Reviews

King of Torts by John Grisham

dragonking85's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

talkingstory's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

laurencain's review against another edition

1.0

Are we sure this was written by John Grisham? The same author who wrote A Time to Kill??? This took me months to get through and I’m honestly surprised I finished it at all.

eltorothedeep's review against another edition

2.0

This book started off great, but after a few chapters it was like watching a video of a train wreck, you keep waiting for the crash.
In the middle it got really tiring.

Overall, an OK book.

surabhidiwan's review against another edition

4.0

This book is about a rookie in the field of law and how he struggles in his daily life with little money and double the amount of work, and not being able to cope with with the rich parents of his girlfriend.

And suddenly life takes a drastic turn. He's a millionaire in a flash of a second. But greed takes over his good senses.

It's a story of how money can change your life but the greed of having more of it and not taking the rights decisions can pull you back.

I could connect with the book as I am a lawyer myself. But there are ways in which the non-lawyers would connect too. The feelings, the emotions, respect, decision making, love, hatred, jealously, superiority, etc.which is common in all of us is something everyone can connect to.

laurapoulosky's review against another edition

2.0

For audiobooks, I'm mostly dependent on what's available from the Undergrad Library (unless I take the time to go to Urbana Free, which has an excellent selection). I'd hoped this book might be good, like _The Firm_ or _The Pelican Brief_, but I found it only mildly interesting. I didn't really care about the characters or what happened to them. Oh well, it helped me kill some time in the car.

ktopper's review against another edition

3.0

Not John Grisham’s best work but still very well done. Not as engaging as his other books.

annabickley's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

tlwd's review against another edition

Writing was quite dry and I did not like the characters. 

rusereviews's review against another edition

3.0

More like a 3.5. Easy to foresee how the plot is going to go.