| |  | Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Dell
Category: Book
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  407 reviews
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
ISBN: 0440244978
EAN: 9780440244974
ASIN: 0440244978
Publication Date: November 18, 2008 (In 121 Days)
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 Fast-moving, intriguing, and compelling read July 14, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed almost all of Grisham's legal thrillers and this was no exception. The storyline was believable and thought-provoking. Makes one wonder if this type of thing isn't already happening.
Grisham has a knack for focusing on issues and reeling the reader right into the plot. I could not put this book down. I was angry, disgusted, and hopeful right up until the end. And, oh, the end... well, let's just say it fit! Still, I was hooked right up until the last paragraph.
I am so happy Grisham has returned to this genre. I haven't been crazy about the books he's written that have strayed from the legal area. I love the law and appreciate his inside knowledge.
Great book. If you like John Grisham, this one will not disappoint.
 Censored July 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Looks like Grisham must have censored my excoriation of his latest because I'm still waiting to see its posting. How about it, Amazon?
The Appeal July 11, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is Grishams worst book. I appeal to be repaid my $19.95.
I was looking forward to reading this too, however it did not grab me and let me put it down like his other books have.
 eh.... July 10, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
While I can't say "The Appeal" was the worst book I have read, I can't recommend it either, and gave it two stars as opposed to one because I liked how Mr. Grisham put it out there that judges and indeed politicians in general can be bought...something that without a doubt happens too often.
As a litigator in New York, this book hit especially close to home for me, as my office had the largest personal injury verdict in a certain county reversed for extremely shady reasons. Indeed, the very judge who reversed the decision was overheard saying he would do anything in his power to make sure our client never saw a dime of the multi-million dollar verdict that not one, but two, different juries awarded him. Thus, having lived through an extremely similar set of circumstances, this book struck a chord with me. Hopefully Mr. Grisham exposed the reality of "juducial discretion," the frustrating process of so-called justice in our legal system, and the ways in which judges can be bought, bribed and controlled. For that reason alone, this book is a worthwhile read. However, I prefer his earlier works such as "The Firm," "A Time to Kill," "Pelican Brief" and "Runaway Jury" much more.
Grisham's worst book ever July 9, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Ok, John Grisham's not Hemingway, never claimed to be.
But at least his books had interesting twists where the good guys either win or are redeemed in some way.
In this tale of trial lawyers taking on cancer-causing big chemical corporations, the bad guys win, and no one is redeemed.
Plus, the bad guys win on every level and get even richer.
It's a dark depressing book, and I'm sorry I picked it up.
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