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by captaind  in Books,  - Top 50, Jul 05 '03
Pros: Realistic characters, great plot
Cons: None in my opinion, unless you really don't like thrillers.
This is the first book I've read by John Grisham, and I have to say I'm very impressed. “The Brethre ...
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by deaser26 - Top 500, Oct 31 '01
Pros: Fair Characters, rival plots within the same story, grisham
Cons: split stories that don't touch logically
Here come de judge...
In the Brethren, Grisham has grabbed the imagination with a seedy, sleepy Florida yarn. I couldn’t help but think and feel a little John McDonald as this one crept along. It was an entertaining read, and a bit...
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by julie42 , Mar 09 '01
Pros: Very suspenseful, incredibly interesting. Read it all in one day.
Cons: The back cover made the book sound really un-interesting.
The Brethren, by John Grisham...
Unlike my usual book selections where I only get types of books I know I will like, I was quite sure I wouldn’t like this novel. Why did I reserve it from the library? Simple. The good books are always gone, so...
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by bops_mom - Top 100, Aug 17 '00
Pros: interesting characters, entertaining story, great writing
Cons: predictable
The Brethren is what we've come to expect from author John Grisham. I love lawyer/court/crime television shows and I think that John Grisham provides us with the book version of these. =)
The basic story
The...
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by lovdbyGod7 , May 02 '00
Pros: see review
Cons: see review
The Nine (oops, three) Old Men
Joe Roy Spicer, Hatley Beech, and Fin Yarber are all doing time in Trumble, a minimum security federal “camp” prison. These three men were judges in another life, a life where they tasted power and prestige. Even...
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by poseidon - Top 200, Apr 26 '00
Pros: one of Grisham's best yet!
Cons: it had to end...
Well, darn!
That’s what I said when the book ended. No, I wasn’t disappointed in the book. I wasn’t even disappointed with the ending. I was simply disappointed that the book itself ended.
I listened to John Grisham’s,...
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by Granniemose , Sep 24 '01
Pros: Written by John Grisham
Cons: Somewhat disappointed in the ending
We first meet three disgraced and imprisoned former judges in a Federal prison based in Florida. It is a place called Trumble, the Country Club of prisons. There are no armed guards in a watch tower. There are no barbed wire fences, and prisoners are...
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by margomargo , May 16 '00
Pros: a plenty good story
Cons: not what we've come to expect from Grisham
"The Brethren" is a good book. Let's say that right up front. It's a fine, complex story of crooks and better crooks. Some of the crooks are after money, some are after power, but in the end they're all crooks. This book, from any other...
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by meredi11 , Feb 18 '00
Pros: It's a Grisham novel. Different storyline
Cons: If you expect one thing from Grisham, don't expect it here
The Brethren is John Grisham’s eleventh book released. I have read every single book of his and I just finished The Brethren. For those of you that have never read Grisham’s novels, John Grisham (who used to be a lawyer) is a wonderful...
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by pooswife , Jul 27 '00
Pros: Typically good characterizations prevalent in Grisham novels
Cons: Not as rapid-fire as the typical Grisham novel
If there's one thing I've learned in the months since I joined Epinions, it's that people are vastly different in their tastes. For instance, I find it hard to believe that ANYBODY could find fault with The Giving Tree by Shell...
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by crankybeer , Apr 11 '01
Pros: It's a quick read
Cons: It has a very weak plot
John Grisham’s “The Brethren” came with high expectations. I love Grisham’s novels. They are quick to read, fairly mindless, suspenseful, fun and basic summer beach reading. (Except that I don’t really go to the beach, but let’s not quibble.)...
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by Yzerman - Top 1000, Apr 30 '00
Pros: Very different
Cons: Very different
When you begin to read John Grisham's newest release, The Brethren, you may be very surprised. Grisham's plots generally revolve around a strong, intelligent attorney caught-up in an ethical dilemma and the story follows the attorney and/or the clients...
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by jsmorris - Top 1000, Jun 19 '00
Pros: Descriptive
Cons: Nothing Exciting!
Sounds like a good premise, right? I thought so and then struggled to finish this book - actually I struggled to even read this book after the first 50 pages. John Grisham has outdone himself if he was writing a book that would put you right to...
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by Jennlee.2 , Jun 12 '00
Pros: Great plots and characters
Cons: Most interesting plot is left hanging
I enjoy John Grisham as much or more than most popular writers of his genre. I like the way he weaves complex plot lines into a fully developed, interesting story. Some of his plot lines have been so complex they can be hard to follow if you're not...
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by isinga - Top 1000, Jan 05 '01
Pros: Read the review.
Cons: Read the review.
This is one of the reviews I hate to write. John Grisham's The Brethren isn't actually bad enough to aggressively warn against, and far from being good enough to recommend. This follows his Testament which I also could not embrace as...
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