A Time to Kill - John Grisham Reviews

A Time to Kill was John Grisham's first novel and like so many others doesn't in my opinion doesn't disappoint the reader. The Plot: A couple of men rape and attempt to kill a 10 year old black girl, however she survives the ordeal, leaving her with permanent scars both physically and mentally as she was beaten so ...  Read the complete review

A Time To Kill is the debut novel from lawyer turned author John Grisham, who has taken the legal thriller world by storm since the publication of this novel in 1989 and is still going strong today. The Plot Young lawyer Jake Tyler Brigance finds himself defending Carl Lee Hailey, a father accused of the murder of two men who ...  Read the complete review

'A Time to Kill' was the first novel written by John Grisham and he did so over a number of years as he continued to practice law. It has a much rawer feel to it than his later polished titles and I for one feel that it benefits from this. Jake, a small town lawyer, has just been offered the biggest case his career will ever see. A 10 ...  Read the complete review

John Grisham, as most people probably know, is the highly successful author of a string of legal thrillers, many of which have been made into high-profile films – among the best known of which are The Firm and The Pelican Brief. Grisham, an ex-lawyer (no surprise there) is probably the best-known and most successful, though certainly ...  Read the complete review

With my 200-opinion looming over at Ciao, I thought it was about time I started to edit a load of my old ops, well not edit as such, more like completely rewrite. So to follow up from my op the other day on The Pelican Brief I’ve decided to start this editing process with another of Grisham’s books. In fact I believe this was in fact ...  Read the complete review

A Time to kill is basically a story about a black man called Carl Lee Hailey, a paper mill worker from Ford County, who commits a revenge murder when two young white males rape his 10 year old daughter. Hailey employs Jake Brigance to defend his case. Jake is a fairly young lawyer, in a fairly small county but before he knows it this ...  Read the complete review

A Time To Kill is a truly compelling novel, which takes you into the exciting and devastating world of a father striving for justice in a world that breed's hatred for his kind. When reading A Time To Kill; I discovered one of the most powerful paragraphs I have ever frequented; it shows the immense literature prowess of John Grisham. A Time ...  Read the complete review

John Grisham's highly successful writing career began with this book - and no wonder he was successful with writing of this caliber. 'A Time To Kill' is the story of Carl-Lee Hailey - an ordinary man driven to murder the two monsters who rape his young daughter and leave her for dead. A quite understandable reaction, you might ...  Read the complete review

A Time To Kill by John Grisham is a captivating novel that is almost impossible to put down. A true masterpiece by an excellent author. When this book was first released the response to it was luke warm. However upon the release of “The Firm” people began to appreciate Grisham’s work and suddenly “A Time to ...  Read the complete review

Put this book on your ''must read'' list. Grisham really outdid himself with this one.In ''A time to kill'', Grisham has created characters that you can't help but be sympathetic to. The book draws you in from the very beginning, with the tragic crime that is the catalyst for this story. Unless you have no ...  Read the complete review

?to think about the message of this book that is, because gripping though it is just as a thriller it also carries a message that certainly made me think. The basic plot is two racist rednecks in Mississippi kidnap and rape a 10-year-old black girl. They are arrested but the girl's father, unconvinced that he will get justice, decides to take ...  Read the complete review

A Time To Kill was the debut from John Grisham, and this was the book that made him decide whether to continue with a career in law, or to become a full time author. A lot of Grisham books are set in the deep south of America, as is this one. It is set in Mississippi, in a small town with a tight knit community. While running an ...  Read the complete review

This Book was the first i read of John Grishams works and i have read them all because they are gripping accounts of courtroom drama that holds you from page one. A time to kill is all about a young negro girl who one day walks to to grocery shop and is attacked, kidknapped,raped and beaten and then left for dead by two drunken red-necks ...  Read the complete review

This was Grisham’s first novel and didn’t really come to the fore until the success of his second novel, “The Firm”. The story is about a 10 year old black girl who is brutally raped and left for dead by a couple of young white men. When the case goes to trial the victims father shoots both of the accused on their ...  Read the complete review

At Manchester airport very early on the morning of the first day of my holiday to menorca i quickly grabbed the nearest paperback to me,this happened to be A Time To Kill. Never having read a John Grisham i did not realise what a treat was in store for me, i expected a light read, some thing to snooze under by the pool.How wrong was I? I ...  Read the complete review

John Grisham has never been one to shy away from sensitive subjects and this book is no exception.It tackles racism in the Mississipi head on and is not afraid to describe it vividly.The story starts with the rape of a ten year-old girl by two racists and continues to the trial of the girls father for two counts of capital murder.It is superbly ...  Read the complete review

This is one of Grisham's earlier books but I think it's one of his best. I found it incredibly exciting and really quite upsetting. Basically it is a story about racism in the south of America. A young black girl is horribly raped, beaten and tortured by two white men who leave her for dead. She survives however, and the two ...  Read the complete review

John Grisham has no fear of writing something that may be a bit controversial or not quite what everyone wants to read. But he does a stunning job of capturing our attention and making us read. This particular story, now adapted as a film, focuses on the rape and near murder of a young black girl by white men. When the girls father kills the ...  Read the complete review

This book is John Grisham's first and by far it is his best book. The book begins with an author's note stating that this is not his best book, but he had decided to publish it anyway.Well Grisham is wrong this is by far the best book he has written. I started reading late one night and didn't put it down till I finished it late the ...  Read the complete review