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The Client
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bookshelves: genre-thriller, award-various, z-john-grisham, bage-mature, 1993
May 17, 2015
bookshelves: genre-thriller, award-various, z-john-grisham, bage-mature, 1993
John Grisham's 'the Firm' was what really got into reading novels over 300 pages. The story gripped me and got me over my fear of so many pages. So, I kept reading John's first 8 books or so as they were published.
I remember reading this in 1995 and loving the tough as nails lawyer of Reggie. I appreciated how she called people by their first names when they weren't used to it to level the playing field. She helps a kid in a tough situation. John has a gift for making the law exciting and dramatic.
I saw the movie and thought that Susan Sarandon was perfect in the movie. John was really on a hot streak here and it catapulted him into the big leagues. I stopped reading him after a while, but I suspect he is still an very entertaining read. I did read the Camino series 1st book about a book seller and that was a whole lot of fun.
I used to own all of these 8 book in hardback and some even were signed by Grisham. He is the only book signing I've been too and it was in my home town in 1994 at a mall when a mall still had bookstores in them. When I moved to Baltimore, I donated my Grisham books to the library so I no longer have any copies.
If you are looking for a quick legal thriller or a page turning book, this would be a good one, but I would start with the Firm, next, the Pelican Brief and then this one.
I remember reading this in 1995 and loving the tough as nails lawyer of Reggie. I appreciated how she called people by their first names when they weren't used to it to level the playing field. She helps a kid in a tough situation. John has a gift for making the law exciting and dramatic.
I saw the movie and thought that Susan Sarandon was perfect in the movie. John was really on a hot streak here and it catapulted him into the big leagues. I stopped reading him after a while, but I suspect he is still an very entertaining read. I did read the Camino series 1st book about a book seller and that was a whole lot of fun.
I used to own all of these 8 book in hardback and some even were signed by Grisham. He is the only book signing I've been too and it was in my home town in 1994 at a mall when a mall still had bookstores in them. When I moved to Baltimore, I donated my Grisham books to the library so I no longer have any copies.
If you are looking for a quick legal thriller or a page turning book, this would be a good one, but I would start with the Firm, next, the Pelican Brief and then this one.
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Started Reading
January 1, 1995
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Finished Reading
May 17, 2015
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May 17, 2015
– Shelved as:
genre-thriller
November 22, 2017
– Shelved as:
award-various
August 30, 2018
– Shelved as:
z-john-grisham
January 13, 2019
– Shelved as:
bage-mature
January 17, 2020
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1993
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Dec 05, 2020 07:17PM
I haven't read the book yet although I plan too but the film directed by the late great Joel Schumacher was great :)
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Did you like the Chamber? That was one I just re-read and it was still excellent
I'm afraid I haven't. I've seen the film version of The Client, A Time to Kill, and The Pelican Brief but the only actual Grisham book I've read is Skipping Christmas which is very different from his usual fair.
Q. wrote: "I haven't read the book yet although I plan too but the film directed by the late great Joel Schumacher was great :)"Hey Q. I did enjoy the film and they told the story of the book faithfully.
Debbie wrote: "Did you like the Chamber? That was one I just re-read and it was still excellent"I think the Chamber was one of the last ones I read and after that I sort of got tired of legal thrillers, but it was good. I'm glad it was still excellent.
That was cool that you were at a book signing, especially in a mall. It wouldn't be the same in a Walmart. 😊
Joe wrote: "That was cool that you were at a book signing, especially in a mall. It wouldn't be the same in a Walmart. 😊"ha, It used to be every mall had a bookstore in it, but I don't think many of them do anymore. I think it was a Waldens. Now I think bookstores are their own building like Barnes and Nobles. I agree Walmart wouldn't be the same.
Our mall used to have a bookstore, now the whole mall is dying. We used to make a special trip to a Barnes and Nobles on my birthday.
Joe wrote: "Our mall used to have a bookstore, now the whole mall is dying. We used to make a special trip to a Barnes and Nobles on my birthday."I went to the mall before COVID hit and it was empty. It somehow feels wrong to lose them. I do love to go to Barnes and Nobles.
It is sad that they are closing. However, years ago my friend and I were going to open a hobby shop and we checked the local mall. It was ridiculous what they wanted for rent, not to mention paying for snowplowing, advertising and other nonsense. No wonder all they can afford in our mall is one of those little stands in the middle of the walkway.
Joe wrote: "It is sad that they are closing. However, years ago my friend and I were going to open a hobby shop and we checked the local mall. It was ridiculous what they wanted for rent, not to mention paying..."Joe, I'm sure you're correct. It can't be cheap which is why you get all those chains in a mall. I didn't know they make you pay for your own snow plowing, that seems outside the renters purview. I guess it won't be long until they all turn into Amazon stores.
Of course the economy was stronger then, when Lakehurst Mall opened in Waukegan, they were packed, had two pet stores, and two huge ice cream shops. They wanted a 20 year lease. They drove the small shops downtown out of business and now Lakehurst is now long gone.
Joe wrote: "Of course the economy was stronger then, when Lakehurst Mall opened in Waukegan, they were packed, had two pet stores, and two huge ice cream shops. They wanted a 20 year lease. They drove the smal..."Interesting how Malls worked in the economy. They were the center of community in the 80s.
They were the 'village green' of days gone by.
Joe wrote: "They were the 'village green' of days gone by."Well said Joe. Exactly what they were.
