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 enlarge | Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  454 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0385515049
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385515047
ASIN: 0385515049
Publication Date: January 29, 2008
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 Great Entertainment August 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mary Grace and Tom Payton are a husband and wife legal team and for years they've been representing a woman in Bowmore, Mississippi who lost both her husband and child to cancer which was supposedly caused by Krane Chemical's deliberate chemical spills into the town's water supply. The cancer rate in Bowmore is fifteen times the national average, everyone in town drinks bottled water, even the public pool has been closed.
On the face of it one would think the case was open and shut and that Krane Chemical should settle and be down with it, but the chemical company is a subsidiary of a conglomerate which is run by Carl Trudeau and he's just not the settling kind. There is nothing nice, good or even remotely likable about Trudeau. He's a corporate insider who buy and spits out companies like licorice.
Wes and Mary Grace have been working the case for years, taking on everything Trudeau throws at them. They've gone the extra mile for the cause, they've had to let other clients go, they've sold their house, they lives have become this case. They believe in their client, in what they're doing, but when they win, Trudeau's attorneys are not worried, because they believe they'll win on Appeal.
Trudeau will stop at nothing, the Payton's are determined and there you have the setup for this might versus right, good versus evil story that will keep you glued to your chair, eyes pinned to the pages, heart pounding as you pour through this story. Nobody does suspense and intrigue the way John Grisham does.
Reviewed by Vesta Irene
 SAVE YOUR MONEY August 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read all of Grisham's previous books. This is his first true loser. If you pay $1.00 for this book, you are not only out the $1.00 but also the endless hours it will take you to get through this boring story hoping something surprising or exciting might happen. His characters are bland, and the political statement Grisham is trying to make could have been said in a 500 word newsparer editorial column. He must have been badly in need of a payday.
Fragmented Storry and Simplistic Characters August 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The premise of this book sounded great and it certinaly lured me to buy it. I've read other Grisham books in the past, The Last Juror, being my favourite.
I have a few problems with what could have been an excellent book:
1) Too Short
Why do Grisham's ending always end way too quickly? He has a problem with this, and while he stalls the book right before the climax the eventual resolution is so short it really left me in shock. Probably one of the worst endings ever in a book for so many reasons.
2) Too Fragmented
Grisham was trying to cover a lot of territory in this book over a 2 year period. There are about 10 characters that interplay with different intertwining plots. For me it made a very unenjoyable reading experience. I got bored with a lot of characters quickly.
3) Really Poor Character Development
As other reviewers have said, the protagonists in the book are simplistic and only serve the superficial purpose of advancing the story. They were boring as a result.
Overal the original idea was interesting, but it was just so poorly done, and the ending is what really was disappointing that it left me in disgust.
 Annoying - but with a powerful message August 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
John Grisham rings a warning bell with this sordid tale of corporate bigwigs going to lengths to screw people. As the story begins, a small Mississippi community has won a large verdict against Krane Chemical, whose illegal dumping contaminated the town's water supply and brought many cancer deaths. Annoyed by the verdict, Krane's billionaire CEO conspires with sleazy political operators to "fix" the appeal. How? By defeating a State Supreme Court judge at the polls with a candidate they'll control. They pick a well-meaning but stupid attorney named Ron Fisk to run on a family values, anti-gay marraige platform. The operators pour millions into Fisk's campaign, attacking the better-qualified incumbent with misleading, negative ads. If they can elect Fisk, they may get the verdict reversed on appeal.
THE APPEAL is rather contrived, and falls short of Grisham's top efforts. Yet it has a powerful message about slimey operators and corporate money buying elections via sham issues like gay marraige and family values. Don't laugh, it worked for Bush. A side issue not addressed in these pages is why corporate polluters that kill (not unlike priests that molest) seldom face criminal charges.
Goodbye Grisham August 17, 2008
I have just wasted a portion of my life reading this book with an ending we readers do not deserve. I tried to rate it 0 but can't go less than 1.
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