The Rainmaker - John Grisham Reviews

The Rainmaker is the 6th novel from award winning legal thriller author John Grisham. It has been made into a blockbusting film, as have his previous 5 books. The Plot Rudy Baylor is in his final year of law school. As part of his course, he is required to give free legal advice to a number of senior citizens. He meets Dot ...

Why don’t we like the big guy? Ever since David stuck one in the eye of Goliath we have always routed for the little one. In Britain this often takes the form of sporting events with people supporting the minnows against the might of someone like Chelsea or Man U. Whatever the situation the chances are you dislike the big guy – because you’re ...

It would seem that a lot of my recent opinions are coming about after conversations with various other members. And it was one such conversation that I realised that I still hadn't done an op on another of my favourite Grisham books, Rainmaker. With the number of books Grisham has now written and the speed at which he seems currently to be ...

< RAINMAKER - a person (as a partner in a law firm) who brings in new business; also One who is known for achieving excellent results in a profession or field, such as business or politics. > This is John Grisham’s 6th novel and the 2nd set in the courtroom (A Time To Kill being the first). An intriguing and amusing look at the ...

If you have never read Grisham before, this book will make you a fan. If you have, The Rainmaker will be your favourite. Rudy Baylor is a rookie lawyer who is almost broke. The first case he ever bags is a case that even in his wildest dreams he could never hope to win. It is a bad faith case against a big insurance company. The insurance ...

If you have read any of Grisham's stuff you will know that he concentrates on the legal profession.. In many ways the Rainmaker is no different but at the same time it is. This book is not about a bright top of the class lawyer that gets snapped up by a good firm. It is also not about wealthy lawyers who change their views on ...

One lawyer fresh out of law school and no firm will take him picks up a case on pro bono (voluntary work for the poor) of a young lad denied health insurance for lukemia even though he had health insurance from a door to door salesman. Rudy (the lawyer) takes on the insurance firm to the core even thought the son is now past treatment even though ...

This is yet another magnificent work by John Grisham. You begin comfortably but the twists soon get you and you don't know what is going on. The main character, Rudy Baylor, is complex and interesting, and his life is turned over so that he relies on two cases he found at an old peoples home. One is useless but the other turns out to be pure ...

Grisham is loved for his legal novel and you can't help to be absorbed with what he writes. The Rainmaker is no exception. It tells the story of a student, fresh out from law school, pitted against one of the biggesy Insurance companies in the US, defending a cancer victim by the name of Donny Ray. David versus Goliath with Grisham as the ...

A young lawyer , fresh out of law school discovers that an insurance company could have prevented a young man's death and sets out to recover millions in compensation for the family of the bereaved.The only hinderance being that he has no legal experience outside the classroom and pitiful resources.A David Vs Goliath battle ensures and every ...

This book is another John Grisham lawyer book, and as usual, it is well written and very detailed, and allows yourself to loose yourself in the plot. It is centered around Rudy Baylor, a new law graduate who stumbles across a case where an insurance company refuses to pay out for a bone marrow transplant for a victim of luekemia. ...

This is a real triumph over adversity story. It is a work of romance and fiction but none the worse for any of that. This is a story of a small man taking a very large insurance company to court on behalf of a very poor family and winning. Our hero is a small-time lawyer who only just scraped his bar exam and is working for a dodgy ...

Dont you hate it when youre offered something, but when the time comes to claim, you are denied it on blatantly false grounds. In this wonderful book we are subjected to the plight of such a family, their son is dying of Leukemia and cant have the operation to save him as his insurance company wont pay on a technicality. Enter young lawyer ...

I have to say this is one of the best books I've ever read. The book is revolved around Rudy Baylor, a newly qualified lawyer and his two accounts. The first, and the main part of the story, is Mrs Black and her son who is dying of leukaemia. They are a poor family fighting against a very rich and large medical insurance organisation, who ...

There's nothing I like better than a David and Goliath story and that's just what Grisham delivers in 'The Rainmaker', in which he pits Rudy Baylor, a lawyer fresh out of law school, against Great Benefit Insurance and its lawyer Leo Drummond in a bad-faith claim lawsuit. What really made this book is the Black vs. Great Benefit ...