They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in a small town in Brazil; ...
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Dec 16, 2009
Lois
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I do own Grisham books, but only because family members keep buying them for me on birthday's and xmas's. I smile politely and thank them, wishing they would include the receipt. I have read this, and i don't recommend it unless you are 10 years old and want to start reading adult fiction. Dull, dull, dull. How this man is a best-selling writer is reflection of today's society's IQ.
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Jun 25, 2008
Kristi
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LOVED this book - so smart and witty and edge-of-your-seat reading with lots of twists and turns. I'm torn about giving this 4 or 5 stars because the ending of this book taunts me in an intriguing and enjoyably annoying way...
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Aug 22, 2008
The other John
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I'll give this one a grudging "check it out" rating. It's the tale of a lawyer, Patrick Lanigan, who had faked his death and then swiped ninety million dollars that his law firm had gathered in a settlement. As the book opens, it is four years later and Patrick is discovered. The rest of the book details how he attempts to escape the civil and criminal cases against him, intertwined with the details of how he pulled off the scam in the first place. Like the other Grisham novels I've re
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Jan 24, 2009
Frank
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Feb 08, 2012
Oklahomadave
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John Grisham has a curious way of drawing out courtroom fact, dramatic fiction, and credible dialog among compelling characters into entertaining legal page-turners. Unfortunately, Grisham's 1997 "The Partner" pulls together these elements among an only marginally interesting core of characters, all revolving around the capture and peculiar justice visited upon a presumed-dead partner in a Biloxi, Mississippi law firm.
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Nov 03, 2011
Rod
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The partner in question is a lawyer, Patrick S Lanigan, who has stolen a large sum of stolen money from a bent client of his own bent law firm. Having done this, he has staged his own death and assumed a new identity in Brazil. This has the further advantage of getting him away from his wife who, apart from her body, leaves everything else to be desired.
In Brazil he is finally tracked down by people working for those he had defrauded. Even under extreme torture he does not reveal where More...
In Brazil he is finally tracked down by people working for those he had defrauded. Even under extreme torture he does not reveal where More...
Aug 25, 2011
Kevin
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The Partner was just what I expected from John Grisham novel. Not much, but a quick, mildly entertaining read.
In this, one of his relatively forgettable characters previously faked his own death and then stole $90 million from the law firm of which he was partner and left to start a new life in Brazil.
It opens with private investigators finally locating him after spending four years and several million dollars of the ripped-off clients' money to search for him. He goe More...
In this, one of his relatively forgettable characters previously faked his own death and then stole $90 million from the law firm of which he was partner and left to start a new life in Brazil.
It opens with private investigators finally locating him after spending four years and several million dollars of the ripped-off clients' money to search for him. He goe More...
Jul 07, 2011
Mahyudin
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I finished reading this book within 3 days, a gripping story which full of twists and the unexpected. Here’s my 5 cent review...
Luck was always on his side, his plans were well thought out, and they turned out to be perfectly schemed, and he finally succeed in buying his way out of jail, the punishment he always wanted to avoid, a nightmare to him. Started with how brilliantly he faked his death, ran away with his ex-firm’s USD 90 million and lived on the run for four years in Brazil More...
Luck was always on his side, his plans were well thought out, and they turned out to be perfectly schemed, and he finally succeed in buying his way out of jail, the punishment he always wanted to avoid, a nightmare to him. Started with how brilliantly he faked his death, ran away with his ex-firm’s USD 90 million and lived on the run for four years in Brazil More...
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Mar 31, 2011
Jane
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Brilliant strategizing, excellent suspense, but FRUSTRATING AND SAD ENDING.
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I love Grisham’s writing style. I was engaged all the way through. There was good action and a lot of suspense. By the end I was amazed, impressed, and intrigued with all the planning, strategizing, and how things worked out. It may not be believable but it was fun. Then the ending was frustrating and unhappy. I WANT HAPPY ENDINGS. Unfortunately that was my only problem with the More...
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I love Grisham’s writing style. I was engaged all the way through. There was good action and a lot of suspense. By the end I was amazed, impressed, and intrigued with all the planning, strategizing, and how things worked out. It may not be believable but it was fun. Then the ending was frustrating and unhappy. I WANT HAPPY ENDINGS. Unfortunately that was my only problem with the More...
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Oct 13, 2010
Marge
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He had me at The Firm. Since then, I devoured every book of his. I would excitedly wait for a new book to come out and would be first in line to buy one. But for some reason, I missed this book.
The protagonist is a disillusioned lawyer who went through some hoops to get himself seemingly entangled in a situation which as a reader I knew right away he would extract himself out of admirably. No surprise there.
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The protagonist is a disillusioned lawyer who went through some hoops to get himself seemingly entangled in a situation which as a reader I knew right away he would extract himself out of admirably. No surprise there.
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Jul 24, 2010
Jerry
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"To Tell The Truth?"
Quite a few years ago, there was a television show called "To Tell the Truth" in which a celebrity panel, egged on by a celebrity moderator, would try to guess which of three guest panelists, when quizzed about their lives and circumstances, would turn out to be the actual named person. The game always ended in the command "Will the real 'John Doe' please stand up", at which point our suspense was relieved and we all got to More...
Quite a few years ago, there was a television show called "To Tell the Truth" in which a celebrity panel, egged on by a celebrity moderator, would try to guess which of three guest panelists, when quizzed about their lives and circumstances, would turn out to be the actual named person. The game always ended in the command "Will the real 'John Doe' please stand up", at which point our suspense was relieved and we all got to More...
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Feb 03, 2010
I finished a book.
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When I read this book, I expected some happy ending, because Patric was unhappy for his own life. But when he was Danilo, he was happy and he felt free even though chasing. Anyway, he solved his problems. At last he had to get money and love. Patric might think he would get everything, too. But the author did not that. He lost everything. He loved Eva(his girl friend), but Eva disappeared with his money. He trusted her. That was very shocked to me. I didn' More...
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When I read this book, I expected some happy ending, because Patric was unhappy for his own life. But when he was Danilo, he was happy and he felt free even though chasing. Anyway, he solved his problems. At last he had to get money and love. Patric might think he would get everything, too. But the author did not that. He lost everything. He loved Eva(his girl friend), but Eva disappeared with his money. He trusted her. That was very shocked to me. I didn' More...
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Nov 19, 2009
Tony
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John Grisham- The Partner (Island Books 1998) 3.5 Stars
After stealing ninety million dollars from his law firm Patrick Lanigan has been running for four years. He has been traveling around the world hiding from those who wish to hunt him down and get their money back. In Brazil they finally track him down. Now he is being hauled back to the States to face the trial of a lifetime. His lawyer is trying to come up with a defence, but he gets the feeling that he is not being presented wi More...
After stealing ninety million dollars from his law firm Patrick Lanigan has been running for four years. He has been traveling around the world hiding from those who wish to hunt him down and get their money back. In Brazil they finally track him down. Now he is being hauled back to the States to face the trial of a lifetime. His lawyer is trying to come up with a defence, but he gets the feeling that he is not being presented wi More...
Aug 09, 2009
Nikki
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Picked this one up in a charity shop for my unexpected section. It's really not what I'd normally read, what with all the crime and lawyers and being terribly terribly sneaky, but it's easy to read and I could appreciate the sneakiness. It's a pretty clever plot, I think, with a sting in the tail which actually made me say ouch aloud.
The weird thing about it is that the main character isn't innocent. He pretty much deserves what he's getting, and it's really weird that everything com More...
The weird thing about it is that the main character isn't innocent. He pretty much deserves what he's getting, and it's really weird that everything com More...
Dec 05, 2008
Saami
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The book The Partner, By John Grisham was a really good book. It was a mystery book and like all of John Grisham's books it was about the law in general. It features and interesting point of view. The book is started after the death of the main character Patrick Lanigan, who is hiding in South America as an alias. Patrick was supposedly dead. The book follows on his past and has interesting things in store for him. The ending was perfect as well.
John Grisham's books always ha More...
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Sep 22, 2011
Paul
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When a man accused of stealing $90 million from a law firm fakes his own death & is eventually caught, thus we have the base story for this '97 work by Grisham. "The Partner" is the story of Patrick Lanigan who worked for a law firm that won a settlement of that amount & decides to go on the run to protect the reasons why the firm won the settlement. The book begins in Brazil with Lanigan's capture at the hands of thugs & his torture along w/ extradition back to the states. Grisham kee
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Oct 21, 2010
Anne
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When traveling, John Grisham never fails me. Sure, his books are formulaic and even when you haven't read one before, while you're reading it, it still makes you feel like maybe you have read it before...nonetheless, I always find his books suspenseful and entertaining. In The Partner, Patrick Lanigan is living life on the run in Brazil after faking his own death and embezzling $90 million from his former law firm. With so many people looking for him, it's not long before he's captured and retur
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Mar 05, 2010
Ann
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This was so different from the other Grisham books I recently read ... more of an edge-of-your seat, want-to-find-out-how-it-will-end type of novel !! I could hardly put it down ! HOWEVER, the ending of this book was such an incredibly BAD surprise that I just sat there reading the last page in stunned disbelief that this author could actually wrap up an otherwise thoroughly intriguing and great story line with such an AWFULLY depressing ending. It was INCREDIBLY disappointing and ANNOYING ..
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Jan 26, 2010
Sarah
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I enjoyed the story and finding out how it all worked out. It's sorta different from the other Grisham novels in that the hero isn't really a hero. He's a bad guy from the beginning but you still end up rooting for him against the other bad guys.
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I wasn't too surprised by one revelation at the end of him snitching on himself. The surprise at the very end did get me as I still can't get where it came from. Totally out of t More...
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I wasn't too surprised by one revelation at the end of him snitching on himself. The surprise at the very end did get me as I still can't get where it came from. Totally out of t More...
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Jul 26, 2011
Sana
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I have come to admire the way John Grisham pulls the reader into the story; it is impeccable. The Partner is a fast-paced legal thriller novel which progressed at such an interesting pace that I never wanted to put it down. It had all the ingredients needed for it to make such a good read.
Though, I still had doubts about the ethics involved in the whole Patrick Lanigan case; they are somewhat justified by the slightly edited rendezvous dilemma toward the end of the novel. I raced throu More...
Though, I still had doubts about the ethics involved in the whole Patrick Lanigan case; they are somewhat justified by the slightly edited rendezvous dilemma toward the end of the novel. I raced throu More...
Nov 21, 2010
Alan
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I only recently started reading John Grisham and I find him to be a good read. I'm not looking for great literature. I had enough of that in school! I just want to sit down with a book and escape into a good story that keeps me engaged. John Grisham does that for me, and The Partner had me from beginning to end. It was one of those books I hated to put down. I'm sure everyone who reads these reviews already has an idea of the plot line. Believable? Maybe. Could someone actually do everything Pat
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Apr 02, 2008
Mandy
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This was the first Grisham book I ever read. I really enjoy his books centered around business and scandal, which are most of his. They easily keep my atttenion and I like that they aren't overboard with details of disturbing murders or other crimes. I can't stomach that stuff. My husband and I are big Grisham fans. Good stuff.
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Sep 10, 2009
Chad
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I must make an admission...I have been a big fan of John Grisham for a long time. I know that this book was written over a decade ago. I'm still playing catchup with my reading. I have four entire shelves of books to be read and I keep adding to the stack faster than I can read them. Such is the burden of a lover of books. Anyway, as with most of John Grisham's other books, this one revolves around a lawyer and the wranglings of the legal system. I have read all of his novels prior to this one (
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Aug 09, 2011
Roger
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When John Grisham arrived on the scene so many years ago, I read a number of his books as soon as they were released and then grew tired of something about his books or his writing style and they no longer interested me. Not sure what it was, but I haven't read a Grisham book in years. I found this in paperback at a vacation home in the Northern Neck of Virginia and decided to spend some time on the pier, beach and shore with this book. Finished it before we had to leave the vacation home and tr
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Dec 30, 2009
Taka
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A case study in building tension--
Because Donald Maass speaks highly of him in his Writing the Breakout Novel, I took the time to read the master of tension-building at work. As expected, his prose is insipid at best and characters paper cutouts. I didn't like the ending very much, either.
But damn he can tell a story.
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Because Donald Maass speaks highly of him in his Writing the Breakout Novel, I took the time to read the master of tension-building at work. As expected, his prose is insipid at best and characters paper cutouts. I didn't like the ending very much, either.
But damn he can tell a story.
He withdraws information and feeds it piecemeal, always leaving the reader (and the characters in the story) wanting for more. His pacing is also More...
Jul 20, 2011
Dankwa
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Having read of eight his books I can say that John Grisham is my favorite author. I haven’t read one of his books in over 10 years and I can see not much has changed. The last book I read was his 1996 book ‘The Runaway Jury’. This one was his next book published in 1997 and it recounts the same territory of a Grisham book. One man embroiled in some huge dilemma aided by a woman surrounded by a group of shady adversaries who are out to get him. That’s pretty much half of the plots to his books ex
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Feb 21, 2011
Michael
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Legal twist and turns make this a super read.
At first, in the book The Partner I wasn't a big fan of the main character, Patrick. I was not quite sure if I was supposed to want Patrick to get away with everything but found myself on his side even though I didn't know why he had committed this theft. I did admire the way he had every angle thought out. The book was hard to put down. The constant legal twists and turns in the story kept me riveted. Mr. Grisham kept me interested with More...
At first, in the book The Partner I wasn't a big fan of the main character, Patrick. I was not quite sure if I was supposed to want Patrick to get away with everything but found myself on his side even though I didn't know why he had committed this theft. I did admire the way he had every angle thought out. The book was hard to put down. The constant legal twists and turns in the story kept me riveted. Mr. Grisham kept me interested with More...
Mar 07, 2010
Bruce
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The ending came as a surprise, but frankly, it was disappointing and silly. The whole book was leading to a fantastic triumph, but no, Grisham has to rain on his own, the protagonist's (and the reader's) parade by yanking the happy-ever-after out from under everything. Look, dude, you got where you are by following a tried-and-true, formulaic model for popular fiction. We don't pick up a Grisham novel looking for great literature, we pick up a Grisham novel because we want to be entertained by a
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Jul 30, 2008
Alan
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His best book. The plot is all set up at the beginning, so you know what a rat the main character is. But then? Turns out he's not such a rat after all.
Kind of depressing at the end, though.
Kind of depressing at the end, though.
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Apr 24, 2011
Debra
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I loved, loved, loved this book, until the last page. I kept reading it, when I needed to work, and could not wait for the twists and turns and the end. Then, WHAM! The ending was such a disappointment, that I wanted to write to Mr. Grisham and tell him to send me an alternate ending. It made no sense, and quite frankly, irritated me. I have been angry all day, since I finished the book this morning, and have a feeling I will be quite angry with John Grisham for some time. Really? What in the wo
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