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Summary: Boring!
Review: I do not normally read Grisham as I am not enthralled by his writing of things legal, but this was our book club selecttion and I read it. I too kept waiting for something exciting or interesting even to happen, and it never did. Had I not needed to finish it for discussion sake at our Book club meeting, I would have quit it. The end was a let down as well. So Grishman did not get a fan when he deviated from his norm...Boo hiss!
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Summary: Totally unexpected...
Review: is what this book is. I expected the standard Grisham fare of courtrooms and lawyers manipulating the system and instead found a story unlike anythin out of his typewriter. If you are thinking of buying this book because you really enjoy the whole lawyer courtroom genre then this will be a waste of time. If you just enjoy a good story that flows and is easy to read and enjoy then this is the book for you. It is the story of a seven year old Arkansas boy and his his struggling cotton farming family in the 1950s. There is not the first courtroom or lawyer to be found in the entire book. The story takes place during one long eventful summer. There is a struggle to make ends meet, some shady migrant pickers, and even some baseball. The story and the writing is the frshest thing from John Grisham in a long time. Their are people you can care about. In his last few book the characters seemed unworthy of my concern, these guys i liked and i think you will too.
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Summary: Could Have Been Better
Review: The story moved too slowly for me. I kept wanting Luke to get older and move on to different things. I tired of reading about the cotton fields day after day and about the money problems. I wanted to see the author tie off loose ends of the different plots that developed in the story. The book left me hanging in too many areas.
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Summary: i really enjoyed it
Review: it is strange how this book reminds me of TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD-that i admit was better -but grisham is quite good too. tolook a the world through the eyes of a seven year old is interesting--his guilt at keeping secrets from his parents, his interest in baseball and he dislike of picking cotton make him real---. i enjoyed the book--do read it-it is real nice to read about a child's sentiments rather thn the usual law and court stuff that grisham usually writes.
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Summary: A Painted House
Review: I loved this book. So different from his others which I loved also. Being from the south, the first chapters reminded me of being at my grandmothers house as a child. The development of the book was excellent. As always, I am very pleased with another John Grishman book.
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Summary: A Painted House - An American Classic
Review: This is a wonderful story centered in the american rural south which desribes the daily struggles of poor cotton farmers. Interwoven in the story are the classic American virtues of honesty, fair-play, independence and God-fearing justice. John Grisham has written an american classic on the order of "To Kill A Mockingbird". This book should be required or suggested reading in all high schools.
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Summary: If you loved this, read anything written by Ferrol Sams!
Review: My favorite series of novels begins wiht, " When all The World Was Young, " by Ferrol Sams. Same humor, era and southern hospitality. Check it out!
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Summary: Boring beyond belief
Review: I pushed myself to finish this book and I couldn't believe that no matter how hard I pushed further along it never got better. As I finished the last paragraph of the book I was so disappointed at how terrible the story was. I am a John Grishim fan and I have read all his books and I knew this story was going to be something different for him but I never thought the book would be as boring as it turned out. I hope they don't make school children read this novel or they may give up reading all together.
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Summary: Loved this book!
Review: I have read and loved all the Grisham novels, and this one was VERY different. But I loved it too. Although it is not a page turner in the sense that something has happened that doesn't allow you to stop reading, it was hard for me to stop reading simply because I enjoyed the people, the story, the emotions of the book. This book screams sequel, and I hope we will hear more about Luke Chandler and his family "up North". When Ricky comes home from Korea, will we hear more about him and Libby's baby?
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Summary: A PAINTED HOUSE
Review: This is a heart warming story of six weeks in the life a young boy in the cotton fields of Arkansas in the 50's. Any person born in the South around cotton fields in the 30's or early 40's should get a copy of this book right way. It will bring back memories of your childhood you may have forgotten, hopefully they will be pleasant as were mine. If you did not grow up around cotton fields you will still find it a pleasant read, considering the social aspects revealed in the family that struggles to survive their hard life.Mr. Grisham should win some kind of special recognition for his effort in writing this book and the courage to "break new ground", so to speak. With all due respect, I cannot believe the person from Marble, North Carolina had such a derogatory opinion of this novel.
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