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Title: The Chamber by John Grisham ISBN: 0-440-22060-2 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.61 (254 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Chamber
Comment: The Chamber: Adam Hall is a Chicago attorney who takes on a case that could destroy his life. His racist grandfather Sam Cayhall is sitting on death row for the fatal bombing of an office building in the 1960's that paralysed a man and killed his two children. Adam senses there is more to the story and while the nation waits for his execution, Adam tries to uncover the truth with the help of many people including his own aunt who at first wants nothing to do with him or Sam, but she eventually begins to sense a need for closure and so she begins to talk of life with a father like Sam. As he gets closer to the truth he puts his life on the line. Grisham has tackled racism before, but never quite like this. Here we have a character that isn't sorry for what happened all those years ago. Making the main character someone that we cannot like makes it hard to have to read material like this, but Grisham makes the novel work and doesn't become to preachy. The only problem is that the book is really long and I think that the books content could have been trimmed. Besides that it is still another sure fire hit from the master writer.
Rating: 1
Summary: Depth
Comment: Clumsy. A pathetic attempt to convey emotion. Ending was a total disappointment. Plots lines went nowhere. The characters are impossible to relate to and feel for. The point of the book is lost in the cliched descriptions. Someone else could have done better on this topic. For this author, not bad though.
Rating: 3
Summary: A decent read
Comment: The Chamber is the story of young Adam Hall who stands poised at the brink of a highly promising legal career. It is also the story of Sam Cayhall, racist and murderer, who now sits on death row and happens to be Adam's Grandfather.
After deciding to take on his case, Adam heads south to Mississippi to come face-to-face with the Grandfather he's never met, and more than a few skeletons in the family closet.
It is there that he meets his Aunt Lee, daughter of Sam and Sister to Adam's Father. As Adam meets with Sam and spends time with Lee, he gradually draws out the truth about the past, both about Sam's brutal crimes and about his own family. It soon becomes clear that some secrets are better left buried.
The plot of this book moves along at a steady clip through most parts, but tends to get a little bit hung up on some legal explanations here or there. The average reader who isn't a lawyer won't be particularly interested in the intricacies of the appellate court system.
Also a little bit irksome is the confusing way in which Sam Cayhall is portrayed. First he is a brutal racist killer, and then he's a sensitive soul who longs to get to know the family who abandoned him due to his actions. The reader is sent on an emotional roller coaster from anger towards his actions, to sympathy for his circumstance, and everything in between. Some may find feeling even a little bit of sympathy for Sam hard to swallow.
The story runs long and has much room for editing, but it is hardly noticeable when the story does such a great job of drawing you in and keeping you truly invested and interested in Sam's fate.
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Title: The Rainmaker by JOHN GRISHAM ISBN: 044022165X Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Runaway Jury by JOHN GRISHAM ISBN: 0440221471 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 27 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Partner by John Grisham ISBN: 0440224764 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 07 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Street Lawyer by JOHN GRISHAM ISBN: 0440225701 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 05 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Time to Kill by John Grisham ISBN: 0440211727 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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