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Summary: Not his best work.
Review: This bokk was just OK. If you want to read Grisham look elsewhere. You do get an insight into the life of homeless people. It also makes you think about your own life and what you do and if its all worth it...
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Summary: good as a screenplay
Review: It seems to me that Grisham writes for a movie. Although he writes a lot about the homeless, I find it lack of depth. And the young ,white,successful Michael Brock turns from big firm to the streets--unbelievable.
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Summary: Enough with this PC garbage
Review: John Grisham ceased writing exciting page turners years ago. He has become a left wing liberal who utilizes his books as an instrument to shove his politcal books down our throat. First it was the evil insurance companies, then it was big tobbaco, and now it is the homeless advocacy. Why would a great author ruin his books to further a political viewpoint?
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Summary: worst book ever
Review: It has been awhile since I read this book, and it has not gotten better with time. The story has a great beginning, when a homeless person wreaks havoc at the main character's law firm. Because of this and a little research, he has a sudden attack of conscience. The quest for the truth is interesting, but the main guy's sudden moral empathy for the homeless is ridiculous. The primary thing I remember is how unbelievable the character interaction was with his wife. Okay, they are getting a divorce, but give us a legitimate reason. I kept thinking they were going to stay together because Grisham never really gave a reason why they should seperate. Sure, the wife might be dissappointed that he quits his job, but they could work around it. This is the first book I ever read that did not have a climax. After reading the end, I said "so what." I knew that was going to happen, why is that surprising. Maybe I did not care for the book because Grisham was trying to justify all of the money he is making by making himself to be a caring, charitable person.
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Summary: A pleasant surprise
Review: The Street lawyer is the best John Grisham novel in a while, in my opinion. Although I consider Grisham to be a "light-weight" of a writer, he is enjoyable; every so often I need to cleanse my reading palette with one of his works. Unfortunately, he had become so formulaic that there was little left to enjoy anymore. With this in mind, I delved into The Street Lawyer, and found it to be one of his best. All of the formula action was gone (hurrah!), the drama was in the story itself, rather than the action sequences, the book doesn't end with the main character running away to a tropical isle (that was a real shock). I'd label many of his other books as preposterous, but The Street Lawyer had the ring of truth to me. Congratulations to Grisham for breaking, somewhat, from his past works. For a change, he wrote a book, rather than a screenplay-in-the-making.
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Summary: Ummmmmmmmmm.......
Review: This book was well written but boring. It didn't have the action that the two other Grisham's I've read A Time To Kill and The Partner. My advice is if you want to keep on reading grisham don't read this book!
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Summary: bad, boring book
Review: poorly written, repetitive and long. Too bad - seemed to start out in an interesting way. You end up not caring about the homeless because of how preachy it is.
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Summary: good, but still needs work
Review: This book is, like all the other Grisham books, well written. It gets you interested and rivited from the first few pages, with the action in the office. Then, however, the excitement slowly drains away. The characters are kind of hard to keep straight, and the plot can be tricky. However, it is a good book overall-- just takes a little more thinking and remembering!
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Summary: Bogged down
Review: Although this is filled with Grisham's "formula" of the ingenius individual taking on the system and winning, I found much of it hard to believe. That a corporate lawyer would leave everything so willingly to become an advocate for the homeless. I felt that this book had an agenda to advance the plight of the homeless, rather than to be a good book. I felt the same as when a telemarketer calls and tries to convince me to buy that vacuum cleaner no one can do without.
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Summary: Creation of a radical
Review: If you have no sympathy toward the homeless, believing that all homeless have earned their life on the streets, then don't even bother reading this book because you will absolutely hate it. There are quite a few social and political commentaries that will prevent you from enjoying a well-crafted story. That being said, this is not Grisham's best work but certainly is worth reading. The two protagonists are engaging, although the main character seems a little dim-witted at times for a big-time lawyer. And you simply have to feel for the homeless men and women as their life on the streets is described in disturbing detail. I started a blanket drive at work after finishing the book. Of course the good guys win out and the bad guys pay for their misdeeds (and maybe even recognize the error of their ways). The end is a bit abrupt, but Grisham tends to do that. Use your imagination to decide what happens next. Or just enjoy a good, fast-moving story that starts with a literal bang and ends with something far from a whimper.
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