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review 2022-01-29 21:08
A true classic from the master of the legal thriller
A Time to Kill - John Grisham

It has been some 25 years since I first read this great book. It is fast paced, exciting and very informative of the American jury system. Highly recommended!

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review 2021-11-19 09:59
Balonika dmuchanie
Zeznanie - John Grisham

Niewinny człowiek zostaje skazany na karę śmierci. Niemal w ostatniej chwili prawdziwy zabójca wraz z pewnym pastorem postanawiają zrobić wszystko, by nie dopuścić do wykonania wyroku i...

 

Cóż, jednym z niewielu ale jednak dość dużym problemem tej książki jest to, iż nie kończy się ona w momencie egzekucji (żebyście nie myśleli, że spoiluję, sami musicie sprawdzić, czy w końcu do niej doszło, czy nie). Do tego momentu powieść czyta się błyskawicznie, napięcie stopniowo i bez przerwy rośnie, czas płynie nieubłaganie, do ostatniej chwili nie wiadomo, czy uda się uratować niewinnego. Kulminacyjny moment następuje już gdzieś w 3/4 książki.

 

Potem jednak ten balon zostaje przekłuty, marszczy się, flaczeje i w końcu ląduje gdzieś w kącie. Powieść z thrillera przeradza się w swego rodzaju połączenie publicystyki z kroniką wydarzeń. Czyli nie do końca w to, co - przynajmniej w moim odczuciu - obiecuje na początku. A, jak wiadomo, ludzka psychika (moja też...) tak działa, że bardziej pamiętamy koniec niż środek.

 

Stąd podejrzewam, że środkowego akapitu nikt nie przeczytał.

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text 2020-05-06 14:11
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Sycamore Row: A Novel (Jake Brigance) - John Grisham

Oh boy, I am in a real audiobook reading funk. I have almost a hundred acquired audios waiting to be read and can't work up a real interest in any of them. I just DNF'd an Audible monthly freebie that isn't in the catalog here and I'm too lazy to add. 

 

So, since I re-read A Time To Kill recently, and this sequel was available immediately at the library, I'm going to give it a shot.

 

Fingers crossed!

 

 

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review 2020-04-13 15:29
"The Tumor", by John Grisham
THE TUMOR A Non-Legal Thriller - John Grisham
This book is a pitch to promote the potential impact of focused ultrasound: today’s medical story could become tomorrow’s lifesaving reality.

A free book although small 67 pages from John Grisham I couldn’t resist although I admit to have skipped the synopsis and the size of the book after all Grisham’s books are excellent…non.

We have in this story two scenarios:

The first starts with a fictional Paul receiving a diagnosis of a lethal brain tumour and the painful battle he and his family go through till his death.

Spring ahead 10 years in the second story is on focused ultrasound technology and its potential to change lives. Paul undergoes the treatment and his life is spared for many years.

This is not a thriller but rather a pamphlet and a promotion for a foundation looking into focused ultrasound. Great cause but advertising is advertising….
 
 

 

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review 2020-04-01 14:00
A Time to Kill ★★★★☆
A Time to Kill - John Grisham

I hadn't read this since it was first published in 1989, and boy has it aged. It's still a pretty good courtroom thriller, and far better than the more recent Grisham books I've tried, but oh boy I had forgotten what the world was like in the 1980's and I wish I wasn't reminded. 

 

Although Jake is the protagonist here, and the nominal hero, he's no Atticus Finch, crusading for justice. Or at least, Atticus Finch as we know him from Mockingbird. I still try to pretend I never read Watchman. He's self-serving and self-interested, doing his damnedest for his client but not adverse to furthering his own career and reputation. He's mean. He's dismissive toward even the women he admires. He discards people once he's gotten what he wants from them. 

 

Still, it's a good story, and a savage look at the justice system and the society that maintains it. 

 

Audiobook, via Audible. Michael Beck's performance is excellent. 

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