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Summary: Outstanding
Review: John Grisham has accomplished what many lawyers never learn, how to communicate. He writes with a style that readers can understand. Saying that. his plotting and style are spectacular as the new and old south sprinkled lightly as the first snow of winter. The characters become friends you have known for years but above all they are beleivable. The summons moves page by page toward a crecendo that shrewdly leaves you with a surprise ending. The most we can hope for is his next book will arrive sooner than later.
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Summary: The Summons
Review: I have read all of Grisham's books and this one was extremely disappointing! I don't read Grisham for a moral and that's what I got! I kept waiting for something to happen and it just dragged on and on!! I was actually angry at the end. I felt very cheated.
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Summary: good book but predictable
Review: this was good but i figured it out before the end...i won't give it away here but you will like it and won't be able to put it down to find out the ending.
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Summary: Different story from Grisham
Review: Grisham writes an interesting novel about two brothers coping with their fathers death. Ray and Forrest Atlee are polar opposites; Ray is a college instructor and Forrest is a junkie. Ray found a fortune when he was summoned to his father's house where he found him dead. The money is a shock since his father didn't make much and spent more. Grisham does a very good job with his characterization and describing the details. This is a superb read that does get a bit slow when describing what Ray wants to do with the money. Being a horror fan and soon to be horror writer, this is contemporary fiction at it's best. Grisham is setting himself up to be a great writer, not a genre writer in the lawyer fashion he has shaped his career after. He is quite simply a GREAT storyteller.
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Summary: A Morality Tale...With A Twist
Review: The Summons is the story of two brothers, Ray and Forrest,and their "non-relationship" with their father. Their father ,a retired Judge, was known for being very frugal in his personal finances, although giving generously to charitable causes. The Judge also was frugal in his parenting. Ray, a UVA law professor, receives a "summons" to appear at his father's home. Forrest, a recovering drug addict, tells Ray that he too is expected at the house. Ray arrives and discovers his father has died and finds a will giving the two brothers everything equally. Ray then discovers $3 million dollars hidden away in boxes. Where did the money come from? Who else is aware of it's existence? Who does it rightfully belong to? Who can be trusted? Ray wanders along a strange path in his search for answers and the closer he gets the more confused he becomes. This story is a change of pace from the last two Grisham novels, A Painted House and Skipping Christmas. The story reads a bit tediously, making you read ahead, sometimes skipping through passages to find out the truth about what is going on, and in the end this is truly a tale about morality with a twist!!
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Summary: Grisham has lost the touch.
Review: I was initially excited that he'd finally written another formulaic legal thriller after the last two bombs. (A Painted House & Skipping Christmas). What a huge disappintment. This book was a very slow read and didn't get interesting until the last 100 pages and then had a dozer of an ending. I'm beginnging to think Grisham's given us all he has to offer. Oh well, it was fun while he lasted.
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Summary: As good as The Firm
Review: I thought this was a good as The Firm, it kept me hooked from the beginning, it was a bit predictable but if you read much of this type of book you get good at figuring out who dun-it.
After his last two I am glad to see he is back to the lawyer stuff, loved The Brethren.
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Summary: Nice read.
Review: I reallt enjoyed this book. It was fairly short and the book kept me hooked the entire time.
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Summary: BORING!!!!
Review: Let me preface this by saying that I am a Grisham fan. Most of his books are terrific reads. However this one is boring, boring, boring. I read it two thirds through and put it down. I just kept reading and reading, expecting it to go somewhere, expecting something exciting to happen, and after getting 2 thirds through I gave up. It reads like Grisham was under a publisher's deadline and just started typing, putting in whatever came to mind. The problem is that it never goes anywhere. Save your money and read his other books - Runnaway Jury was great, so was the Testament, the Partner, and all the others I've read. But this one was a waste of time.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I have always enjoyed Grisham's books, but honestly have not read one in a couple of years. Someone gave me a copy of "The Summons" and I read it while on vacation. After reading it, I decided that Grisham needs the vacation more than I do. It was a quick read, but should have been a 20 page short story. "Man finds money, man keeps money, man loses money." Sorry to give away the plot!
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