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Summary: Well...
Review: I have read almost all of John Grisham's books and it seems to me that they keep getting worse. I loved The Firm, A Time to Kill, and the Partner. After the Street Lawyer his book are just boring, the Testiment was a little better. The Brethren was about the worst of his books that I have read. It took me so long to get through. I was not reading the book to find out what happens but to just finish it so I could start a different one.
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Summary: fast read
Review: Oh it's a fast read, because there is not much to this "Grisham-pump-it-out-fast-for-the-bucks" book. Weak character development, weak plot lines & a hurried ending make for a poor read. The timing of the political primaries was an editorial coup. Too bad they did not take as much time as our Government does, to plot this out. Shame shame John, why don't you write about baseball? I am sure you could kill off at least 1 attorney in that scenario too.
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Summary: Is it me?
Review: Call me crazy, but I think that 343 uses of the phrase "buck wild" is excessive. I know, Grisham is trying to add truth to the particular milieu, but please. Likewise with the constant and irrelevant peppering's of "Where my dogs at?" What was the rationale there? That's the real mystery.
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Summary: Liar Liar pants on fire
Review: This book was really, really interesting. I enjoyed it. Jon Grehsam is an intriguing fellow. His life story is unbelievable. I couldn't believe his life story. He's been through alot. He has alot of feelings and he made me feel alot of them. Jhon Girsham kicks!
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Summary: Is John Getting Hungry?
Review: Like , Tom Clancy, I wonder if John is going hungry so that he has to publish novels that do not meet earlier standards. I eagerly awaited the book, having been a Grisham fan, but was very disappointed when I finished reading it. I thought the plot was weak, the ending easily figured out, and overall not up to the usual Grisham standards. I hope John gets his next book back on track.
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Summary: Light Reading
Review: As opposed to most of his other books, that is. I enjoyed the book, but it is not nearly as suspenseful as most of his others. And as other reviewers have noted, you really don't find yourself able to root for any of the characters. But since we are in the middle of an election year it certainly gave me something to think about.
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Summary: The Brethren
Review: John, I am so disappointed. I have been waiting forever it seems for a new book from you. My guess would be that you were trying to make a deadline and cut the book short. It could have been so much better.Next time tell your agent to cool his jets and finish the book!
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Summary: The Brethren
Review: What a total let down. After finishing the book I gave it away. The book focused to much on money. Aaron Lake and the CIA would have been a better way to go. The judges were just down right boring.
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Summary: YUCK!
Review: After reading novels written by Ed McBain, Richard North Patterson, I have become accustomed to superior prose and eloquent writing. Therefore, reading Grisham's latest drivel was a major letdown. The prose seemed to be directed for 4th graders, the much talked about humor was absent, and the characters were uninspiring, unexciting people I cared nothing about. In short what an absolutely dreadful read.
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Summary: Plenty of thread but no seamstress.
Review: If you're gonna tell a story, have a point. At the outset, these inevitably dissecting story threads appeared to hold great promise of becoming a complex interwoven yarn; a tapestry of the American political and criminal justice landscapes. In the end, however, they were as bland as a worn out, plaid Samsonite. If you're looking for a read that is fully engaging and that is as colorful as the kaleidoscopic American culture, then do yourself a big favor and pick up a copy of "Inside Job: Deep Undercover as a Corporate Spy." This true-life crime story, written by a fella named Kenneth Bucchi, has all the pigments that "The Brethren" lacks, and, more importantly, when you weave all those threads through your needle (which hopefully has a point) you wind up with a garment that not only pleases you, but that surprises you as well. Not unlike "The Brethren," "Inside Job" is about deception, betrayal, intrigue, peril, and absolute power and control, the likes of which would make Orwell or J. Edgar Hoover blush. This is Grisham's worst effort to date. My suggestion, John, read "Inside Job" and take up crochet.
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