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ANY JOHN GRISHAM FANS?

Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:12:03 GMT

I recently started reading Rouge Lawyer, which I'm really enjoying. The only other Grisham book I've read was The Firm.

Someone (I forget who) once told me they are basically all the same .... legal cases and redundant, at that.

Have you read several of his books? Are they all basically the same? TIA!!!

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nbct — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:26:29 GMT

I used to read everything John Grisham wrote, but they did become redundant. My favorite of his books is A Time to Kill. The book is so much better than the movie.

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sassenach1 — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:32:15 GMT

I've read most of Grisham's books. A Time to Kill was his first book and one of the very best. The Firm, too. A Painted House was a big departure from his usual genre, one well worth reading. He probably has contracted for a number of books in a certain style.

He is actually a very good writer. His Ford County series shows the depth of his talent. Grisham, Greg Iles and Pat Conroy are the gifted Southern writers of this time.

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sassenach1 — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 20:29:45 GMT

I posted before I finished . There are several of Grisham's books that I would not recommend, only those I mentioned.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 21:01:11 GMT

He wrote a book different from his usual, called "Calico Joe". Baseball themed. I like it.

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winamac1 — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 21:13:16 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
I recently started reading Rouge Lawyer, which I'm really enjoying. The only other Grisham book I've read was The Firm.

Someone (I forget who) once told me they are basically all the same .... legal cases and redundant, at that.

Have you read several of his books? Are they all basically the same? TIA!!!

I love John Grisham. No, imo, the books are not all the same!

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Lilysmom — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 21:19:47 GMT

In his early days, I loved his books. Now I don't read him at all. His books are like a formula.. Small people against big business, David and Goliath etc etc.

I put him in the same category now as James Patterson. Used to love Patterson's books as well. Don't touch them now. His name is in big print and the co author (who I am assuming is the real author) follows in very small print. Very formula like, very predictable, very boring.

Too many good books out there to be doing the same thing over and over. LM

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kaydee50 — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 21:45:03 GMT

I've ready several of his books and The Street Lawyer and The Client which was made into an excellent movie with Susan Sarandon are my favorites.

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sunala — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 01:40:44 GMT

@Tinkrbl44

I'm a huge John Grisham fan, and I probably always will be unless he starts to write total garbage. I've enjoyed every book of his I've read. I think I skipped a few but I've read all the others. Some of course have been better than others but none of them were bad.

I loved the book where he went against the big tobacco company (I can't remember the title). It may have been one of the first books of his I read. I loved the main character and his investigator. They may all be somewhat similar but that's great because those are the types of books I really enjoy reading. Legal thrillers are one of my favorite genres. I'm now involved in the Mickey Haller series, and the Harry Bosch series, both by Michael Connelly. Love them!

Do you all think he has a writing partner yet? I haven't seen or heard anything to that effect, but you never know.

I did love The Painted House, which was a totally different genre.

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winamac1 — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:33:47 GMT

The Firm was one of my favorite books! I also loved the movie. That book totally held my attention and I couldn't read it fast enough!

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:43:39 GMT

My all time favorite of his is A Time To Kill. If I remember correctly he wrote it before The Firm but it did not do well so after the big success of The Firm it was released again and the public went nuts for it. He is always on my watch list for his newest.

You will have a great winter reading all the ones you missed.

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:31:20 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 link to all books from latest to first with detail about each.

http://www.jgrisham.com/books/

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Tinkrbl44 — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:42:57 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 link to all books from latest to first with detail about each.
http://www.jgrisham.com/books/

@beckyb1012

Wow ..... thanks !!!

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SoX — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:33:46 GMT

@sunala ...

Amazon recently had a sale on Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series ... I made out like a bandit.

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nrm — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 05:14:31 GMT

Yes! I'm a huge fan. The first book of his that I read was The Firm and I loved it. I've read several more and I just started reading The Summons. So far,so good.

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rustee — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:04:30 GMT

I am a JG fan. My first and favorite was King of Torts. It was also one of the first audiobooks I listened to over a decade ago.

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:55:17 GMT

@sassenach1 wrote:
I've read most of Grisham's books. A Time to Kill was his first book and one of the very best. The Firm, too. A Painted House was a big departure from his usual genre, one well worth reading. He probably has contracted for a number of books in a certain style.

He is actually a very good writer. His Ford County series shows the depth of his talent. Grisham, Greg Iles and Pat Conroy are the gifted Southern writers of this time.

@sassenach1

Well, that explains why several stories are located in the south ... I kept wondering "why Mississippi?" ... lol

Just finished Rouge Lawyer and enjoyed it .... funny, but he went out of his way to never mention where this story was centered. I thought that was rather odd.

Now I'm looking to see what I'll read next ......

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:58:31 GMT

@castlenv wrote:
I've ready several of his books and The Street Lawyer and The Client which was made into an excellent movie with Susan Sarandon are my favorites.

@kaydee50

I've seen The Client, The Firm and The Pelican Brief .... enjoyed them all very much.

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bewise — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:31:24 GMT

Enjoy his style and have read many books

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Bridgegal — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:00:53 GMT

@Lilysmom wrote:
In his early days, I loved his books. Now I don't read him at all. His books are like a formula.. Small people against big business, David and Goliath etc etc.

I put him in the same category now as James Patterson. Used to love Patterson's books as well. Don't touch them now. His name is in big print and the co author (who I am assuming is the real author) follows in very small print. Very formula like, very predictable, very boring.

Too many good books out there to be doing the same thing over and over. LM

I disagree. While many of his books have a legal theme , not all do. I gave up on James Patterson years ago when he started giving an outline for a book to a "co-author' to fill in and his books went down hill. John Grisham isn't like that at all. Sure, some of his books are much better than others but they aren't all the same. For example, Calico Joe and Playing for Pizza, to name just two.

I've read all of his books and will continue to read them unless they all start getting bad.