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Bleachers |
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| | It was just OK  |
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It just wasn't my thing. It was recommended to me so I gave it a try. |
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It's a good story; makes you want to know whats coming next. Majority of these reviews here have given out the plot, so I am not going to repeat it here.
John Grisham is my favorite writer. For anyone who is Grisham's fan you will love this novel. It's not what Grisham's story is about that makes you love his books but its rather the way he lay down his characters and the way he narrates the story.
Grisham tells a tale to which many of us can relate personally, no matter what it is it can be a small thing from a Christmas dinner to a street lawyer reading a news paper to a crack addict, but you will still love it.
Having listened this book on audio, it is very entertaining because it is read by the author himself with several actors who sounds very much like the radio sports broadcasters, e.t.c.
Loved it.
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When I picked up Bleachers, I was startled by how short it is--I've come to expect hundreds of densely packed pages from a Grisham novel. Like many of the reviewers, I think the book reads more like the outline of a novel. The characters are simplistic to the point of banality. The "mystery" at the heart of the story is not mysterious or even suspenseful. It was difficult to care about any of the characters, much less bother to keep them straight (half of them seemed to have been in jail at least once between high school and the present day which I guess makes them "colorful"). I was disappointed in the book and very glad that I borrowed it and didn't buy it. I'm hoping that the next Grisham book I read contains writing of his usual caliber.
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| | I really tried to like it  |
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Let me start by saying that I am a huge Grisham fan. I think he is a brilliant writer. However, this book was bland. After laboring through it, I had to ask myself what was the plot or even the point of the book. It was like reading the diary of a nun. No drama, barely any conflict. It was absolutely lacking. I am glad that this wasn't my first Grisham book because it would have been the last. Nonetheless, I look forward to more of his offerings. |
| | GREAT BOOK |
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The quarter back hicked the ball. He rolled to the outside into the flat, saw an opening, tucked the ball and ran. he was running toward the sideline, and all of a sudden a linebacker head butted him in the knee and that was the end of his football carrer. This book is about a Neely Crenshaw, a all-american football player from the small town of Messina. He had the gratest coach to ever come from Messina. Eddie Rake. while he was coaching they had a streak of 84 wins in a row. A national title. The streak lasted from 1964 to 1970. That was when neely was born.
It has been 15 years sence Neely played football for the spartens. He came back to Messina because he heard that coach Rake was sick. He meets his old football buddys at the stateum where they are waiting for the death of there great coath. Neely goes back and visits all his child hood memorys. This is a great book and I hope you read it. |
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