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Summary: This one deserves to be homeless from my bookshelf
Review: Ewww!! I'm covered with all the mess from Grisham's bleeding heart. What kind of claptrap was this? I waited six weeks on the library's waiting list to read a tale that was somehow supposed to make me feel more compassion for the homeless. Every character in the book was exactly that -- a character. Not anyone in real life, just the stereotypical bleeding heart lawyer working to save the homeless, the man who suddenly gets an epiphany and chucks it all to do the same, the homeless loser mother and her four kids who die in the streets. Blah blah blah. If Grisham was hoping to cleanse his own soul by bringing his message/guilt about the homeless to his readers, then sorry, this reader didn't take the bait. Lucky for him, his readership is loyal and won't chuck HIM -- at least not right away.
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Summary: Typical Grisham with a message
Review: I found the book enjoyable, Grisham can move a story along, though a little too preachy for light summer reading. His desciptions of the plight of the homeless were poignant and seems to reflect the author's basic decency. The plot was a little too contrived. The characters too archetypal, especially Mordecai. The main character Michael Brock is the best part of the book. His transformation from callow workaholic to human being was the reason I kept turning the pages. I found "The Street Lawyer" superior to his last effort "The Partner", though I wish he can produce another "A Time to Kill."
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Summary: Thin plot and a quick ending.
Review: It seemed to me to be one of those books that ran over schedule and had to be completed quickly. The ending was a little "and they lived happily ever after"-ish.
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Summary: Disappointing and boring and those are it's good qualities.
Review: It took me 4 tries to ever get myself to finish this book. The only "real" characters in the book were the girl and her children who died. Mr. Grisham has evidently not "lived" in the real world and seen poverty first hand, or had to work for $30,000. per year like some of his readers have. While I believe Mr. Grisham truly "believes" in his topics, and in the "statements" that he is trying to make, however, I feel that he did not do his homework on this one.
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Summary: Grisham does it again
Review: Good story, the best character development of Grisham's career. A sort of coming of age story that stays strong throughout. Grisham has become to formulaic of late. This story still sticks to the formula but overall the characters and ending are stronger than what he has produced in these areas in other novels lately. Good summer read!
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Summary: Despite Mixed Reviews, A Great New Grisham
Review: Despite the many mixed reviews, and downright horrible ones for that matter, I think this book really is a great work by Grisham. Although it does not have the roller-coaster-like, twisting and turning, edge of your seat climatic finish that characterize many of Grisham's books, I think this is Grisham's most sincere work. The story is still compelling and hard to put down. Anyone who has or is thinking similar thoughts of the contest between having a social conscious and making lots of money, (sleeping well vs. eating well), should really enjoy this narrative. Additionally, this really is more of a narrative due to the different style that Grisham uses in this book. I felt as if I were sitting on a porch listing to Grisham recount this story more than as if I were watching a Hollywood psychological thriller.
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Summary: Worst book he's written!
Review: All of Grisham's books in the past had one common theme - you couldn't put it down. The Street Lawyer had one disturbing problem - I had to force myself to pick it up with the hopes that it would improve which as we all know , it didn't. I don't know who wrote this book, but it wasn't Grisham (at least I hope not). I'll be waiting for the next one. I hope it's better because unlike in baseball where it's three strikes and out, for Grisham it will be two strikes and you're out.
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Summary: It was an average book by Grisham.
Review: It is a well written book but I suggest the Partner for the max suspence.
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Summary: Pure Shlock.
Review: I got about halfway through the book waiting for something interesting to happen. I started getting annoyed because not only was it a bad read, but also because it was preachy and maudlin. I considered finishing the book, believing that Grisham would get back on track with his old style. But instead I read the Amazon reader reviews and realized that things would not be getting better. I'm glad I only borrowed this book and didn't buy it.
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Summary: another one
Review: Dear John! The plot is known, the result is predictable, don't write another one. Unfortunately you won't change the world with your books, although I respect the subjects you pick to discover and critizize. Give me another "Firm" please
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