The Broker | John Grisham | This could be Grisham's best book written to date

The Broker | John Grisham | Grisham back on great form

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The Broker

	The Broker John Grisham Delta, 2006 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 577 reviews view larger image
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This could be Grisham's best book written to date

This book is by far the best book Grisham has written. The plotline was believable and the espionage was not hokey, as some authors can get when they don't really know what they're talking about. The plot was a l nail biter right until the end and then I was still sure that it wasn't over. I didn't want to put the book down, and managed to think about the character and upcoming events in the plotline driving to and from work.
The one thing that I didn't care for was the constant reference to language and the translation. I know that this was intended to make the book more real and involve the reader more, but in reality I found it tedious and irritating. If there were one thing I'd like to be changed, it would be this.
All in all, an excellent read. I feel I'm now going to be spoiled and thing that other John Grisham books aren't as good.

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Grisham back on great form

Not everything John Grisham writes is a winner. Remember 'The Brethren' about some highly unlikely judges in jail? And 'The Testament' was also a clunker. But basically Grisham is a safe bet, with a good tale, well told and the usual young and struggling Mississippi lawyer hero who appears under different names but always gets justice in the end. Well, forget all that. Here, our hero lives in Italy and he's not really a hero at all. But he's a hell of a lot nicer than the guys who are after him.

The Broker is a lot of fun. It's a just a great read - pick it up and whizz through it. It's not great literature, but it is Grisham doing what he does best - producing an intriguing plot, credible characters and a setting spiced with real detail that comes from knowing the location well. I liked it and I think you will.

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Perfect For A Long Car Trip

I bought this unabridged version of the CD read by Michael Beck for a long car trip, and wasn't disappointed. I really enjoyed Michael Beck as a reader. I've listened to many books on tape, and I've actually gone looking for other books he's read because he does it so well. (I've listened to other readers, and there's definitely a skill involved there.)

First, if you're looking for the courtroom drama/action, you won't find it here. I do feel I could figure out how to change my identity and that part was really interesting an entertaining. Second, I would suggest that maybe the abridged version would have been a bit easier to handle. All the learning of the Italian, exercise drills, etc, while probably natural when actually reading a book, just really slowed the whole process down in audio. I kept wanting to get on with the story since I'm listening to it to take my mind off tedious travel, and instead I'm getting tedious Italian lessons.

Grisham has a writing style that's enjoyable, but I was hoping for something really suspenseful. The beginning was great, the middle slow and the end felt a little too convenient. Not as good as his other books, but he took me to someplace other than boring highway, so 4 stars from me.

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Good read- rushed ending

I liked reading the book, but as you get to the last 50-100 pages it seems as though the author was in a rush to get it to his publisher. The ending was very compacted given the pace of the first 2/3 of the book and could have been greatly expanded upon. I left feeling as though the author met his quota of pages and wanted get on with the next novel.

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