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Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
List Price: $250.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  426 reviews
Sales Rank: 747072
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Limited
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.7 x 1.4
ISBN: 0385526334
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780385526333
ASIN: 0385526334
Publication Date: March 18, 2008
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 What a Downer! July 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Grisham stacks the deck for us, making his heroes really good guys and the villains contemptibly villainous. OK, John, we're aching to see justice triumph and the baddies get their comeuppance. But instead the good guys get trampled into the dust while the villain sails off on his yacht, chortling. Whoa! Is this entertainment? The plot consists of sledgehammering readers about the dangers of tort law reform, wrapping up with a last-minute turning of the tables that the author must have realized made an impossibly hokey basis for a happy ending. So he didn't give us one.
THE APPEAL wins my nomination for the Upton Sinclair Bleakest Fiction of the Year Award.
 Disappointed July 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought the book was absolutely awesome until the ending. I guess I'm naive but I actually thought justice would prevail. And if this is a true reflection of our judicial system, we are serious trouble.
 Fast-moving, intriguing, and compelling read July 14, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed almost all of Grisham's legal thrillers and this was no exception. The storyline was believable and thought-provoking. Makes one wonder if this type of thing isn't already happening.
Grisham has a knack for focusing on issues and reeling the reader right into the plot. I could not put this book down. I was angry, disgusted, and hopeful right up until the end. And, oh, the end... well, let's just say it fit! Still, I was hooked right up until the last paragraph.
I am so happy Grisham has returned to this genre. I haven't been crazy about the books he's written that have strayed from the legal area. I love the law and appreciate his inside knowledge.
Great book. If you like John Grisham, this one will not disappoint.
Censored July 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Looks like Grisham must have censored my excoriation of his latest because I'm still waiting to see its posting. How about it, Amazon?
The Appeal July 11, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is Grishams worst book. I appeal to be repaid my $19.95.
I was looking forward to reading this too, however it did not grab me and let me put it down like his other books have.
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