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Apr 03, 2008

John rated it:

The Client is about an eleven year old named Mark Sway and his little brother Ricky witnessing a suicide. Before the man killed himself he told Mark information about a murder case that was being looked at. Marks brother goes into shock from the suicide and he has to stay in the hospital for a while. Mark does not know if he should tell the FBI the information he received or not because he is scared for his family’s lives and his own. The Client takes place in a small town in Memphis. Mark is a More...

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Feb 19, 2008

Doug rated it:

Grisham has a way of writing a real page-turner. This was one of those books that I just couldn't put down. The suspense was intense, and the story was good.

When I finished the last page, and I finally did put it down, I couldn't help thinking I had just wasted my time. I mean, I was thoroughly entertained for every minute of the book, but when I was done, I was left with nothing but the memories of my entertainment.

Good book, excellent author, but lacking in anything More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Nicholas rated it:

So in the beginning of the story their is these two boys that are brothers and this take place around the 1960's and these two brothers ricky and mark are smokers that are bad boys. so one day they decide to go in the forest and later seems to find something that they couldnt believe . Finds out that once they stumble upon the woods they see a man trying to kill him self. as the look to see who it is the man that is trying to kill him self see them and catches one of the brothers and stick him i More...

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Jul 31, 2007

Lindsey rated it:

Mark and his brother Ricky stumble upon a laywer trying to kill himself. Before he does, he reveals to the boys that his mobster client has killed a man and federal officials are pressuring him to give up the location of the body. And then the lawyer shoots himself in the head, putting the boys in the same impossible situation that caused him to commit suicide. The police are pressuring the boys to give up the information, in somewhat unethical and dishonest ways, but the mob will kill Mark a More...

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Jun 28, 2010

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I always like Grisham's books in spite of the cartoonish political spin (Republicans uniformly evil; Democrats caring, sensitive, kind). This, his fourth book, was surely not one of his best, but only because there is a mile-wide hole in the plot. The solution to the dilemma of little Mark -- who possesses the secret of where the Senator's body is buried
-- was so overwhelmingly clear within the first 100 pages that each successive machination of Reggie's, e More...

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Jan 10, 2009

PujanggaCinta rated it:

U might wonder, but this is actually my childhood or... ok my teenage book. I read it for the first time around 1994 (when i was 14) and I also watched the movie. This book along with Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Forrest Gump were my big three introduction books to non fiction novel. My transition leap from Enid Blyton, Edith Unnerstad, Astrid Lindgren and Erich Kaestner Books. It was the time I choose to read what I consider grown up books.
I like The Client more than any other John Gris More...

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Oct 27, 2011

Brian rated it:

When I first saw this book in the bookstore, it intrigued me because of the author “John Grisham”, who is one of my favorite authors, and after reading the summary, I wanted to read it badly because it was one of the author’s stories in which the main character is a child.
I loved the book from the beginning to the end, because the author has an amazing way to make a reader get hooked from the beginning, even in the strangest ways. For example the story starts with an 11 year old boy who wa More...

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Oct 17, 2011

Jenna rated it:

This book is pretty intense, and it all starts when 11 year old Mark is told by suicidal lawyer Jerome cliffords where the body of U.S. Senator Boyde Boyette, who was killed by a mob hitman is.
Now the Prosecution will do anything to get the information out of Mark, and the Mob will do anything to keep him quiet. I would definetly read another book by this author because it had the perfect amount of suspense, and the other side of the crimanal/prosecution battle, the witness. My favorite cha More...

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Oct 21, 2010

Robert rated it:

A Thought-Provoking Legal Thriller

John Grisham succeeds in writing another passionate legal thriller that keeps your mind thinking throughout. The vivid depiction of characters is the foundation of this absorbing plot. I found myself hooked on the story of Mark Sway, an eleven year old boy who was sharing a cigarette with his younger brother in a deserted lot, when a depressed mafia lawyer tells him information that would change his life forever. Mark was now s More...

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Sep 10, 2010

Jane rated it:

What a great story. I loved the characters, especially 11-yr-old Mark with his intuitive smarts, risk taking, and good judgment.

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Mark and his younger brother live in a trailer park with their single mother who works a low wage job. The boys went into the woods to sneak a cigarette. They discover a man they don’t know trying to kill himself by running a hose from his car’s tailpipe into the car window. Mark pulls the hose from the tailpipe twice before the man (Je More...

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Oct 10, 2009

Tony rated it:

John Grisham- The Client (Island Books 1994) 4.75 Stars

Mark Sway was just an eleven-year-old boy taking his younger brother out for a smoke when they stumbled onto something that would change their lives forever. A mob lawyer reveals a secret Mark wishes he did not know; the location to a dead senator. Now Mark is a target of the mob as well as desperate FBI officials who want the information he holds. The only person between Mark and the two sides is his lawyer Reggie Love and they More...

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Sep 17, 2009

Keegan rated it:

I really like this movie and watched it before I'd ever read the book. But I remembered that this was one of the few cases where I liked both the book and the movie even where they didn't match up. I don't know that I'll read it again ever though because I did like the movie better this time around. I liked that there were just the three primary characters, for instance. And I admit that I liked that Foltrigg (while still being a loud mouth) wasn't quite the moron he is in the book-- but I'm sur More...

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Sep 14, 2009

Majed rated it:

this book about eleven years boy his name is Mark. Mark and hs young brother witness a man try to kill his self. Before he killed his self he noticed Mark. the man caught Mark and entered hem his car, and tell hem that he is a lawyer of one of Mafia member. His client killed a senator and hid the body in the lawyer house. Then the lawyer killed hem self. Mark and his brother run to their house and call 911, and tell them there is a dead man on the road. when the police began to investigate they More...

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Apr 10, 2008

Henrik rated it:

This is my first John Grisham book, and I'd certainly read more of him. The book, as do the movies, provides an interesting look into the culture of the legal profession. The book's hero is an 11-year old boy, and he is just too much to be believed. His perception, composure and demeanor are way beyond his years, as are his general willingness to take risks and act in an adult way. So, it's not fatal, but it does sometimes make it a little harder to be immersed in the story.

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Dec 17, 2009

Jeni rated it:

I like John Grisham books because they grab your attention and they are pretty easy to get through. After reading a book, I usually find myself applying it to myself & seeing what I get out of it (either by looking for a moral of the story, by comparing the characters to my personality or by seeing how uplifting the book is). I never seem to get a response from myself after reading Grisham. But they are good books to read in the airport when waiting for a delayed flight.

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Dec 16, 2009

Chris rated it:

Then I read a THIRD Grisham book in a row - I tell you, the bored, summer teenage mind can choke down a lot of crap in the form of mediocre prose. This is the one with the little kid that sees the murder, right? The one they made into a movie with Susan Serandan? I think so. Anyway, if you liked Grisham's other someone-stumbled-on-a-conspiracy-and-now-they're-running-for-their-lives books, I'm sure you'll like this one too. I don't remember it being any better or worse.

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Feb 22, 2010

Patrick rated it:

The book tells of a boy who happens upon a mob lawyer who commits suicide. But before he commits suicide, he divulges information on where the body of the murdered Senator was hidden by his mob boss. Fearing reprisal by the mob or the FBI for lying, he hires a lawyer to get him out of this mess.

I only slightly dislike this book because the premise of the book is weak. I could not get over the fact that the kid could have avoided the whole suspense by telling the FBI the truth ab More...

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Aug 11, 2011

Devina rated it:

Eleven year old Mark Sway and his little brother Rickey witnessed the suicide of mob member's, Barry the Blade, lawyer, Rommel Clifford; Romey his friends had called him. Rickey goes into shock and poor Romey spilled the beans on the whereabouts of the late Senator Boytte's decomposing body to Mark before eating the bullet. Both the FBI and the Mafia are after Mark the only difference being the Mafia wanting Mark to keep his mouth shut!
That's basically it, so what could John Grisham possib More...

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Sep 13, 2010

Waven rated it:

This is my third Grisham and my favorite thus far. It was an interesting read with enough action and suspense to keep the pages turning without overwhelming credulity (although he stretches it rather thin in several places). The protagonist family Sway is likeable, the antagonist Muldanno and cronies are frightening but low-key, and there are a few characters who scramble back and forth between the two, making things a bit more interesting. Many scenes and descriptions date the writing but ca More...

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Aug 12, 2011

John rated it:

Ok, so I was right- John Grisham was better at this back in the early 90s than he was a decade later when he was writing crud like "The Broker". But he wasn't THAT much better. I read The Firm and the Pelican Brief back when they came out and I remember reading a few chapters of this one and liking it, but getting distracted, putting it down, and never picking it back up again. Revisiting it, it is certainly a page-turner and not bad, but it is also repetitive and goes on a bit too lon More...

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Jan 17, 2011

Christina rated it:

For me personally, the book was a little hard to get into at first. But of course, that’s probably just because of my broken reading tendencies because as the story unfolded, I got more and more hooked on the story; “on the edge of my seat”, anxious to find out what would happen next!

Mark Sway is a kid you can’t help but admire and fall in love with. At 11 years old, he is experiencing something NO child should ever be face with. Yet, he’s determined to protect his family at all costs, More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Judy rated it:

It was okay. There was a lot that the police could have done that would have stopped the story right at the beginning, but then there wouldn't have been a book. If the police had said that the suicide note left by the lawyer included the location of the dead body allegedly killed by his client. And if the media hadn't told all before the police knew more, then the witnesses, actually the one young brother, would not have felt in danger for his life and his famiy's lives. Instead their lives More...

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Jun 21, 2011

Neal rated it:

I've always considered myself a big Grisham fan, but haven't read all too many of his books. "A Time to Kill" is one of my all time favorite books, and I greatly enjoyed "The Firm" and "The Chamber." I knew "The Client" was one of the more famous ones (as there is the movie, which I will note that I have not seen) and when I came across a hardcover at Goodwill of it for 75 cents, I knew I had to pick it up. I was not disappointed. The beginning and the mid More...

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Feb 27, 2011

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Even if Grisham is one of my favorite authors, I can't stop thinking that the story is a little forced. Just think about this: Mark is not a key witness against Muldanno, his importance is just because he knows where the body is, if he just tells it to the FBI from the beginning (of course, there wouldn't be any story to tell) then the FBI finds it and takes Muldanno to the justice.
One may say: he's just 11 years old, then Reggie gets into the scene, she, instead of protecting Mark as fa More...

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Apr 11, 2010

Kaho rated it:

This book takes place in Southern United States, where Mark Sway, his little brother Ricky, and his mother Dianne lives. While the two brothers are in the woods where they are sneaking a cigarette, they see a lawyer attempting to commit suicide in his car. Mark is caught by the lawyer and is told a dangerous secret: the location of the body of the U.S senator that his client killed. Soon afterwards, Mark finds himself hounded by the FBI to tell them the lawyer's secret and threatened by the mob More...

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Apr 10, 2009

Louise rated it:

What I've learned most from this book is that I don't particularily like nor enjoy novels written by John Grisham. I know, I know call me crazy because a bazillion other people in the world can't scoop his books up fast enough. Well, what can I say? To each his own.

"In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...

Elevent-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance enco More...

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Nov 10, 2011

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Dec 07, 2009

Brandon is currently reading it

Mark Sway is an 11 year old boy who is told the location of the most wanted body in America by a fat suicidal lawyer. Now Mark is stuck between a legal system that will do anything to find the corpse and a mob that is desperate to cover up the crime. His only help in this world is a 50 year old lawyer, Reggie Love, who will do anything to help Mark. Even take a gamble that could cost them their lives.

Mark is wiser than any other 11 year old kid. He has been through a lot with his mom More...

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Mar 31, 2011

Carol rated it:

I like John Grisham books because they grab your attention and they are pretty easy to get through. After reading such a book as this one, I see the legal system from a different perspective. The young boy witnesses this horrible incident, it tramatizes his little brother, and suddently the older brother has a terrific amount of responsibility. He see a female lawyer who helps him get his act and life together, at terrific risk. The weaving in and out of the story is very compelling, and passi More...

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Sep 09, 2011

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