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I worked at a law firm where part of the movie was filmed. When Julia Roberts's character goes into a law firm to ask for a particular lawyer only to find out that he no longer works there and she leaves, that is my old firm. It is an ornate marble lobby with a small stream of water in the middle of the lobby. She goes through a glass door and can either go up an escalator or up some stairs to the reception desk, which overlooks the lobby. The walls are all glass and she can see across the floor...
This is the third time I've read this. The last was ten years ago (the first 1992). So I obviously have liked it. But today it feels almost antiquated in its mentality and character attitude. I still think It's a good suspense legal thriller but with some porous character choices for 2020. Probably not for 1992. AND: For some reason I dont believe the characters "love" interest in the end. It just doesnt fit with the "Strong female character"that was created. It starts to reek of the damsel in d...
4 stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I was so intrigued by this plot, the story had me engaged throughout and I really enjoyed it. Highly recommend if you’re a fan of John Grisham’s work!
i had read a less well-known grisham book, and was pretty disappointed, so i decided to read this one, which is supposedly one of his best. terrible ending, tedious story for the most part. if you can read quickly you might not think you're wasting your time on this book.
I'll begin by saying that I used to love John Grisham's books. I read four or five, started to get a little tired of the same old plot line, and by the time I got to this book, my tenth or eleventh Grisham book, I was just thoroughly annoyed. Grisham has good plots, that can't be denied. But the plot doesn't begin until somewhere between pages 150 and 200. And it's always a variation of the same story: a man is in trouble, a gorgeous, seductive woman needs saving, and so the man saves both himse...
Unbelievable characters and for a thriller the novel was quite tedious.
Written in 1992 and made into a movie a year later, Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington cast in the main roles, The Pelican Brief is billed as a legal thriller. The Supreme Court of the US is/was presided over by nine aging Chief Justices, appointed for life – at the time all male, white, with a closet gay thrown into the mix, which suits the Republican Administration. A presidential benefactor with deep pockets, fearing for the outcome of a Supreme Court ruling if the democrats win the next ele...
I read this book shortly after watching the movie and was not disappointed. In fact, the film follows the book closely.A university student writes a story on the possibility of a connection between an oil tycoon and the White House in relations to the deaths of two supreme court justices. Although her brief is for a school subject, it hits close to home and the young student soon finds herself running for her life as assassins aim to gun her down and silence her brief.This is fast-paced and susp...
The Pelican Brief, John GrishamTaut thriller about a young law student whose legal brief about the assassination of two Supreme Court justices causes her to be targeted by killers. She realizes just how accurate her accusations have been when her lover and mentor is murdered. Forced to go on the run in New Orleans, she is aided by a journalist who helps her unravel a conspiracy involving senior government figures.تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز دوم ماه اکتبر سال 1999میلادیعنوان: پرونده پلیکان؛ نویسنده:
Read it years ago, remember I liked it, entertaining read. I used to like reading Grisham's books, maybe I'll try a new one soon, sort of lost track of all the books he wrote in the past years.
This book was a lot more suspenseful and entertaining than I thought it would be. I don't know why I thought it would be so boring, since John Grisham is so popular. It was incredibly suspenseful at parts. It was the first book I'd read by Grisham, so I really didn't know what was coming. I had three problems with it: 1) Although, like I said, the book as a whole was really suspenseful, I thought the end was a bit anticlimatic. 2) The environmentalism was a bit heavy handed. I'm all about preser...
My first Grisham novel and probably my last. The book was much too formulaic and a bit dull (not for an avid mystery reader and an adrenaline junkie)though at certain points it was a fast page turner. The plot was really weak. Maybe this environmental conspiracy plot was breakthrough in the 90s but in 2010, it's a tad bit overused and overdone. What made this book unbearable was Grisham characterization of Darby. She is the generic 90s heroine...extremely smart, absolutely stunning, with a spunk...
I read this when it came out and I was a restless teenager. I never saw the movie. I only gave it three stars because I remember it being exciting but still considered it pulp fiction. Perhaps the topic of assassinated Supreme Court justices over environmentalism will become a more relevant topic soon and it merits a re-read? Or not.
