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Summary: Grisham's best since "The Firm"
Review: This book reinforces Grisham's popularity, at least with me - the first chapter completely grabbed my attention and the rest of the book didn't let it go for a minute. Grisham paints vivid, believable characters who are easy to visualize, and it is obvious that he has done his research on the Amazon river basin. I could picture each scene as if I were watching it. Maybe that's why Grisham's books make popular movie screenplays, because it is easy to visualize what is going on in each scene. Definitely one of his best yet.
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Summary: A great picture of the lives around us
Review: Troy Phelan was a very wealthy man. He had six children from the results of his four marriages. He writes his last testament minutes before his suicide. His testament was read months later and it shook everyone because more than half of his wealth was given to an unknown heir of him whom he wrote was his daughter. Nate O'Riley is a Washington litigator and he gets hired to go and find the unknown heir in the deepest vallies of Brazil and beside the highset mountains of Bolivia among a group of Indians as a World Tribe Missionary. It takes you to the wildest places to find the truth about this man's (Troy Phelan) TESTAMENT.
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Summary: Enjoyed from page 1 - could not put it down.
Review: The characterizations are wonderful. You relate to every person in the story. I especially liked Nate and the trips to South America. His recovery was what I wanted for him the most. I wish the young missionary girl had not died, however. Then Nate would have had it ALL. With each John Grisham novel I read, I want a sequel immediately, or the story not to end. Please keep writing Mr. Grisham. I've enjoyed ALL your books very much.
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Summary: Great drama/suspense, religous undertones.
Review: Gets your attention right away, that's if you've ever fantisized about inheriting a lot of money. Grisham does a good job showing the downside of money.
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Summary: this was the best book he has wriiten.
Review: I was so shocked at the subject of this book. It was by far the best written book by this author. I have throughly enjoyed all of his work. The ending was a total surprise.
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Summary: Not up to Grisham standards
Review: This is the first John Grisham book that I have read that I did not enjoy. It was easy to read but the story left me flat. John needs to get back to what he does best and write about complex legal issues woven within an intricate plot.
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Summary: Very Entertaining!
Review: The book grabbed me with its opening chapter and kept me entertained to the end. The characters were developed in a timely manner and I found myself trying to always squeeze out another chapter before I put it down. I was looking for a fun book to read and I was not disappointed, it was very entertaining.
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Summary: Another great Grisham
Review: I thought the 1st person to 3rd person shift was a nice touch. Having read a lot of Grisham, The ending was predictable. A great story of struggle and faith.
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Summary: The book was excellent and a nice change of pace for Grisham
Review: I have read Grisham's other books and really enjoyed this one. The mix of different topics made this one of my favorite Grisham books. I liked the differences between The Testament and his other books. It was a real page turner and I like the religious aspects of it. Working at a recovery home I found that aspect of the book particularly interesting. I would like to read more eclectic books like this from Grisham.
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Summary: "The Testament" by John Grisham
Review: In "The Testament," a self made billionaire, Troy Phelan, kills himself and leaves his fortune to an unknown daughter, to the dismay of his many debt-ridden children and ex-spouses.John Grisham is a very imaginative writer. He can pull you into a scene and keep your attention until it's over. In "The Testament," a self made billionaire, Troy Phelan, kills himself and leaves his fortune to an unknown daughter, to the dismay of his many debt-ridden children and ex-spouses. Then his law firm sends a partner, Nate O'Riley, just out of rehab to search for her in Brazil. Grisham holds the reader's attention and they can almost experience the trip. The suspense novel unravels as he faces many perils along his trek, along with his colorful guides. He eventually finds the woman, and she is a very modest missionary working with Indians, who at first refuses to take or even discuss the fortune being offered to her. As the novel continues, she reevaluates her options, and I was very satisfied with how it ended. Troy Phelan, the lonely billionaire, wants his fortune to go to the daughter he never really got to know. He respects the work she is doing and the fact that she doesn't want or need his money. His former wives and his children and grandchildren have squandered whatever was given to them and see his death only to their own advantage. The novel tells of their strategies to get what they feel should be theirs while their lawyers also see it as their way to get rich. Grisham emphasizes this struggle between good and bad with the fortune going to the winner. John Grisham is an expert at writing books in which lawyers have the key roles. As an attorney himself, he knows of many flaws in this profession, and exploits them in each of his novels, including "The Testament." This is shown from a few characters in "The Testament," such as Nate O'Riley and Hark Gettys. Nate has been in and out of rehab numerous times, and continually crashes. He blames this on not being able to handle the pressures of his job, to which many other lawyers also succumb. Hark Gettys falls into the common practice of bribing witnesses and performing other illegal acts in his profession. Both characters show major flaws in their occupational field. Many of Grisham's books, such as "A Time to Kill," "The Firm," "The Pelican Brief," and "The Client" have become major motion picture hits and have a good against evil struggle with lawyers involved in them. -Paul Hofmann
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