The Testament | John Grisham

The Testament | John Grisham | Another Home Run by the master of legal thrillers

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The Testament

	The Testament John Grisham Island Books, 1999 - 544 pages average customer review:based on 1126 reviews view larger image
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A Page Turner

John Grisham has done it again. I had read this book originally a year after release. And I just finished my second read. And though it all started to come back to me as I read it...It was still an exciting page-turner as it was the first time. That says a lot about this book.

A self-made billionaire, the tenth richest man in America, has all his heirs come in to prove he is sane and competent before signing his last Will and Testament. Which he does, right before he commits suicide in front of those still present. And of course as he leaves out each and every known heir from his will. And as you learn how greedy and selfish they are, you are pleased he did.

He does pay off all his children's debt and leaves the remainder of his holdings to his illegitimate daughter no one knew he had. Nor does anyone know where she is. His law firm sends a drug/alcohol addict just out of rehab for the fourth time to find her. He finds her an M.D. who has dedicated her life to God and is working deep in the jungles of Brazil.

I found the book a very fast read that has some plot twist and is well written. Well worth the read.

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Another Home Run by the master of legal thrillers

With every Grisham book I read, I get more and more impressed with his ability to not only use the law to create suspense, but to insert other elements to make this human as well.

For once, we have a character that is not consumed by financial gain. However, this person has been left most of an eleven billion dollar fortune. However, she does not know this. A lawyer is sent to find her, and in the process, undergoes a fundamental change of his own.

This story takes place in Washington, Maryland, West Virginia, and the rain forests along the Brazilian-Bolivian border. In typical Grisham fashion, he inserts considerable detail in all of the venues of this book, enabling the reader to create a mental picture everywhere this story goes. You can picture the six heirs that are clawing to get their share of the millions. You can picture the judge itching to have a high profile fight. You can envision the rainforest, and you can picture in your mind the massive changes occurring in the life of Nate O'Riley.

This is yet another Grisham work that will simply stick to your fingers like glue. The pages literally turn themselves. Do not start this novel before going to bed, or you may have a sleepless night simply for the fact you simply will not be able to put this one down.

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Thoroughly Interesting Reading

The filthy rich are interesting. Missionaries are interesting. The jungles of Brazil are interesting. Lawyers are interesting. OK, lawyers aren't interesting but Grisham sure makes them seem interesting and his book does a great job of tying together a wealthy, spoiled family to a single woman living in Brazil working as a missionary.

The Testament is more than just a story; I believe the story shows the great difference between living for personal pleasure and living for something greater than one's self. In the end, which life really ends in the most satisfaction and pleasure? Does chasing money and pleasure really result in happiness? No. I believe Grisham excellently illustrates this principle through the story of the Phelan family and Rachel Lane. The book is very easy to read and the story is told cleverly. Grisham's accounts of Brazil, missionaries and lawyers are all based on his own personal hands-on experiential research which enhances the book.

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Grisham forumula works again

Once again it is another good read by Grisham. It is hard to think what my will would be like if I get over a million dollars. I cannot see leaving it to a woman in some remote southn american jungle.

A FUN READ.... Could not put it down!

Grisham fans are accustomed to his great TRIAL/Legal/Lawyer books and sometimes hesitate to venture out to his other works.

The Testament is different but so very good. Except for the 11 Billion dollars in a Last Will, we all have to face leaving what we have to our loved ones. Some times, we don't want to leave anything at all to someone who disappoints us. Mean spirited? That is why you should read this to see what this man did with all his money. Page turner for sure... I read it in 2 days.

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