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Summary: Excellent Novel
Review: I can't understand why the previous reviewers had such bad impressions after reading this book.
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Summary: Six hours worth listening to
Review: I just completed listening to this book. I really enjoyed the characters. I thought Turow did a great job. I could really picture the court room in my mind. I could see the lawyer's at their tables. The witnesses on the stand. This book keeps you on your toes. Keeps you thinking. It was a great way to pass the time while on my eight hour drive on the interstates between NW Iowa and NE Illinois.
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Summary: Great build-up, poor finish
Review: The story builds well with a fascinating court case, sprinkled with flashbacks to the main characters in their early years. The whole story comes apart in the last 25% of the book, and never recovers. I like Turow's work, this is not his best.
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Summary: A baby boomer might enjoy this more than me...
Review: The story is interesting and complex. I feel like I am missing some kind of understanding because I was not yet born in 1965. I guess I am having a hard time identifying with the main characters. But it did keep me intrigued enough to read through the end.
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Summary: The worst Turow book of the lot
Review: I had read at least 2 of Turow's other novels when I started this one, and was expecting his usual. I was very disappointed. The book just drags on and on with very little to keep your attention. I came close to stopping at many points, but thought it must pick up soon, this is Turow we're talking about. But it never picked up, in fact, it just got worse and worse. Skip this one, even if you love Turow. Save yourself the longest week of your life.
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Summary: Awful. Turow's worst, by far.
Review: Avoid this one. It's good for a cold,winter evening but only as a fire-starter.Laws of Our Fathers starts out with a bang, then becomes a slow and boooooring rehash of all that was bad about the sixties. That I finished it at all speaks more to my stubborn heritage than Mr. Turow's writing. I probably won't even read his next one - quite a comedown, considering Scott Turow was one of my all-time favorite writers. Give this one a miss.
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Summary: A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE BOOK!
Review: I liked an earlier Turow book, but this one is terrible. Sections are written in a phoenetic ghetto slang that I had to read aloud to understand. Turow filled the book with so much past history of the characters that he forgot to get on with the story. It significantly diluted the plot and left me not just empty, but annoyed. Skip this thing and move on.
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Summary: BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE VS GANG LEADERS
Review: I like the way Turow weaves together characters of dramatically diverse backgrounds into one human drama. I empathized with this Judge not wanting to try this case, a case where nobody wins. You want to kill the father, and you feel sorry for his son not because he's charged with murdering his mom -- but because he had such bizarre parents. Turow weaves their stories and torments together so skillfully... how could anyone not hang on to the end?
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Summary: Going nowhere... excrutiatingly slowly
Review: This was the most boring book that I've ever read, bar none, and I've read a lot of boring books. The only remotely interesting chapter is the first one and from that point the 'novel' (loosely used word) spirals downward until the final few chapters which (in the case of the italicized chapters) are literally unreadable. Other reviewers have talked about this being 'literary fiction'. Apparently if it's really boring, uninteresting, not exciting and oh, reduntantly written, it must be literature. BAD BOOK! BAD BOOK!
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Summary: Not Your Basic Mystery Book
Review: People looking for a page-turning thriller like early Turow or Grisham may be disappointed in this effort. But those looking for a more complex novel will be deeply rewarded by Turow's examination of relationships, history, and the inner workings of the story's 3 main characters. I found his development of Sonia to be skillful and wonderful to watch. I was very pleasantly surprised by Turow's insight into the human heart and psyche.
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