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Re: John Grisham

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moonstruck wrote:Grisham's narration is fine, but IMHO his stories are almost like painting different people against the same old background. You know you're in for a lot of courtroom jargon, and a lawyer "unexpectedly" bringing justice to someone, when you pick a John Grisham up.
Absolutely agree, really enjoyed his early books but then, like so many, he figured he had a winning formula and sticks rigidly to it. His books are fine if you want to read the same book over and over but personally I prefer originality and I like my authors to take risks and try something different.
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FNAWrite wrote:.....I stopped reading him after about the fourth book in a row had a scene where he explicitily said 'He rested his rump on the edge of the desk and...' . Rump, behind something. Never just 'He sat on the edge of the desk' or in a chair maybe, but each time he noted the placement of buttocks on the sitting surface (which was usually edge of desk). Hey, I know what sitting means, I don't need the author to explain it in every book.

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LOL, I found it. But not in a John Grisham book. I'm reading "Blood & Breakfast - West Midlands Noir" by William Stafford, a humorous detective novel. In it, Stafford digs at many things (including Anglo-American relationships)
and I was amused to read "Brough didn't like the way Stevens perched his buttock on the edge of the table."
Perhaps a parody?
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I have read most everything by John Grisham and definitely list him among my favorites. Runaway Jury was my favorite book for a long time.
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Patsy wrote:I have read most everything by John Grisham and definitely list him among my favorites. Runaway Jury was my favorite book for a long time.
Gene Hackman was brilliant in the movie version of Runaway Jury.
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I have read most of John Grisham's novels, at least up to The Innocent Man. Though I love most of his books, my all-time favorite is The Street Lawyer . It's about a hotshot lawyer whose life is dramatically changed when his firm is held up by a homeless man.
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I love Grisham. During my law degree, I got really downhearted about the number of corporate firms that were sniffing around us, and I have to say that The Street Lawyer got me through a really difficult time in working out what I wanted to do with my career.
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I like Grisham's books, but I've noticed something odd. Some of them I've bought used, others new. The thing is, the less I pay for one of his books, the more I enjoy it.
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I used to enjoy reading Grisham, but the novel Painted House put me off his work.
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He's definitely a quality author. I will admit though after reading about 5 of his books I began to lose interest in his works, mainly because they were so similar with little range (IMO) in the character development.

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Not a big fan myself. Once you've read a couple, you know how all the rest are going to end. My SIL loves his books though. I prefer the movie adaptations. LOL!!
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I have read several of his books, and I really enjoyed them all. My favorite would probably be A painted House, it's a great book.
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I have only read a few of his and those include The Rainmaker, The Client (MY FAVORITE) and The Runaway Jury.

I would love to read more soon!!
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I don't normally devote reading time to authors who put out book after book in formulaic fashion. So, no, no John Grisham for me.
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I can't get over his book-A time to kill. It was the best. The building up of the plot. The descriptions come alive in the mind. Smacks of being practical and truth. The raw truth.
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I like all of his books, my favorite being A Time to Kill. That is the one that had me buying his others.
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