summary: John Grisham scores again
Review: In the midst of the fast-paced world of litigation, this book provides us with a glimpse into a less cluttered, more serene lifestyle where none of the former matters. The main character's life is transformed by his contact with a young woman whose simple, selfless existence is in direct contrast to his own. John Grisham has a definite talent in making the reader feel as though he wishes that he knew the characters personally. This book is one of my personal favorites.

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Summary: A Testament of Wit and Wills
Review: The Testament by John Grisham is one of the funniest and well written books I have ever read. It is about a brilliant, rich old man named Troy who writes his will to give billions of dollars to an unknown heir, Rachel Lane. The plot thickens when it is discovered that she is a missionary in the jungles of Brazil. While a lawyer is sent to hunt her down, Troy's other relatives are engaged in a fiery legal battle to win back what they believe is rightfully theirs.
In this book, Grisham had the perfect balance of emotion, humor, and suspense to keep me riveted right until the end. The ending was a total surprise, which was a pleasant change from most other books that I read. My favorite aspect of The Testament was the various personalities of the supposedly "rightful" heirs. They were all so different and colorful, and had rich and amusing histories. Though this isn't hard reading, there are times when you need to think back a few chapters to appreciate the story's full meaning. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading about legal matters, intricate storylines, or just wants a witty book to sit down with.

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Summary: Exciting!
Review: Don't you just love these law stories. Another great action packed novel by Grisham. Also, please read the novel, LUST OF THE FLESH by Beverly Rolyat, about a district attorney who finds himself in a web of deceit of lies, betrayal, love, lust, murder, mystery, suspense, romance and sex galore. Is he really the biological father of his wife's promiscuous teenager? Or has he been setup? Read and find out and much, much more! It offers a different, enlightening type read that you're gonna enjoy. Happy reading!