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Summary: Joe Bfplspk, in Li'l Abner, had nothing on this hero...
Review: Remember the little guy in the comic strip Li'l Abner who always had a dark raincloud over his head as he walked around mumbling to himself?Well, Rudy Baylor, the protagonist in this story, had about the same outlook. It isn't just that he was paranoid--they really were after him! Rudy was in his final year of law school in Memphis, Tennessee, a town overrun with lawyers, when the law firm that he intends to join is swallowed up, and he loses out. Not only that, but he is forced into bankruptcy, he loses his girlfriend and his apartment is burglarized. Is that all? No way! He digs up a promising insurance case, and so another slick law firm takes him on, tries to grab his case and dumps him. Then, his third employer, an underworld character, gets run out of town by the feds and he is again out of work. Then Rudy falls in love with a married woman whose husband likes to beat her up with a baseball bat and he rents an apartment from an old bat who wants him to work a 40 hour week on her yard, in addition to his other jobs. This guy has more hard luck than the guy who asked God, "Why me, God?" and the voice came down from heaven and said, "I dunno, Smith, you just ( ) me off!" Grisham has written a doozy of a book, here. It is pure entertainment. Because Grisham is himself a lawyer, of course, you get the real lowdown on what a trial lawyer thinks of his colleagues and his profession--and also, as icing on the cake, what he thinks of insurance companies, with which he has had vast experience in real life. As might be expected, his opinion on both subjects is probably shared by the bulk of Americans, which accounts for all the lawyer jokes and crooked insurance company stories. You should enjoy this one. I did! Joseph Pierre,
Author of The Road to Damascus
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Summary: The Lawyer of the Year
Review: John Grisham, a former lawyer, tried to show to his readers that he looks for the truth. The truth which is impossible to find in these days. Days of money and lies. Nobody likes to give money away, but nobody likes to die neither. Between a sick poor guy and a large insurance company there is one thing - money. Money for life. This story impies that the insurance is not always the best thing. There are so many people out there who try to get your money and to give nothing back. They just want to rob you and nothing else. And somebody has to fix all this unfairness. Grisham is not able to do that by himslef, his job is to show the truth about this world, and how many unclear deals there are behind these big companies. Grisham took the first step. Who will be next?
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Summary: my first Grisham and loved it
Review: This is the first Grisham book i ever read now im hooked, it was a great story, I couldnt put it down
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Summary: Enjoyment "Rains" in Grisham's The Rainmaker
Review: The Rainmaker is probably one of John Grisham's most entertaining books. The pages will turn faster than lawyers can scribble on legal pads in this one, the story of young lawyer Rudy Baylor. An interesting look at the world of law, what young lawyers must go through, and what they must overcome to be successful. With Baylor, Grisham's takes us on a joyride of constant up and downs. And a classic battle of David Vs. Goliath emerges when the to say the least "green" Baylor, barely out of law school, takes on Insurance Godzilla Great Benefit. Baylor is interesting as the lead character, but more interesting are the supporting characters. Deck, Rudy's "Paralawyer", Kelly Rifer, Rudy's new found love, and my favorite character, Leo Drummond, the notorious "in charge" Lawyer for Great Benefit. The Rainmaker is a bit predictable (the verdict that is) and after things are hard at first in the trial for Baylor, things get a little bit too easy. The insurance lawyers fold a little too easily. I believe in real life, Baylor would have had quite a bit more problems on his hands. I liked The Rainmaker the film, perhaps even better than the novel, because things were more difficult in the courtroom for Rudy. Jon Voight is also outstanding as the part of Leo Drummond in the film. I additionally felt the novel was about 40 pages too long and should have ended differently. Yet The Rainmaker, besides a few complaints, is an absorbing, page turning read in which you'll find yourself reading the last page of a lot sooner than you thought you would.
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Summary: Grisham is the best!
Review: The rainmaker is great! it starts off kind of stupid and not makin any sense but once the trial starts i didnt put it down! awesome book!
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Summary: Apollo's Rainmaker Review
Review: The Rainmaker is a good book that deals with real life struggles. This book is about a young law student (Rudy Baylor)who has a good job right out of law school. Two weeks bfefore the Bar Exam , though, he finds out his job is no longer there. The book shows him struggling out of Law School, and geting a job for a sleazy lawyer. He eventually starts his own practice, having only one client. What he doesn't know is this client will make him the bigest rainmeaker in history. He takes the case to court,and at the end of the trial he gets a verdict for $50 million! This book shows that hard work and struggle eventually pay off.
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Summary: a great book
Review: This is one of Grishams best. Its the kind of book that makes you want to kep reading when your finished with the book. The characters are great. I could picture each one perfectly in my head.
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Summary: Bravo! Excellente!
Review: This book was the most incredible book I have ever read! I love all of the John Grisham books and they are fabulous! I have to specially order them though because where I live there is not many American books. I wish you would read this books and all the ones he has written and please read the book "Long Nights in Paris"it is good to! Read this book please.
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Summary: Great
Review: I really liked this book. Even though it was really long it was exciting. I liked it when Rudy would help Kelly and Mrs. Birdie. It would have been hard to be a first time lawyer with a hard insurance case that could be worth millions of dollars. You should read the book it is good, I reccommend it.
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Summary: Grisham Couldn't have written a more Predictable Story
Review: Indeed, it would have taken many years of studying the meaning of the word Predictable to have come up with something that lacked even more suspense than this book. So why then the four star rating? Simply because this book just didn't need a large amount of suspense, it succeeds far better as a drama.
One of my biggest "Grisham Gripes" is the manner in which his style turns everything human and emotional into simply words, conveying little feeling what-so-ever. You have to employ a lot of imagination to get around his lack for detail and a lot of patience to get through his books. The Rainmaker is no exception to those gripes, however it does have a different appeal to it. Its somewhat riveting to see a giant corporation get whats coming to it (although I will always agree the Movie, for once, was better then the book). A young law student with dreams of fame and opening his own lawfirm winds up with a major lawsuit against an insurance company. It couldn't have been more simple, Grisham repeats a formula of this nature seemingly everytime, substituting insurance agency for whatever subject matter may be necessary. The Rainmaker having proved the only successful attempt for Grisham at writing a book worth the money it cost to buy it when you could have simply seen the movie.
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