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Summary: Quite different from the usual Grisham suspense. . .
Review: Not a bad book; just not what I was looking for or expecting. I wanted a real page turner; this wasn't one. There is a greed vs. goodness going on that makes you realize it's not just fluff. Rachel and Nate's relationship could've been developed alot more before the end of the book.
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Summary: Page turning story line.
Review: The first page has you hooked, the personal thoughts of Troy, wise/mad all at the same time. "The Testament" storyline has much improved from his previous books - last two books moved slow and became dull but I continued to read with hopes of pace picking up. Highly recommend this read!!
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Summary: Grisham delivers another packed novel
Review: I started reading this book the day it was out on the shelves and have since finished it. It was a great read and Grisham hasn't failed in this book like his one failure (in my eyes), The Partner. This book is full of detail and adventure in Brazil. A great escape while reading.
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Summary: An Attorney who finds he indeed has a soul!
Review: John Grisham, who in the past writings, has gone from GREAT (The Firm, The Pelican Brief) to the HARD-TO-STAY-AWAKE (The Chamber), has kept my attention again with this one. It is not only an interesting book, but it is shows the reader that indeed a lawyer can posses a soul! I highly recommend this book! The only thing I found I didn't like about the book was too much attention to detail was paid while Nate was in Brazil. Not enough action---too many details that didn't really add to the story line. I'm still in love with John Grisham and will continue to be a hard-back buyer! I married a boy from North Mississippi, and they just don't grow them any better than that!
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Summary: All inspiring
Review: I found this book an inspiring adventure through South America. I could actually visualize the native tribesman and the jungles described (probably because wanted to learn about this area)The heirs were colorful and gready - so typical of beneficiary of so much money. I loved the development of Nate and his journey to "find himself". Either you love this book or you hate it. Inspiration is the key word for me.
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Summary: Another lawyer for Grisham! Great book!
Review: OK OK OK. Here's another lawyer, writing another review of another lawyer's book. Except this book is different: it works. Here's the best development of character, and change of character, that Grisham has written yet. And for me, that's what makes a book or film work. As for the depiction of the lawyers for the Phelan family members - wonderful! I personally know that greed (been there, done that). Altho I'm no longer in law, it's cool to read a book like this and get to remember why that is. Nice job, John. Keep 'em coming.
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Summary: Too religious...yawn
Review: Yawn...too ridiculous to believe. This is a book about lawyers? How? Searching the jungles, getting sober...yawn. Not a bad book overall, but definitely not a John Grishmam type book. Has John found religion all of a sudden?
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Summary: Thank you, John Grisham!
Review: As a Christian, I found it refreshing to read a novel interwoven with the message of hope and salvation. Truly God's hand is evident in Mr. Grisham's writing, and what a blessing to all of us. Thank you!
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Summary: I enjoyed this one - not disappointed at all.
Review: I liked the character development and particularly enjoyed the ending. While I do not read Grisham for his "heavy literature" I do enjoy it as an escape and a good story. The Testament certainly filled the bill on this one. I can see it as a movie and am already thinking of who should play Nate! (James Woods?)
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Summary: Back to basics
Review: OK folks ... no one is going to accuse John Grisham of writing "GREAT LITERATURE". He himself describes it as "entertainment" in "Newsweek" magazine this week. However, his recent "entertainments", including and since "The Runaway Jury", have been a bit thin in this humble writer's opinion. Until now. With "The Testatment", Grisham has put together an altogether different main character and actually seems to be saying something within the dramatic episodes of Conrad-esque trips down Brazilian rivers, bouts of strange, exotic diseases and a quest on the part of protagonist Nate O'Riley to find a woman who doesn't want to be found. What's more, she doesn't - gasp! - want the billions of dollars left to her by her eccentric father Troy Phelan, a man whose personality and family, while one-dimensional, still manage to come across strongly to the reader as people you wouldn't want to know in real life. While Nate makes his outward journey through Brazil, and his inner journey through the various faults and addictions he possesses, he is always a thoroughly believable character, an honest one, a man slowly realizing the shallowness of the things of this world. The book's narrative and knowledge of Brazil are first-rate and the pace is, as always, breakneck. If I hadn't had to go back to my damn job this afternoon, I'd have finished this book by 3 PM today. Read it expecting nothing but top-notch entertainment and a wild ride ... plus a spiritual side that will surprise and, I think, please many of Grisham's devoted fans. I was quite pleased.
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