The Partner | John Grisham | The dark side of Grisham

The Partner | John Grisham | Portrait of a Flawed Legal Genius

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The Partner

	The Partner John Grisham Dell, 1998 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 891 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The dark side of Grisham

If you are familiar with Grisham's fare -including the movies, you'll be surprised by the tone of this entry. Not only was I surprised, but I found it completely unpredictable and refreshing. The story begins with what one would assume the climax would be (catching the runaway attorney.) The story then unfolds in retrospect with a final small twist that made me an even bigger fan. -I with this one was made into a movie!

Portrait of a Flawed Legal Genius

A great lawyer is meticulous, calculating, aggressive, relentless, and prepared for anything. John Grisham lovingly shares an intricate plot to provide you with an unforgettable portrait of those qualities in action. In the process, you'll also see a man whose soul is offended by his profession.

Ultimately, this book is about a dream . . . a dream that may be more dangerous than an addictive drug. What will you do to capture your dream? That's what you'll be asking yourself after you read The Partner.

The beginning of the book seems like an international espionage thriller. A group of private detectives track down a fugitive to a little town in Brazil near the border with Paraguay. They pounce, and the fugitive is in for his worst nightmare . . . remorseless torture aimed at getting him to tell something he doesn't know.

Soon, an unlikely intervention creates a whole new vector for the story. The fugitive has to face the music from a lot of angry lawyers . . . including his former partners.

Like many legal thrillers, you'll be getting no more information than you need to know to follow the action. Pay attention to the questions that occur to you: Thinking about what might have happened is half the fun of this book.

If you aren't interested in the ins and outs of how lawyers think about criminal issues, you won't like this book as much as I did. I was impressed at how well the legal issues were displayed without being too technical. Remember that lawyers usually spend a lot of time thinking through how the opposing attorney will respond to various probes.

Watch out for the unexpected!

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best one yet

this is my 4th grisham book and i think this one is the best one so far. the story picks up very quickly and it keeps you interested the whole way through.

i really enjoyed how the story unravels. highly recommend this one!

Awsome

It was my first John Grisham Novel and now he is my favorite author...I think that says it all about this novel! The only thing I didn't like about this story was the ending. I felt it just didn't reflect the character he portrayed all through the story. But I would still give it a 5 Star because it deserves it! Grisham I just wish you keep coming up with your appealing novels!

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Fantastic page-turner with something to say

I have always enjoyed this book immensely. The way Patrick orchestrates his crime is phenomenal and you find yourself rooting for him to somehow pull it off - even if you have moral qualms about whether you really want him to or not. Grisham constantly keeps us on the fence about whether Patrick is the good guy. He has moments of humantiy and compassion, especially in his ultimate treatment of the child who isn't his own, as well as his friendship with Clovis. But we're then confronted with his smugness, his "f- you" attitude for the establishment, and the moral ambiguity of stealing "dirty" money.

**Spoilers to the end** It almost seems that Grisham is testing the reader's morality - should Patrick really live happily ever after or not? And the way he tests us is through the ending that people hate so much. If we believe that Patrick was justified in all he did, then we're angry that he couldn't ride off into the sunset with the girl. But if we find ourselves a little uncomfortable with the way Patrick played everybody, then we'll accept the ending because it's what he deserved. The only problem I have with the ending is that it does come out of nowhere. We never see any foreshadowing or motivation for her to run off with the money. The only explanation is that she was planning it the whole time - she never loved him, she never intended to run away with him, but she needed him to be in the clear so no one would come looking for her (they found him, so they'd find her). So ultimately the player got played. What goes around comes around.

Personally I feel like the ending completely justifies the book's existence - otherwise it's just a flashy story about a guy who steals a ton of money, gets away with it, and lives happily ever after. Kind of pointless and a little troubling. But Grisham had more to say than that. He probably could have said it better, but it was fitting that Patrick ultimately paid a price for his deeds.

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