The Pelican Brief

Watched the Pelican Brief in the past and just saw it recently. Decided to get the book since I love books. Just finished it this morning. I found the book so much more interesting and detailed with its descriptions of events. I can relate it after finishing it to several of the events (in a loose way) that have happened in our past USA history and in some ways to what is happening today in our world.I loved this book so much I've purchased some of Grishams' books and plan on buying everything else he's written up to this point. I'm anxious to read them all.

Loved this book. I ordered it right after I read The Firm. John Grisham is an amazing author!

I'm a big fan of Grisham's books. I believe I read a dozen of which. I selected the Pelican File after it was ranked in an occasional article among Grisham's best. In retrospective, I don't agree with this recommendation. It is a fine book but far from excellent. This is why I gave it four stars rather than five, which is my common grading for Grisham's books. To my opinion Grisham Excell when the story is around legal proceedings. He has a unique talent to convert complicated boring legal proceedings into a thrilling plot. Being a lawyer myself, I'm overwhelmed by this talent. Legal text is usually cumbersome, long and terribly boring and Grisham is perhaps the only person on hearth who can turn it into short, catchy and totally engaging text.That said, I was less impressed by Grisham's thrillers, such as the Pelican Brief (or the Broker). The text is still sharp and to the point. The plot's rhythm is well kept. Yet, something is missing. For example, I found that some of the events involving Darby were unrealistic. Really, what are the chances that a normal legal student could escape the most professional gunmen of the world and many tens of investigators chasing her?! It gives you the feeling that it is too good to be true, so you shouldn't worry as the main heroine will surely make it to the final line.Must admit that I considered quiting reading several times, but I'm glad I didn't. The final part which involves the process of producing the mind blowing news article, was excellent and reminded me of the great Grisham.

I always loved the movie and I found that the film makers did a good job keeping to the original story. I just couldn’t get the cast of the movie out of my head. The only thing was the race of the reporter. I final understood who the people protecting her were from the book where the movie was less informative. Great read!

Pelican Brief is one of the very few Grisham books I hadn’t read. I wasn’t disappointed. Grisham is simply the best legal thriller writer in print today n

This is obviously the era of Grisham's finer works. The Pelican Brief certainly belongs in that category. Though I do wonder about a theme in the author's books where there's an inappropriate relationship going on (i.e. affairs, suggested affairs.) Here, it's a law student who's sleeping with her professor. Thankfully, she's smart on her own, or I'd really hate this book. So let's delve into Darby Shaw. She's awesome! For starters, I like her name, "Darby". I've never heard it before but it works so well. Like I said, she's smart...exceptionally smart in fact, and that's always a huge plus with me. The fact that she soon finds herself in peril because of what she knows or might know and is consequently in fear for her life makes her human, and that again is a plus for me. Her dialogue is also witty and worth listening to. We need more female protagonists like her out there. The reporter, Gray Grantham, was good too, though Darby wins. He was smart for sure, but he never showed himself as being as smart as her. I'm absolutely thankful that he wasn't made out to be her hero or knight in shining armor. These two actually work together to expose the conspiracy at hand and I enjoyed every bit of the ride. My main problem, apart from this audio book being abridged, is the villain. I'm completely fine with there being an unseen menace for the protagonists to deal with, but this villain, Victor Mattiece, appears once and only briefly. I'd have liked it better if he never appeared in the book and was only talked about as was the case most of the time. His brief appearance without any encores was just too out-of-place for me. Also, there was a hint of romance in the book, which I could have done without. This book serves as an exception to my dislike of conspiracies where the questions become "how high does this go? and "who can you trust?" I see way too much of that in all of today's media. But this book was done well enough that it barely crosses into the exceptions column, despite all the government-rooted evil depicted in its pages. Go out and read it. Enjoy.

Well written, I love the dry humour. Great ending.

Totally enjoyed reading this book. John Grisham did his homework and penned it with so much creativity that I was taken by the intrigue and suspense. Kept me on the edge of my seat and it was an enjoyable read. Looking forward to reading more of his works. This was my seventh book by Grisham.

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When two U-S Supreme Court Justices are assassinated the cops are baffled. Pretty much everyone – lawyers, politicians, journalists, John Q Public (and of course the cops) spin their wheels, kick up dust, but accomplish little beside advancing theories ranging from mild to wild.Now the Pelican Brief is, we know, a John Grisham novel and so it should be no surprise that it takes a young law student to finally puts the pieces together.There are lots of things at play here beyond the standard ‘good versus evil’ shtick. Money, power, corruption and greed are prominent, but all combine to make this a highly enjoyable read.

The gripping story kept me engrossed all the way. Though I sometimes got confused with all the characters. Think that's age related!

I think the only Grisham novel I really enjoyed was The Firm. This was ok but I will be moving on to other authors.

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