The Partner (Audio CD Edition)

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Summary: Love or hate the ending!
Review: I found it interesting that the story starts off with such sympathy for the main character only to discover he's the 'criminal' of the story. Then by the end he's the 'hero' again. I found the book clever enough to keep my attention and the twists and turns made for quick reading as you're anxious to see how Patrick will get out of each scenario. Perhaps the only thing lacking was the high tension present in some of the Grisham books that actually gets your heart beating a little quicker! The whole ending debate really depends on how much you bought into the whole idea of the 'perfect' crime.

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Summary: Great reading until the end
Review: I would have ranked it with my favorites, The Firm and The Client, had it not been for the weak ending. The ending was out of character with the rest of the book, and anticlimactic. It was a great read, fast and easy, but ended with a flat tire.

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Summary: great from beginning to end
Review: grisham's latest novel is one of his best. I bought the book and finished it within 4 days. I stayed up to the wee hours to finish and was very pleased with the ending. I am just starting the Street Lawyer and hope I enjoy it as much as the last. Grisham has a way of grabbing his reader and keeping them till the end. Enjoy.

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Summary: Master of manipulation
Review: What made Patrick, and, as a result, the story, so interesting to me was his ability to predict, react, and manipulate. The only aspect of this book which could have been improved was the ending, but perhaps Mr. Grisham has laid the groundwork for a sequel.

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Summary: An excellent read, kept me guessing until the end.
Review: So many twists to the plot, I really love the idea of a man creating a whole new identity. The best Grisham book I`ve read so far...

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Summary: I paid for it...I might as well finish reading it.
Review: Unfortunately, Grisham has become "just another formula writer". The Partner simply rehashes a plot Grisham has used before...tracing money around the world through electronic transfers. The plot is nothing new...somebody steals money from a bad guy, fakes his own death, gets caught, and then cleverly gets away. The ending is weak. It's like he had told his story and then didn't want to take the time to put a clean closing to the book. Don't waste your money on this one.

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Summary: FINALLY!
Review: a grisham novel comparable to the firm and the pelican brief! i was almost ready to give up on grisham, but this one delivers what fans of his first 2 blockbusters (yes, i realize a time to kill came first, but it didn't become a bestseller until the firm paved the way) expect.

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Summary: not as gripping as i expected it to be
Review: the book just plods along. the language is very simplistic throughout. there were never any points in the book where i just "couldn't put it down". the story logically unfolds and you just keep waiting for somthing to pop, but it doesn't. the ending was as blad as one could imagine-similar to the Firm. i think a good screenwriter could probably breathe some life into it.

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Summary: Excellent novel about greed and love.
Review: I greatly enjoyed the Partner by John Grisham. It was a book easy to pick up but hard to put down. During the 1st half of the book I had a rather low opinion of Patrick but as I read I became rather fond of him. I never could understand how a person with with the brains he had could put all 100+ million dollars into the hands of one person.He put himself totally in her control and he had no recourse when the money walked. I hated to read the final pages as I knew what was going to happen to him. I guess that old saying,"What goes around comes around," applies even to charming crooks.

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Summary: Unique Plot Time-Line Creates Another Successful Effort
Review: THE PARTNER starts out with the hair-raising torture of a thief who has been in hiding for four years. He stole millions of dollars, and people want their money back. So Grisham toys with us; we suspect we're supposed to identify with the thief, but we do so uncomfortably, as we discover he has apparently deceived his partners, and maybe even killed a man, in order to steal close to a hundred million dollars. But as this protaganist fights against formidable odds, Grisham tells the story of the theft, and our comfort level returns. This Grisham hero is similar to others; he is a smart young attorney forced into extraordinary actions by the corruption and malevolence surrounding him. THE PARTNER is one of my favorite Grisham novels because of the way Grisham turns the scenario upside down. We first see the effect of the young attorney's battle against corruption - the cause unravels as the novel unfolds. This makes THE PARTNER one of Grisham's most clever novels, maybe even his best.