A Painted House

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Summary: It was a quiet kind of story
Review: A Painted house was like watching a slow moving film. The story was interesting but told with patience and kindness. I enjoyed the book even with it slowness.

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Summary: A Painted House
Review: I thought the book was very good, but from a 7 year old's point of view, I thought it was too mature. I have raised two sons, and they were not interested in girls at that age. I did like the perspective of what it was like to raise cotton in the south, and the hardships that the poor had to endure. I would recommend this book, and found it was easy to read.

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Summary: Listen with a smile ...
Review: You know by now that when you open this book, you won't find a story about lawyers. That said, you can now appreciate this wonderful story for what it is. Mr. Grisham's immense talent to create colorful and interesting characters, as well as the incredible situations they often find themselves in, is at its best in this tale of growing up poor in the agricultural south. I listened to this book on cassette and found myself making excuses to go out to lunch and sit in parking lots or drive the long way home just to spend more time with this story. It's entertaining, amusing, suspenseful and moving. Mr. Grisham has the ability to treat his characters with kindness and respect. You walk away with a feeling that you really know what it's like to grow up in the world that Luke did.

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Summary: It better not be a movie!
Review: When I first started this book, I had to make myself read a chapter before I could go to bed. It does get better, if you make yourself continue to read. Although John Grisham's effort is touching (based on his life), he needs to stick with his usual arena. I would not recommend.

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Summary: okay..
Review: it is an okay book to read, but i still cant understand how a 7 year old can be that grown up?

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Summary: A significant departure in style pays off for Grisham.
Review: I just finished reading John Grisham's latest novel and find it to be absorbing and realistic. He hasn't been this good since The Firm. I would like to think that he has found himself again and I can look forward to his work with anticipation. I was surprised at how I was able to be transported to rural Arkansas through the eyes and words of a seven year old boy. I recommend this book highly to anyone that wants to experience innocence and insight once again. He captures all the mischieviousness of being a child again and lets us see ourselves in Luke's place. Buy it or borrow it....just read it.

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Summary: Grisham's best, seriously
Review: I have always enjoyed reading Grisham's books but lately I had grown a little tired of the usual. Don't get me wrong, they are always interesting but I just wondered if there was anything new left in his writings. This book is wonderful. To me, it is one of those books that I will always remember. While that sounds sappy, let me explain why. The book kind of reminds me of the great books that made me fall in love with reading in the first place. Books like My Side of the Mountain and To Kill a Mockingbird. It is told through the eyes of a little boy growing up in 1950's rural Arkansas and deals with everything from accepting different people to just struggling through life. The innocent outlook thing may have been driven into the ground by several different authors but this is one of the few times it works. An authentic book that will make you remember why you read.

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Summary: Appauling
Review: For a man who can write such excellent literature this is about the most uninteresting book I have ever read. There is no story line and little action.

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Summary: A Painted House is wonderful
Review: I was anxious to read reviews of this wonderful novel and am happy to see so many readers liked it as much as I did. I just finished it today and it is still in my heart. ... I'm sixty-five years old and have lived long enough to know a little about life. The feelings that Luke had for Tally at seven were just the kind of pull a young boy gets with his first crush---the beginnings of wonder about the opposite sex. Grisham has captured the every day existence of a time and place most of us have had no experience with. It was a lesson in human nature on many levels. It's the best book I've read in a long time.

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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: This is a wonderful, wonderful book. Grishom shows that he is more than a formula writer. This book has passion and soul. It gives the reader insight to what life was like in the early days of America. Grishom's flair for details is outstanding. The Painted House is a great portait of the human spirit and condition. Grishom's characters are so real, you laugh with them, you cry with them, you root for them. You will want to be there picking cotton with them. You will feel the heat and you will sweat with them. You will also fall in love. This is his best work, it has that same great storytelling as A Time to Kill. This is a great, great story. You will not put the book down and you will cry! There will obviously be a sequel. I hope that the movie is as good. Buy a copy for yourself and a friend!