John Grisham - The Partner

Pros: An easy read that keeps you interested.
Cons: As I neared the finish, I realized that the title gave away the ending.

Over the years I have read a number of John Grisham's books. I have found them to be easy to read, compelling with a fine wrap up at the end. THE AUTHOR John Grisham, born in Arkansas, is a fifty year old multi-talented guy who wanted to be ...

Pros: Suspenseful, interesting, complex
Cons: The story is slowly dragged out, although good for the suspense element

I chose The Partner, banking on the popularity and success of John Grisham’s books as well as movies. This paperback book, stamped #1 New York Times Bestseller on the front cover, was published in 1997. Working in the field of law...

Pros: Grisham sets up a potentially interesting story
Cons: Grisham's story doesn't meet its potential

I loved The Rainmaker which was my first Grisham novel. That led me to read A Time to Kill (brilliant), The Firm (exciting), The Pelican Brief (terrific) and The Painted House (a total departure from his normal stuff,...

Pros: Interesting plot twists, fun legal dilemmas and millions of tax free dollars
Cons: can be a bit preachy, bad flare for international intrigue

Catching up with John

John Grisham writes lawyer books. I have reviewed several of them previously, and love some of them – others not so much. The Partner is yet another from an era of Grisham that I consider to have been a slump in...

Pros: Another easy flowing Grisham book
Cons: A few slight Plot Holes

Well the next Grisham book I come to is The Partner and despite what some people seem to think no he’s not paying me (although any cash would be much appreciated). He seems to be an author who sticks to a set and regiment style but he makes this ...

Pros: Suspenseful plot full of Grisham's characteristic surprises.
Cons: None.

In "The Partner", we meeet Patrick Lanigan, a young up-and-coming lawyer who does the unthinkable -- he stages his own death, steals millions from his firm's partners, and hides in South America until he is finally tracked down and brought back to the ...

Pros: Vivid Characters
Cons: No Clear-Cut Path

This was a little bit different than most John Grisham's novels. Instead of plunging the reader into a crime in which a lawyer steals millions of dollars from the firm in which he's a partner, he begins the story at the capture of the lawyer on the...

Pros: Brazil and Torture Scenes Descriptive
Cons: Forced to Finish It, Contrived!

Reading The Firm and The Rainmaker, made me a John Grisham fan. With anticipation, I try to read his other novels as they are released, but I kept missing The Partner. After forcefully finishing it, I wished I kept missing it. It...

Pros: Excellent writing
Cons: where is the girlfriend now?

This book is amazing, like all of his others. The Partner starts off when Danilo is caught and tortured, and taken back to the states. He had run off with some of the firms money, okay, all of it. The plot grabs you from page one. The characters are...

Pros: Well written, many unexpected turns, makes you think
Cons: Gets little boring somewhere in the middle

I love the way John Grisham paints characters on his books. Main character here is Patrick Lanigan, lawyer who gets away killing himself and disappearing with 90 million dollars from a shady settlement in which his lawfirm was involved.Patrick ...

Pros: fast paced, intelligent, exciting
Cons: a bit of a cliff hanger

This was the first book written by John Grisham that I have read. The story starts off fast and doesn't let up until the end. It goes through torture, legal strategies, manipulations, fraud, cover-ups, women, friendship, and many other factors that...

Pros: Good book.
Cons: NA

Here's yet another good and interesting book from John Grisham the man that brought us such books as "The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, A Time To Kill, The Client, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, and The Runaway Jury" (All by the way...

Pros: Many twists and turns right until the end.
Cons: A lot of character names to keep track of.

This novel came highly recommended by my friend and I didn't get around to reading it until some time later. I had only read one of his books before and did not enjoy it.Once I started reading this book I could not put it down.It captures and hold...

Pros: none
Cons: Horrible story and writing

This happens to be one of the WORST books I have ever read. The book was so predictable. At first I thought it was going to be a decent book but once all the pieces of the "mystery" started to appear you could easily figure out the ending....

Pros: Entertaining thriller
Cons: More bad PR for attorneys

I love the stories with the bad guys and the less bad guys! Here's one.

My cousin gave me this book as a college graduation gift, knowing I had just been accepted into law school. She wrote an inscription to the effect of "soon I might be...