The Rainmaker

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Summary: Very detailed description of a novice graduate and plight
Review: I enjoyed this book for the simple reason that it details the life of a law student of modest means. It provides insight to the pedestal that we put on Lawyers on... after this I realized that lawyers are just as insecure and feel many human emotions that cause them to continue their course or to leave the profession.

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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: I have read and re-read the Rainmaker several times. Most reviewers overlook the best part of the book - the HUMOR! Rudy's acid sarcasm and the rich, eccentric characters that drive the story just cracked me up. Miss Birdie and her bark mulch (read the book for that tidbit) still make me chuckle. Rudy Baylor, Deck, Prince, and especially Miss Birdie are all wonderfully drawn characters.

Sure, it's not life-changing, epic literature from the pen of Steinbeck or Faulkner. It just made me laugh, something that doesn't happen too often in other mainstream generic bestellers. Keep up the good work, Mr. Grisham.

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Summary: Awesome book!
Review: "The Rainmaker" kept me awake through the whole book. I read it in summer school as my free reading choice. Guess what? I just couldn't put it down. I read it everywhere---In my dorm, whenever I have a free time... I even stayed up late just to read one more chapter. It is a great book, I never loved a book so deeply, really. Read it now if you haven't read it. You'll love it!

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Summary: A great book that keeps you turning the pages.
Review: I love all John Grishams and this one was one of my favorites. It shows how some people don't care about anything but money. It's also a really great movie!

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Summary: First-Rate
Review: I loved this book for the page-turner it was and also because it addressed insurance companies and portrayed the one featured in THE RAINMAKER as the often truly evil organizations that insurance companies can be: not caring about the patient, only about the premiums that the patient will bring in. But it also kept me gripped like Craig Furnas's novel THE SHAPE, and I read it with full attention. That Francis Ford Coppola chose to direct this novel as a movie shows it's pretty good right there.

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Summary: The Movie didn't do it justice!
Review: I loved the Rainmaker. I was soo enthralled in it that I almost caused a couple of car accidents by reading and driving. I loved the characters and Donny Ray's death actually touched me. I was soo excited about the book once I finished it that I ran out and rented the movie. I wanted to see the characters come to life. BIG MISTAKE. The book was fantastic and the movie was a huge let down.

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Summary: This shoud be the last in your list of Grisham's works
Review: I started reading all Grisham's work with "Client". This book held me spellbound and after that I became one of Grisham's numerous fans. But the "RainMaker" and "Parter" were somewhat disappointment to me. The plot is too predictable and the characters are not fascinating as in "Client". Maybe, as other readers suspected, Grisham is considering screenplay too much. If you think you'r passionate fan of Grisham, you'd better try other works.

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Summary: movie interesting..but book much more fascinating & detailed
Review: touching story, full of adventure..and excitement...never would guess what happens in the end...

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Summary: A great book
Review: I am only 13 years old but I liked The Rainmaker. It was a good book but it didn't keep my interest for very long. It had a good plot but took to long to unfold. The characters were wierd but interesting. The ending was kind of unrealistic with the amount of 50 million bucks. One of the problems is that all the small stories inside were not finished as well as they could be. An example is Booker, Rudy's best law school friend. He really only was used as a connection to Judge Kipler. He could have been a better part of the storie. But with all of the reviews I have read I see that there are many views on this book. I found the book entertaining and fun to read. It had its boring parts but was worth wile just the same. if you have different views you can mail me at [e-mail]

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Summary: Too Many Subplots
Review: This is a classic David and Goliath story which pits a little known, beginner lawyer against a gigantic, well-financed insurance company. But this book is also many other stories many of which have untied loose ends and have too little to do with the main story to help it. For example whatever happened in regards to the building that Rudy is accused of blowing up? And I think that John Grisham could have done without the character of Kelly. Rudy's relationship with her is way too predictable, making it harder to sympathize with her. In short, what should have been just a good story about a lawyer going up against a bigger enemy almost becomes lost in the jungle of subplots.