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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jul 14, 2012
Pros: One of the two plots really held my interest.
Cons: The other one... Not so much.
Summary: I enjoy most John Grisham books. But while The Brethren held my interest enough to finish it, I was left with a feeling of “that’s it?” when I was done. Thinking it about it further, I’ve decided that this ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 9, 2007
Pros: Original plot excitingly told - an unputdownable book!
Cons: Nothing wrong with any part of it. It's all good!
Summary: The Brethren has been stashed on my bookshelf ever since I bought it at a library book sale several years ago. A few weeks ago, before going on a long air flight, I grabbed the paperback and put it in my carry-on. After boarding and getting ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 5, 2003
Pros: Realistic characters, great plot
Cons: None in my opinion, unless you really don't like thrillers.
Summary: This is the first book I've read by John Grisham, and I have to say I'm very impressed. “The Brethre ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 22, 2002
Pros: An insiders look at Washington D.C.
Cons: The ending was a little "blah"
Summary: I am a recent (so sue me, I was in college) Grisham fan. I have been out of the fiction world for a while, but now I am back! I picked up The Brethren because of the Presidential scandal the book hyped up. I must admit I was impressed with the overall ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2002
Pros: Great writing, terrific plot development.
Cons: None
Summary: It had been a while since I had read a Grisham novel. I had missed The Brethren and his newest title while exploring some different authors. I have read everything else by John Grisham and recently decided to go back and experience an old standby.
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 25, 2001
Pros: Excellent story line, well-known author, good plot, great characters.
Cons: Predictable
Summary: The Brethren is another 5-star book by John Grisham. One of the less suspenseful of all his volumes, The Brethren is nonetheless intriguing.
The story starts out in a prison, a likely setting for one of Grisham's law novels. Three ex-judges, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 31, 2001
Pros: Fair Characters, rival plots within the same story, grisham
Cons: split stories that don't touch logically
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 24, 2001
Pros: Written by John Grisham
Cons: Somewhat disappointed in the ending
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 4, 2001
Pros: Decent book, good plot and characterizations
Cons: A little dry at times, could've had more action
Summary: This is about the fourth John Grisham book that I've read, and it maintains the general law theme present in most of his novels (except for The Painted House which I have yet to read). The two subplots with the three legal fiends ("The Brethren") and ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 28, 2001
Pros: The Author
Cons: The feasability of the con.
Summary: This book is about three men who are in prison and are running a con on rich men who have gay tendencies that they are hiding from the public.
My problem with this scenario is that rich men usually are very smart and have powerful ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 18, 2001
Pros: A Simple Summer Read doesn't take a lot of thinking
Cons: It didn't hold my attention like Grisham's other books.
Summary: Well, the book that should have taken me a couple of days to read, took almost two weeks. I had no problem putting it away, because I just couldn't get that excited about the plot. I am a John Grisham fan, consequently, I wouldn't miss this book ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 31, 2001
Pros: All the twists that you expect from a Grisham novel
Cons: The twists aren't tied together as well as he usually does.
Summary: I got this book excited that there was a new one from probably my favorite author, however having just finished 'The Testament' I did not expect it to be quite as good (see my review of the Testament) and I was right. I did enjoy this book and burned ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 20, 2001
Pros: Unique and gripping story line.
Cons: There are no other books like it.
Summary: The Brethren kept me up laughing for hours. This action / comedy was a brilliant suprise from Grsham. The book begins by introducing three disbarred judges that are currently inmates at trumble, a minimum security prision.
These three ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 11, 2001
Pros: It's a quick read
Cons: It has a very weak plot
Summary: 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.) ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 5, 2001
Pros: Good law info
Cons: Boring, no gripping story, no real characters
Summary: The Brethren
I read this book because I like John Grisham novels. He is an entertaining, mainstream novelist with the talent for storytelling and the added bonus of making you think.
I did something with this book that I have never ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 31, 2001
Pros: Multi-threaded, solid plot
Cons: Occasionally trite
Summary: Having read several Grisham novels, I had resigned myself to the fact that Grisham had few ideas for books.
Every book seemed to follow the same pattern: lawyer finds out something he wasn't supposed to know, lawyer goes on the run, girl ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 29, 2001
Pros: Suspenseful in spots, intriguing plot and characters
Cons: Not as good as most of Grisham's other work.
Summary: When I saw "The Brethren" sitting on the shelf at my local library, I barely scanned the inside cover synopsis before checking it out. After all, this is John Grisham, master of the legal thriller, king of courtroom drama. He has never disappointed me - ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 13, 2001
Pros: More entertaining than getting teeth pulled.
Cons: Certainly not one of his best books - predictable and missing detail.
Summary: The Brethren is a story about how the life of an aspiring presidential candidate intertwines with the lives of three convicted judges serving time in a minimum security federal prison.
The judges hold "court" in the prison to resolve minor ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2001
Pros: Very suspenseful, incredibly interesting. Read it all in one day.
Cons: The back cover made the book sound really un-interesting.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 23, 2001
Pros: Well-known author, plausable plot, very little bad language.
Cons: No real suspense, very little action, horrible ending, not morally objective.
Summary: John Grisham. The name has become well known throughout the country and the world as someone who takes pride in their work, who writes based on plausible situations and likable characters: courtroom thrillers, good versus evil, and the like. Having ... read more
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