The Brethren - John Grisham Reviews

I'll start by saying that I am not a reader and this is the first book I've picked up in years: I saw it on my mother-in-law's bookshelf and asked to borrow it. I thought I'd give it a go because it's my genre, it's not available as a film and is written by a lawyer (I myself have studied law). When I started out I expected that I would ...  Read the complete review

I must admit, I am a John Grisham fan, and with "The Brethren" he has done it again. This was a thoroughly good read, and very hard to put down. The main part of the story begins in a minimum security prison named Trumble, with three former judges who are now inmates themselves. Somehow, they've managed to create their ...  Read the complete review

This was the first Grisham book i read. I picked it up on a ferry on my way to france a year and a bit ago and was instantly hooked. I spent the first two weeks out there just constantly reading this book much to my girlfriends annoyance. The way Grisham writes just draws you in he gets you hooked on the characters and ...  Read the complete review

I first got into Grisham a few years ago and I am slowly but surely getting through his books. The ones I have read have normally been quite pacey and a can't put down type of book due to the complex stories and thrilling action. For those of you that have never touched a Grisham book (are there such people?), he specialises in ...  Read the complete review

Since first reading John Grishams The Client I have been addicted to his books, and The Bretheren was a classic. A tale of a corruption, politics, deception and pure genius where a simple congressman gets taken into a polical journey so unbelievable you yourself start to question the american system. Three convicted judges bribe the ...  Read the complete review

We've all seen no end of John Grisham books turned into films with Harrison Ford in them. They are half decent films, so I thought I'd give one of his books a go - especially as tesco are selling them at £3.84 a pop. Well, cue great disappointment. First, the quality of writing is close to appalling, may be not in ...  Read the complete review

Didn't John Grisham used to write cracking thrillers that you couldn't put down? The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Rainmanker, The Runaway Jury (my favourite) to mention a few. His last book, The Testament, was nothing short of just a novel sized advertisment for Christianity. I'm not ...  Read the complete review

Having been bored on a hot summer's afternoon, I decided to sit down in the garden with a book by one of my favourite authors- John Grisham. I was reading his latest offering- The Brethren. Although it got off to a slow start, after the first hundred pages or so, I just couldn't put the book down, I was addicted! ...  Read the complete review

As a big John Grisham fan I was quite disappointed when I started to read the Brethren. Usually his books have me itching for more from the first chapter but it wasn't until half way through the book that I began to get really interested. The basic plot is that three judges set up a scam to entice gay men who haven't ...  Read the complete review

If you can get past the first 50 tedious and somewhat confusing pages you will be rewarded with a decent plot and Grishams inimitable style. I have read all of JG's work and seen all of the film adaptations to boot, so it is safe to say that I am a bit of a fan of his writing. This book seems to break the mould of his usual ...  Read the complete review

John Grisham breaks a little with his usual style here mixing in a little Tom Clancy style politic in a fantasic story. Reading it on the train makes me almost wish for delays so I can keep reading (although I don't really need to wish for delays!) it is that good a read. I'll try not to spoil it too much for those ...  Read the complete review

John Grisham’s latest novel takes the reader to the world of Trumble, a minimum-security federal prison, holding three former judges amongst others. They are working on a mail scam, with the money pouring in. However, the scam goes wrong and a person on the outside, a powerful man, is caught up in it. This person is so ...  Read the complete review

After waiting for The Brethren for many months, I was slightly disappointed with it as a whole. Grisham has become a staple of my reading not because he writes great novels, but because he writes readable books that aren't very challenging to ones points of view and he writes them frequently which allows me periodic breaks ...  Read the complete review

John Grisham's imagination and nose for a strange storyline never cease to amaze me. I have read almost all of his books but the Brethren has one of the most original plot lines ever. It is based around 3 ex-Judges who are convicted of embezzling, bribery etc and sent to a minimum security jail where they begin placing personal ...  Read the complete review

John Grisham's latest bestseller left me with even less of my much needed sleep than normal thanks to it's smooth flowing story line and well-written descriptions. The story in this epic book focuses upon three former judges who are imprisoned together in an American Federal Prison.It moves away from the courtroom ...  Read the complete review

I was slightly disappointed with John Grisham's latest efforts. They'd been good books, but not lived up to the hight standards I've come to expect from him. Imagine my relief when I started reading The Brethren and discovered that Grisham was back with a vengeance. This book is not as good as my favourites A Time to Kill or ...  Read the complete review

When this John Grisham book first came out, I hated it. As I was telling other people about the plot, I kept hearing remarks, "well that sounds interesting to me". So, I re-read "The Brethren", pretending I did not know who the author was. And you know what? I liked it. Ok, it's not the best legal ...  Read the complete review

It isn't often that a book catches my attention long enough for me to not put it down. With this book Grisham kept my enthusiasm going from the first page, to the last words. The story line is original and interesting, even to a none American, combining political scheming and corruption with the law and lawyers theme we are all so ...  Read the complete review

I can agree with those that say it is not Grisham's best piece of work, but I did like it anyway. This book is a change for Grisham; a little different than what we are used to from him. Instead of a high suspenseful nail biter, this one is more of a comical entwined story line. It is basically about three imprisoned judges with a ...  Read the complete review

Firstly, this book is written by John Grisham, which means that you getthe usual well-written book, so that once you start it, you don't put it down till you finish. (At least, that's what happened to me. I read it in a weekend.) What makes this one different is that there aren't really any good guys. It's the story of ...  Read the complete review