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Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Island Books
Release Date: 1999-12-28
ISBN-10: 0440234743
ISBN-13: 9780440234746
List Price: $7.99
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Heart of darkness...
In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.
Because Troy Phelan's new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil.
Enter the lawyers. Nate O'Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan's family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate is crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman--pursued by enemies and friends alike--holds a stunning surprise of her own....
The Testament
| Customer Rating: | | This is one of the worst books I have ever read! It is a very slow read with characters I could not come to like and/or care about. I usually enjoy John Grisham novels, so I kept reading in hopes of a twist, a burst of action, an interesting character...anything to turn around the reading experience....but it continued to be a bore the entire way through. I believe Mr. Grisham put some words to paper just so he could write-off a trip to Brazil, a major setting in the book. I only gave one star because the system forced me to select at least one star. |
THE TESTAMENT by John Grisham
| Customer Rating: | | I received the book in fast time, it was in excellent condition and I am very happy with the service I got. |
Great Read
| Customer Rating: | | The Testament is one of John Grisham's best reads (have read about 12 of his books so far)...it had me interested from the first page until the last. Would highly recommend this one. |
Great voice, so-so plot
| Customer Rating: | Here's my review system--I score on four categories and average them together for the number of stars. The four categories are: character development (are the characters deep and complex, plot (is it interesting), voice (is the narration smooth and engaging) and cliche level (is it predictable.)
Characters: 5 stars-- I found the two main characters fascinating
Plot: 2 stars-- it went on an on to a predictable ending
Voice: 5 stars -- very smooth which I believe is Grisham's strong suit
Cliche: 3 stars -- good lawyers and greedy lawyers as JG does
Overall Score 3 stars |
Legal Wrangling, Adventure, Sleaze, Redemption
| Customer Rating: | Grisham brings his page-turning style to a contested will. Aged billionaire Troy Phelan commits suicide, leaving behind a questionable hand-written will and angry heirs (six kids and three ex-wives) who get nothing beyond their debts erased. The beneficiary is Troy's previously unknown illegitimate daughter Rachel, who lives as a penniless missionary among the Indians somewhere in the vast wilderness of Brazil. Naturally, the greedy heirs and their unscrupulous lawyers contest the will (claiming Troy was insane), while the exector plucks an acoholic attorney (Nate) from rehab to seach for Rachel in Brazil. Grisham provides adventurous reading as Nate braves storms, floods, snakes, mosquito-borne diseases and hostile natives while traveling up the Pantanal River in search of Rachel. At the same time, we see how low the Phelan heirs and their sleazy lawyers will sink to grab part of that $11 billion estate. But lest you lose faith in human nature, some redemption is mixed in with the mounds of sleaze.
I like Grisham's page-turning style and legal adventurism, but felt finding Rachel was too easy, and he took too long to get to the tepid ending. Still, if this isn't the top Grisham effort, it still makes very good reading. |
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