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Summary: A good read on a rainy weekend
Review: The Last Juror did not have the usual flair that Grisham's books have but still a nice read. I would recommend it to anyone that enjoyed A Painted House.
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Summary: Slightly entertaining
Review: The book had a good, typical Grisham start however, midway through it became boring and lost the earlier developed crispness. It would not hurt the author to seriously think about having his books reviewed by readers and not friends and specialists. This way he would get the best suggestions. However, the element of surprise may be lost in there. Overall an average book which will sell well because of author's previous reputation.
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Summary: zero stars for this book
Review: What a disappointment- the introduction sounded soooo interesting; well, the book was interesting up to the point of the trial and conviction of Danny Padgitt; Then, instead of projecting ahead as the book promises after Padgitt gets out of jail in 9 years, Mr. Grisham is now rambling on and on; i am two thirds through this book (by the way i started out absolutely loving it) and there is still no mystery, no suspense about the revenge of Danny Padgitt-so when does the retribution begin Mr. Grisham? did you get lost somewhere in time and begin to love your writing to much you forgot where the storyline was going? I wish i could get a refund. You know the real kicker is, i really enjoyed the book so much until Mr. Grisham got lost in space somewhere with all the characters in this town in Mississippi-- puh-lease--i will finish the book because i bought it but i would not recommend you spend your hard earned money on it; if you must wait till it comes out in paperback if you can't resist Mr. Grisham's books.
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Summary: Don't let the Book Description fool you!
Review: I, too, was taken in by the Book Description. That is, "He returned to Ford County and the retribution began." The book was mildly entertaining, but I was disappointed that it wasn't what I expected.
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Summary: Back to his roots
Review: I first became acquainted with Grisham through the PELICAN BRIEF and haven't missed one of his books since. Despite the seeming rut his books became entrenched in, I nevertheless marched on and tried to keep interested.A PAINTED HOUSE, was a great departure from the usual legal thriller, and I greatly enjoyed his venture from the "boiler plate" style his books had become. Likewise with the LAST JUROR, I was pleasantly suprised with his return to Clanton, Mississippi and his wonderful style of telling his story about the growth of a young adult thrust into a career he never imagined, and managing to become succesful despite himself. As an avid reader of Grisham's novels, I secretly hoped that he would explore in greater detail some of the characters I remembered from A TIME TO KILL. Lucien Wilbanks could easily have become more of a major character and we could have been given more detail about his legal career. Despite this, I highly recommend this book and would encourage Grisham to once again explore utilizing some reoccuring characters in his future books.
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Summary: A Yankee Comes to Clanton
Review: Great book. Indeed the story is about the town of Clanton,Mississippi seen through the eyes of a liberal Yankee newspaper editor. You'll enjoy reading the book if you like reading about small town Southern culture. Not Grisham's very best but still a very good book. He does well painting pictures of small town life and the dynamics among the groups in those towns. Keep it up Grisham!
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Summary: False Advertising in Ford County
Review: "He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began." Kudos to the person who wrote this line; you certainly know how to sell a book. You sold one to me, and I haven't bought a Grisham book in years. I thought I was in for a tightly-wound tale of suspense and intensity as a released killer wreaked vengeance on an entire jury, that it would come down to the last juror, and that he or she, along with the usual assortment of beer-drinking, barbeque loving, eccentric friends almost every Grisham main character has in tow, would triumph in a spectacular, bang-up conclusion. Not so. What I did get was Grisham's very accurate descriptions of small-town southern life. The town of Clanton is the true main character in this book, and it was an interesting enough character to keep me happy and reading. Also interesting is following Willie around as he tries to develop his paper into a publication people have to have. As usual, Grisham shows us that the path to success is certain to have its share of days when you feel like a loser or a fool. However, many things about the book bothered me. I realized early on who the real person to watch out for was; Grisham made it obvious. It left me wondering about Grisham's assessment of his readers' IQ. Another troubling aspect of the book was how certain events were described after the fact and with only a few sentences. It felt like he was a tour guide in a museum, running behind schedule, hurrying you through the exhibits with the condensed version of facts. Often times there was too much information given about things that didn't really matter and not enough about things that did. People appeared and disappeared with seemingly no other purpose than to pad a few paragraphs or pages. To be fair, in life we come into contact with lots of people each day who take up our time but will have little to do with the outcome of our personal stories. But in a book, if you take up lots of print, you better be about something important! To conclude, if you are a Grisham fan no matter what, read the book. You will enjoy it and think I don't know jack, giving it only 2 stars. There are some suprises and plenty of nice moments, the kind that make you think John Grisham would be a good guy to sit on the front porch with and wax poetic about life, spurred on by cold beer and a comfortable rocking chair.
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Summary: Page turner!!
Review: I was getting bored with Grisham so approached this one warily...and got really hooked. The characters are really well described and you care about what is happening to them. A real time capsule of what it was like in the South in the 70's. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: Bait and Switch
Review: Thought it would be another great courtroom thriller like Runaway Jury or The Partner. Instead, it's a long winded, wandering human interest story.
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Summary: A Bundle for the Grishamite, a speck of fun for others
Review: Look, this is not the firm. This is not the Runaway jury or rainmaker. This is more of the "time to kill" setting. Its a more relaxed book. A lot of description of the ppl of the town of county. Its more like the life and times of a particular village. Very Earthy. Thriller is secondary, the people here are primary. Divided into 3 sections. Book 2 section is very boring indeed. Its just to make it a decently fat book and increase word count. Not that great a novel, read it if you want to read every Grisham on the shelf.Very simple, kindergarden variety legal thriller. Black and white. Good guy, bad guy. Bad guy is very bad but keeps getting away. Comic book type. But I guess Grisham wanted it to be kind of caricaturish. Its abt a young who buys a newspaper and his decent ascend in making his paper successful commercially. On the way the paper and the owner (our protagonist) cover the story of a member of the (bad bad wolf) paget family. The guy has committed rape and there's a trial and well...considering there is not much to tell in this book, I dont want to spoil the teeny weeny speck of fun you'll have reading it.
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