Sycamore Row: A Novel, | 
pickI actually finished this Tuesday night late 😊
Grisham takes us back to where it all began, with Sycamore Row. A Time To Kill introduced us to Ford County Mississippi, Jake Brigance, Carla Brigance, Lucien Willbanks, Harry Rex and Sheriff Ozzie. Three years later, Jake is still waiting on the insurance to pay for the loss of his house, when he is dragged into another major case. ⬇️
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so-soWhile I found the plot interesting, I must admit that it's not really my cup of tea... I'm glad I read a procedural fiction, but it's definitely not my favorite genre.
so-soEh. This could have been about 100 pages shorter, with the loose ends tied up. I loved A Time to Kill, but this fell short for me.
⭐️: 2.5/5
pickI've read the precursor to this book, A Time to Kill, but don't remember much about it - it was a long time ago. What I do know is that this is a brilliantly.
Wow! Grisham is back with another excellently written stunner. A smart, fast moving story about the legality of a Holographic Will.
pickWhere A Time to Kill (pub 1989 set in 1985) wrote of the brutal rape and aftermath of a 9 yo black girl by two white brothers in Ford County, book 2 (pub 2013 set in 1988) still addressed race but by way of greed and white entitlement. It used the N-word twice where it was ubiquitous in the first making this read much easier for me. Although this one is less intense, I like spending time with Jake and company. Book 3 is my next Grisham!
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Third in a 3-part series with attorney Jake Brigance in Ford Co, MS. A suicidal man leaves a handwritten will for Jake, which snubs all his family members and gives $50mil + to his caregiver of 3 yrs. Thus begins an explosive conflict between lawyers, relatives, the press, culminating in exciting courtroom drama.
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pickSo happy to return to Ford County with Jake Brigance and the characters from A Time to Kill. Jake works in the courtroom to protect an old white man‘s will of giving the majority of his estate to his maid. In typical Grisham fashion, this story packs a punch and is quite emotional. 💚 #MountTBR
pickSo happy to return to Ford County with Jake Brigance and the characters from A Time to Kill. Jake works in the courtroom to protect an old white man‘s will of giving the majority of his estate to his maid. In typical Grisham fashion, this story packs a punch and is quite emotional. 💚 #MountTBR
pickI really enjoyed this book. John Grisham spins a tale full of twists and unexpected turns. I laughed and cried. I loved Jake Brigance in 'A Time to Kill' and it was nice to catch up with his character still helping the underdog after all these years later.
pickJust finished: but it was a pleasure to read to the end. The story is not that complicated, a little too much of legal stuff, but the characters are all so well depicted that you feel like you know them all by reaching half of the book. Worth it reading, definitively! #2020
pickJust finished this. Though the ending was predictable and convenient I still enjoyed it overall. The story flowed well and that's all that mattered to me. 3⭐
A holographic will (like the one above) is what is in contention at Ford county. How's the battle going to end? Halfway through this Grisham and the ride has been nice so far.
Lazing away a Wednesday afternoon
Flipping through John with no cares
Leave me lost ere forever
Wakefulness is a bore
pickI really enjoyed this novel. I‘m not much into courtroom novels but I felt pulled along at a nice pace with it. I‘m no law expert but I feel like it offered a fairly accurate representation of what it would be like to bring a case like this (a particularly dramatic will contest) to court. It is the sequel to another Grisham novel which I haven‘t read but while it does reference the other novel from time to time it stands alone just fine.
pickReally enjoyed revisiting Jake and Carla back in Ford County. Interesting to see how things turned out since the Hailey trial. I was pretty well engaged throughout but I'll have to admit "A Time to Kill" was better. Nevertheless, this was still a page turner for me.
pick@wanderinglynn I finished my first audiobook for the #BookFitnessChallenge.
I was listening to it while cleaning my house which I guess counts as being active. This is a sequel to Time to Kill. It was something good to listen to in the background while doing chores and stuff and not having to think too much, not nearly as deep or Good As Time to Kill.
Just finished this and enjoyed it. I love how Grisham writes about all the good things and the bad things about the South. This was tough to read but relevant still today
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pickThis book is definitely not a book with the impact of A Time To Kill but it was a good and enjoyable read, if longer than it needed to be taking almost 14 hours of reading time. That said though nice to see John Grisham get back to some quality fiction after in my opinion a few weaker returns in recent years. My favourites by him were written pre 2000. Am pleased to have read it.
Just about to start Sycamore Row, the sequel to John Grisham's brilliant A Time To Kill. Been waiting to read this a long time - let's hope it doesn't let me down!
Another Grisham that's been on my Kindle for ages.
I‘ll try it some other time.
pickEs ist super. Die Dramaturgie, die Darstellung der einzelnen Personen, das Auffinden von Personen und die Wendung, einfach Klasse. Das ist Spannung pur! Grisham schafft es wieder geschickt, das juristische Wissen, mit einer sehr komplexen und in sich schlüssigen Geschichte zu verbinden. Man kann mit Lettie und den Kindern mitfühlen.Aber das wichtigste man versteht warum Seth das gemacht hat und die Symbolik dahinter.
Das ist einfach hohe Kunst!
pickHier habe ich eine ganz große Empfehlung für euch! Was für ein spannendes, verstörendes und doch auch lehrreiches Buch. Ich bin einfach nur begeistert 😊
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pickSurprise ending is quite alarming and hard.
Interesting audiobook. Love hearing that southern twang.
pickAfter racing through its predecessor at a fever pitch, I was so excited to pick up this one. It's another wonderful courtroom tale, though it focuses on civil litigation as opposed to criminal. Can't wait to read more Grisham!
These Jake Brigance books are making me want to up my law school/lawyering game.
Seth Hubbard goes to church one Sunday morning, talks to everyone, makes a call to one employee to meet him at 2 by the creek, and hangs himself. Monday morning, Jake Brigance receives a letter in the mail from Seth Hubbard. Enclosed is a holographic will. Jake has just been hired for a case that will reveal a lot of secrets. One that is 60 years old.
I love John Grisham as a writer. He is my favorite legal thriller writer. He always has great character development. Sycamore Row hooked me when I read the summary at the library. It never let me go from page one. I would suggest you read Time To Kill before this one, if you haven't, because Sycamore Row brings a lot of information from the other book into it. That why you will have a concept of all the characters.
😊 Happy Reading 😊
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