John Grisham - A Time to Kill

Pros: You can't put this one down until your finished
Cons: A little graphic in details

A Time To Kill by John Grisham is a gut-wrenching novel, packed with twists and turns. It will leave you speechless and begging for more.


The Plot
A black man named Carl, who has grown up his whole life with racism, takes the law...

Pros: Spell binding, well written tale of a fathers quest for justice.
Cons: Hard to read because of subject matter.

***Disclaimer*** A mature subject matter is discussed in this review, the rape of a young child. If this disturbs you please hit the back button on your browser. Thank you.

I want you to close your eyes and think for a moment....

Pros: Plot, storyline, courtroom drama
Cons: Wasted a lot of pages on needless details.

Introduction After wrapping up The Testament, I got a chance to read up A Time To Kill which I took up as soon as I came to know that it was John Grisham's first novel. The Plot Carl Hailey is a African American who has a ...

Pros: Unbelievable this is his first novel. It brings out many emotions for its readers.
Cons: I would like to see a follow-up book based on the character, Jake Brigance.

I am a huge John Grisham fan and have read all his books but for Skipping Christmas and The Innocent Man. I have the latter, but yet to find the time to read it. The Author First off, I think it is important to know a little about Mr. ...

Pros: Great characterization, lots of humor, great plot
Cons: none

The good-old-boy southern lawyer is a figure as American as the cowboy or the outlaw biker. He poses as a stumble-bumble country oaf with a sun-burned face, he wears a wrinkled suit and a day-old beard, he speaks in the soft tones of the rural south, he...

Pros: COMPELLING, SKILLFULLY WRITTEN, KEEPS YOU IN THE MIDDLE FROM THE FIRST PAGE TO THE LAST
Cons: the first chapter is not for the squeemish

Try to imagine the most violent, defiling, demoralizing, inhuman rape ever to be committed against a woman. It immediately hurls you into a rage that is beyond belief. How any man could go over so many limits of the human mind and commit such a...

Pros: Makes You Think
Cons: Vivid Telling of Crime - Almost Too Vivid

When I first saw the title of this book, I thought it was a facetious remark by the author. Many people believe that there is never a time to kill, but after reading this book, it may have changed some of those minds.

John Grisham loves to...

Pros: excellent plot, time frame could be any time, any place, any race
Cons: drags in places, violent

A Time To Kill by John Grisham is a story that could be told in any time-frame, in any location and involve any two races of human beings. But John chooses to tell this story in Mississippi, in the 70's I believe, with the two races...

Pros: You can't put this one down until your finished
Cons: none

A Time To Kill by John Grisham is a gut-wrenching novel, packed with twists and turns. It will leave you speechless and begging for more.


The Plot
A black man named Carl, who has grown up his whole life with racism, takes the law...

Pros: Great plot and storyline
Cons: Copied from To Kill a Mockingbird; unrealistic racial undertones

This novel is unequivically John Grisham's best.

Two white men in rural Mississippi rape and murder a black girl. When they go to court to be arraigned, her father, Carl Lee, kills both of them. In turn, he is put on trial and faces first...

Pros: well written, good story, sympathetic characters
Cons: none

Put this book on your "must read" list.
Grisham really outdid himself with this
one.
In "A time to kill", Grisham has created
characters that you can't help but be
sympathetic to. The book draws you in
...

Pros: still his best book ever written
Cons: nothing bad to say

This was Grisham's first book, and it remains his best. I've read all his books and this one has held up as the best one he ever wrote. Not only does it stand up for the suspense, but it stands up for the issues that Grisham holds dear. His angle in...

Pros: Great story line
Cons: Not for the weak hearted....very captivating and truthful

O.k, I first got onto John Grisham's books through a friend, and ever since, I have not stopped reading them.
A Time to Kill is one of the saddest and realistic books that I have ever read. I admit that I cried through The Chamber...the book and the...

Pros: If you enjoy courtroom dramas, then this one's for you!
Cons: Well, the subject is quite serious and it's a little gruesome too.

Well, being an avid reader and an ardent fan of John Grisham, A time to Kill was one of his first few books I read. Believe me when I say it can scare the pants of you.
It is a fast paced book and you won't put it down till you have devoured every...

Pros: Gripping
Cons: None

John Grisham’s first novel “A Time to Kill” is one of his best works, it really puts you into the role of the main character Carl Lee. And according to the San Francisco Examiner, “Grisham keeps you turning those pages.” This book delivers a...