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Summary: Quick Read
Review: The King of Torts by John Grisham moves much quicker than his other books. The pace is almost too fast at times, but allows the reader to feel some of the excitement and anxiety that Clay is feeling with his new found fame. This book also opened my eyes to all those commercials I see on tv and hear on the radio concerning damages done by a certain drug or product.
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Summary: A TIME AND MONEY-WASTER
Review: Thin premise, weak plot line, poor character development, and a lousy ending. Young and gullible lawyer trades his ethics for big bucks but eventually sees the light. Boy leaves girl and goes through trials, then boy gets the same girl he didn't want in the first place. Ho-hum. Don't waste your time. It's clear to me, considering "King of Torts" and the boredom of his "Skipping Christmas," that Grisham has written himself out. (Why didn't I give it a '1', you might ask. Because I did read it all the way through, and because I did learn something about the modern practice of class action law. Were the learnings worth my time? In my opinion, no.)
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I've read 5-6 Grisham novels and they usually keep my attention and interest. This one is the worst by far. Some have said this one was preachy in that it showed his disdain for these types of lawsuits and lawyers. I didn't get that -- it seemed to me that he was almost excusing them. After all, the main character never redeems himself. Furthermore, this novel seemed to just trudge along. Half the book is about the wealth and possessions Clay acquires. I mean literally -- he buys this, that and then some more of this and a building to put them in.... Zzzz...
Also, the characters in this novel were very one dimensional and bland. The most interesting is Ridley, Clay's supermodel, trophy girlfriend!
While I don't think the end is predictable (I was hoping the character would right some wrongs or go to jail) it is anticlimactic and disappointing. It is as if it is saying, "Clay did all this stuff wrong, hurt all these people, allowed an innocent man to go to jail for life, but Clay is okay in the end and that's what matters." I hope Grisham's next is better...of course in my opinion it won't be too hard.
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Summary: King of Warts
Review: This is the last Grisham I am going to read. It is bad. It is poorly written. It is dull. It has no character you care about. I feel that Grisham started as a writer who had some depth and made it fun to read thrillers while learning a bit about law. However, this book dedicated to greed by both the protagonist and the author is the end. Sorry guys. This is the last one for this kid.
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Summary: Definitely not my Grisham favorite. It seemed a bit
Review: 'soap-opera-ish'. It was trying to teach, preach and tell a story at the same time and just did not cut the mustard for me. If you want a light read, and don't want to miss anything Grisham writes, you will enjoy this. Just don't take it too seriously. I still look forwrd to Grisham's next.
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Summary: Poor to rich in less time then you think
Review: This is a great novel, on an average public defender that likes being average, but sooon finds himself being more then just average. I really enjoyed this novel as I do every John Grisham novel. With the detail, and a smoothness I just can't explain. A must read, for anyone dreaming of a little more then normal life.
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Summary: Good, but not as good
Review: This book seemed to go too fast.
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Summary: Enjoyable but ultimately unfulfilling
Review: I think I've read all of John Grisham's novels and this one is definitely my least favorite. Like all of his books it's eminently readable - the pages keep turning, almost by themselves! But it's a pretty obvious conclusion that you see building up, the motivations of the characters were not convincing and the final pages were mostly a "so what"?
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Summary: Not one for the time capsule.
Review: On the positive side, this was a compelling read - suspenseful, with interesting characters and decent plot development. Sadly, it ultimately disappoints. The main character's journey into greed and arrogance would seem to lead the reader toward something either meaningful, catastrophic, or in-your-face-greed-is-good cynical. Maybe it tries to do all three, but sadly, it succeeds at none. The almost inadvertant climax leads into an unsatisfying, incomplete, unresolved, weak ending with the reader (or at least this reader) feeling, "So, what was the point of this again?" Grisham seems to have been drifting toward this type of unresolved ending, with no clear resolution. "The Summons" ended with a similar lack of resolution, but worked better. With "King", Grisham just left me wanting. Not more, but something else.
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Summary: Justice Becomes an Oxymoron
Review: Grisham is back to his legal thrillers, and I was SO involved in this one that addresses pharmaceutical companies and mass tort litigation. Justice becomes an oxymoron as the main character is led astray from his values, from the girl he loves and greed takes over. An expose on the big business of advertising, pharamaceuticals, mass torts, environmentalism and sprawl, corporate and personal greed, with a bit of product liability and temptation tossed in for seasoning. Grisham has a way of painting a picture, and being a moralist, and having a clever twist at the end and his sarcastic comments are always (to me) quite wonderful. The author also seems to be a man I can respect when it comes to affairs of the heart. His view point of the failings of our justice system, and the greed of the men in suits may result in the reader having a different perspective on the pharmaceutical industry and class action lawsuits.
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