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Summary: A story for all ages...
Review: I loved the story!! I bought the book for my daughter and have listened to the audio (unabridged) 3 times, and enjoyed it each time. I highly recommend it for anyone, any age. Enjoy!!!
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Summary: Turnabout's Fair Play!
Review: A lot of us Homer Hickam fans think Mr. Grisham has managed to move in on Homer's territory with this excellent book. Well, I'm happy to tell all the Grisham fans that Homer's latest is turnabout's fair play. SKY OF STONE is a well-written page-turner that includes some dazzling courtroom scenes - mountain style and unfettered by anything but the truth sworn on the Bible! For those of you who miss Grisham's courtroom antics, now you can try Hickam instead and get the best of both worlds!
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Summary: A first for me -
Review: I haven't read anything by John Grisham. I don't care for legal thrillers, so I'd never picked up any of his books. I read reviews of this one, and after finishing it I purchased several copies for gifts. What a voice this man has!His characters are believable, the plot perfect, and the chain of events foreseeable but unstoppable. A pleasant read for a rainy weekend!
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Summary: Review: A Painted House
Review: A Painted House, by John Grisham, is a gripping story of a young boy's trials and tribulations during the summer of 1952. The story takes place on a cotton farm in rural Arkansas, not far from the little town of Black Oak, Arkansas. The young boy, Luke, age seven, is faced with having to keep many secrets. Should he confide in his family with the information he has reluctantly locked away, or could the simple act of sharing these secrets put his life in danger...or worse yet, the lives of his family?
Overall, we found this book to be quite good. Reading it proved to be both a fulfilling and pleasurable experience. And, reading this book as elementary educators, we were reminded that children come from different backgrounds and that we should be much more sensitive to their situations.
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Summary: Not your typical Grisham
Review: It's a slow story with a not so good plot and shallow characters. So far I think John should stay in the courtrooms. As I read on, I kept waiting for a climax that never came. I was surprised at the end when I realized that after all I had sort of enjoyed the reading. It's not the typical Grisham but I wouldn't recommend it unless you have no other book to read.
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Summary: A Change For The Best
Review: This story is not a legal thriller, which is a first for Grisham. Instead, this story is a narrative that keeps you wanting more, especially at the ending. The story begins in rural Arkansas in 1952. Seven-year-old, Luke Chandler, tells of the trials of sharecropping and the adventures of farm life. Luke goes through more experiences than most seven-year-olds and his life changes that summer. The adventures and challenges in the book keep you reading.
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Summary: Painting Great
Review: A wonderful work from a great artist. Highly recommended.
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Summary: House Painted
Review: Loyal fan of John Grisham....I bought "House Painted" and what a disappointment! What was the point to the story? The same scenerio repeated itself throughout the entire book. Was this book supposed to be a test, something different from the "lawyer/crimal" books Grisham usually writes?
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Summary: Like lemonade on a hot summers day
Review: If you're disappointed by "A Painted House" because it's not the standard Grisham fare, you've no one to blame but yourself. The fact that this is not a thriller - legal or otherwise - was just about shouted from the rooftops when it came out. There are no nationally debatable moral themes in this book, no corporate/institutional bad guys. The big things that happen - and they do happen - are big to a seven-year old boy in Arkansas in 1952. If you can't get into that mindset then this book is not for you. But if you can, you're in for a treat nearly as good as Olive Ann Burns "Cold Sassy Tree." For the Chandlers, the promise of a good crop is almost within the family's grasp until a series of events puts everything in doubt. The story takes place during a pivotal time, not only for our young hero, Luke, but also for the many hard scrabble farmers still trying to pull a living out of a boll of cotton. It's harder to get "hill people" to come pick, so Mexicans are being imported. Regular jobs with a steady income are luring some farmers to northern manufacturing plants. Grisham offers the views of a wiser-than-his-years Luke on it all. Grisham has always had trouble writing decent endings and that hasn't changed. Unless he really is planning a sequel, I think most of us would have liked a little epilogue to let us know how everyone turns out.
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Summary: Part Two.....PLEASE!!!
Review: I loved 'A Painted House'. It kept me laughing, crying, stealing time to find out what was going to happen next. John Grisham has such a sharp sense of humor. The only complaint I have is that it ended too abrubtly. I think there should have been a homecoming. Maybe at 'Christmas'? Just hoping, wondering. I need to know how Luke is!
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