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Summary: Boring
Review: I thought this was one of his worst books written.
Very boring.
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Summary: Like his others
Review: John Grisham has done it again! The Summons starts off with a bang and keeps you hanging page by page, word for word. I got it from my library a little while after it came out and I did NOT want to put it down. I cannot wait for the next Grisham Hit!
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Summary: Outlandish
Review: In my opinion this is Mr. Grisham's weakest work. The plot, and characters are outlandish and never believable. The best thing I can say is that it was a quick read; I kept hoping for improvement and voila, it was over!
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Summary: Say it Ain't So, John
Review: After reading The Summons, I felt like the small boy who made the comment to Joe Jackson after the White Sox scandal. From a thrilling and must read author to a boring, formulamatic read. Drat!!!! Johnny, we hardly knew ye!
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Summary: Not Among Grisham's Best But Still Very Entertaining!
Review: After reading many of the very negative reader reviews posted here, I was pleasantly surprised to find The Summons to be very enjoyable. While I wouldn't consider The Summons to be a thriller in the style I've become used to in a Grisham book, the tension Grisham creates is ever-present. The characters, while flawed and not very likable, are credible, the plot is interesting and the pace is fast. I found myself steadily engrossed in the story and liked the somewhat surprising ending; though it is open-ended (and maybe too much so for many of those who gave this book a poor rating). The plot Grisham presents is a simple and believable one. Without going into any detail, two brothers are summoned home by their dying father. Upon the return of one of the brothers, he finds his father dead as well as lots of boxes filled with a substantial amount of money. The plot thickens (so to speak) when he decides to keep the money and not tell anyone. As I said, The Summons is not one of Grisham's best books but it is one that's worth reading and very entertaining.
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Summary: Hoping for better
Review: Why can't John Grisham return to his original form of The Firm? Obviously The Summons was written as a character study and not a thriller. Usually I like that kind of novel, but this was extremely slow as we learned about the lives of The Judge, Ray Atlee, Forrest Atlee and several others who interacted with them. The plot is woven together with a thin thread - a father's death, the finding of questionable money and subsequent erratic guarding of it, worry about Forrest and his pitiful lifestyle, and Ray Atlee's irrational antics comprise the plot. It doesn't take much to figure out the ending which is dismal and predictable, but of course open for a sequel. This ends my buying a Grisham novel again unless it is in paperback. Maybe a library loan would be better!
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Summary: Remember The Firm...?
Review: Remember The Firm? Rememer when JG used to create characters that we cared about? Remember when JG used to create suspense? Like when we discover that Mitch McDeer's house is bugged. Rmember when JG used to produce satisfying endings? Like when Abby asked Mitch if he'd ever made love on the beach and, after a brief pause, he answers "uh, no." Do we remember JG and what got us hooked on him in the beginning? I think we do, but I'm pretty sure JG does not. The Summons is a bad book. The eding is atrocious and totally unsatisfying. There are three charcters in the whole thing and we are supposed to have trouble figuring out who the bad guy is. JG, give us a little credit, the readers. The ones who pay your mortgage and send your kids to school. Remember us, JG. Remember who you're supposed to be writing for. Because if you keep putting out garbage like The Summons, we may just forget you.
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Summary: Serious lack of suspense
Review: After waiting for a new suspenseful Grisham novel, I am still waiting. The Summons was predictable and easy to figure out. It was hard to get into this novel because Ray Atlee wasn't the most likeable character and none of the characters were very interesting or admirable. I kept reading hoping for the story line to improve but it didn't. I hope Grisham's next novel is back to his high caliber of writing and suspense.
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Summary: 250 pages needed more work
Review: The only reason I kept on reading was to find out who else knew about the money. Like other reviewers have said, the book really dragged. Really Ray was literally dragging the money from storage place to hiding place to storage place. I get the impression that Grisham is turning out his books just to maintain his position on the best seller lists with another book, by virtue of his name.
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Summary: Good Idea, Bad Follow Through
Review: Started out with a good idea but had no substance to the story. Reader was left wondering what the point is to the book and then it all of a sudden ended. Grisham has just lost his touch as far as I'm concerned.
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