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Summary: Not his breathtaking best
Review: I love John Grisham and am very loyal to him. I did find this book to be not his best, however. It seems he "rushed it", and the theme is not deeply moving, the characters are not easy to identify with. I always re-read John's books, and I will with this one too. I just felt he wasn't brilliant.
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Summary: Time to inject new ingredients into a tired formula
Review: Grisham has wasted his and our time with this one. Why spend the time reading about a pathetic under-achiever who is given the golden goose. I didn't care about him from the start and it never got better. The characters are boring and, the plot line predictable and very tired. I didn't even finish the book. Don't start it!
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Summary: Average at best
Review: This starts off well, in classic Grisham style, and that's a good thing. It's fast-paced, interesting, a real page-turner. At some point though, about half of the way through, it starts becoming a little too predictable. You know the hero is going to stumble, and he does, but not badly; there is too little conflict here. There needs to be a lot more drama here. The hero is never in any danger, except financially, and who really cares about that? The pharmaceutical industry is also too easy a target to demonize; we already know that it's not exactly the most moral of industries, and Grisham never presents the good about the industry to balance the bad. There is too little character development, and the girlfriend/fiancé character is cookie-cutter at best. Maybe a good beach read, but don't expect too much.
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Summary: Interesting story line...... Needed more though
Review: I've read a bunch of Grisham's novel, not all of them, and this was ok. I found the story line to be rather interesting and learned a lot how the tort system works. Yet, my main problem with this book is that Grisham seemed to start a dilemma with the main character and then it was quickly resolved and onto a new problem. I felt a lot of this book was rushed and it could have gotten into more detail. I also noticed that many of his newer works seem to to be almost exactly the same length in pages. I am wondering if he has to meet a page limit and a lot gets cut out of the finished product. Overall I think this was a decent work but still doesn't live up to his very early works. Also, after reading the Summons, a lot of the info regarding torts was discussed in The Summons and it seemed like a copy and paste job was done.
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Summary: A Dramatic Rise But Oh What A Fall
Review: John Grisham returns to fine form in The King Of Torts. Unlike his previous novel, The Summons,The King of Torts remains consistent and captivating from start to finish. The story depicts the sudden rise and even greater fall of lawyer, Clay Carter as he dabbles in Tort Law. Its interesting to view the different changes in Carter's lifestyle and personality as his firm rakes in settlement fees as well as when Carter turns from hunter to hunted. Many characters are introduced and depicted quite accurately at an appropriate level of detail. Maybe not on the level of The Firm or The Chamber but certainly a return to form for Grisham.
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Summary: Better than some but no courtroom thriller
Review: I will always read Grisham since there may be another book as worthy as The Firm someday. But this book is not it. Granted the book is entertaining and educational about the world of tort lawyers but suspense is not an element included to make you care about the outcome or the characters involved in this novel. Check it out at the library.
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Summary: Enjoyable listening!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audio book on CD. The reader has a wonderful voice and kept the story very interesting. I liked the story, couldn't wait to hear what happened next although it got pretty predictable. You won't go wrong with this CD. There are 5 CD's, 6 hours of listening so it is great for a long trip, or a lot of commuting!
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Summary: Just Awful!
Review: Grisham has finally sold out completely. A man of his intelligence could write this shallow waste of time in a day, and he probably did just that. If a book was ever written simply to profit on the author's name (or what's left of it) this is it. The plot is preachy and predictable, the characters are unremarkable and poorly developed, and the ending is incredibly flat. What's worse; a book written by a lawyer is packed with legal errors, from ethics to procedure. Grisham seems somewhat apologetic in his afterword, and he should be for stamping his name on this thoughtless wonder. Save your cash and spend it on an author who's still hungry enough to put some effort into his writing. Grisham's interests now seem to lie in other realms.
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Summary: Same old same old story
Review: Grisham does a very predictable story thats has been done a million times but this time with lawyers big deal .Leave it on the shelf
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Summary: Dull
Review: Grisham usually delivers quick, easy, and enjoyable reads, but this book fails to hold the reader's attention past chapter eleven. At that point, the book becomes incredibly boring and difficult to finish. Don't waste time or money on this one.
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