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Summary: where is butch karp when we need him?
Review: Lets kill all the lawyers, and to perdition wish them, street lawyer is just "more of the same" it's cookie cutter grisham. a yuppie sheds some tears and gives up his pricey jobby oh mr. grisham please stop now, give up writing as a hobby. i'm sorry to write this review, my trashing was so thorough, i'll get the bad taste taken away, read Tanenbaum and Turow. THUMBS DOWN!!
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Summary: The Soapbox King
Review: John Grisham has written unputdownable novels and he has written ones you often want to use to reach the upper shelves of your linen cabinet. "Street Lawyer" is one of his worst. Much of it is spent preaching the plight of the homeless and indicting anyone who does not see his own point of view. Forsaking plot, character development and writing skills to allow himself a soapbox to slap the hand of those he disagrees with, Grisham has reached the height of ego gratification. Next time, he should just pay for a half hour of prime time television and yell at those of us who he blames for the street people. This novel is boring, charmless and beneath the type of skills he has proven in the past.
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Summary: Grisham fan is disappointed
Review: I have loved every one of Grisham's books and admire him as a person. However, I am afraid he has gotten too rich and now feels guilty. The "poor" people in our country are better off than 90% of the world population. Grisham needs to run for office (as a democrate, of course) and right every wrong. If he does hang onto your billfold. I sincerely hope he can get back on track and deliver as he has in the past. Or has he lost that fire in his gut?
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Summary: Not his best
Review: The book was riveting, powerful, spellbinding,
everything you would expect from John Grisham, up
until the end of the book. The beginning and the middle of the book take us
through a fascinating moral dilemma; that is,
why should we help our "fellow man"? The end, however, leaves a lot to be desired,as
Grisham seems to "cop out" with his
relatively lame-duck ending. The Street Lawyer started out to be a typical
John Grisham thriller; fast paced and exciting,
with a riveting conclusion, but falls flat
at the end.
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Summary: A PBS Special Not a Novel!
Review: This novel could be a social primer for people planning to volunteer in aiding the homeless. A novel? As _Donnie Brasco_ said, "Forgetaboutit!" I kept waiting for something to happen. Could the villians perhaps be Bill and Hillary in another land deal called "squatgate" or perhaps a Bondesque type villian wanting to take over the world? "Forgetaboutit"! The firm "rolls" over faster than a dog with a itch. It's no wonder Grisham has said he won't sell the rights for a movie. This story is so lame they'd have to rewrite the book to make it even romotely interesting. Sorry, John, it's a real stinker but a great social lesson.
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Summary: I hope he is giving his $10 million advance to the poor.
Review: Since he lives in Virginia and is so close to D.C. I'm sure he is up there passing out money cause he sure forgot how to write a book.
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Summary: A documentary rather than a novel!
Review: This work would be perfect for a special on PBS on the plight of the homeless. But as a novel, as said in Donnie Brasco, "forgetaboutit"! I kept reading the book waiting for something really suspenseful to jump out at me. Maybe the real culprits were Bill and Hillary in another Whitewater deal! Maybe it would be a Bondesque type ruler trying to take over the world! No such luck. I don't believe I've read a Grisham novel before where the lawyers "roll over" more quickly. I can understand why Grisham has said he will not sell the novel for a movie. Since he doesn't want the screenplay writer to tinker with his plots, this one the screenplay writer would have to totally rework to make it exciting enough for a movie. Sorry, John, this one is a stinker. But, thanks for the social lesson on the homeless.
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Summary: GRISHAM REALLY CARED ABOUT THIS ONE
Review: KFeig: The reviews will be mixed. Perhaps the characters could have been more developed. Perhaps the plot could hang together more. But in many ways, this effort is an extraordinary mystery. It hangs on a theme that is more than "don't kill," or "children are innocent," or "women detectives can make it in a man's world," or "it is not good to be on death row," or "the world out there is a nasty place." It is an intriguing, suspenseful story built around one of this liberal democracy's most obscene "subplots," THE HOMELESS. These are the homeless we walk by, step over, ignore, wish they would disappear, have the police activate "clean sweeps." We are either indifferent to them or numb to them. From my work on the Holocaust, I know indifference kills. When we walk by, we are using enormous energy to be indifferent. I took this book for a good quick read. I finished it reminding myself that I was being faced with human beings, people - no gray line. And Grisham recatalyzed my social conscience in the form of a mystery I picked up for a "great, quick read." What is so wrong about a mystery that makes us re-care? that reminds us so acutely of human beings? Grisham should be commended. And a careful reading of the novel convinces me that this book was no quick highway to yet more money or more movies for the author. It probably won't be a movie. But it would be quite insensitive and very cynical to miss the fact that in writing this work, Grisham REALLY CARED about what he was doing. I'm glad he did it. It won't win the Pulitzer but I enjoyed it.
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Summary: Once Again, Greatness
Review: Grisham is one of the finest American writers. Few can match the characters he has created here and the plot is simply masterful.
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Summary: Save your money unless you have nothing else to read.
Review: This book consists of about 100 pages of plot and about 250 pages describing the plight of the homeless. After a while, I tuned out the homeless preaching, but then realized that the plot was thin and uninteresting. In short, it was a major disappointment. It saddens me, too, because I thought that "The Partner" was a very entertaining read and that perhaps he was back on track.
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