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Title: Ford County: Stories (Random House Large Print)
ISBN: 0739377388
Author:
John Grisham
Publicate Date: 2009-11-03
Publish: 2009-11-03
List Price: $24.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Lame
Grisham has been a long-time favorite author but this one confirms he should stop writing. Recent books have had weak endings but this one reaches a new low. The stories are generally depressing and sad and lack the twists that mark good short story writing.
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2: Powerful short stories of life in the rural Deep South.
After finishing this book, I can honestly say that the last few reviews about it do not give it much credit and that is a real shame. This is a great book of short stories deserving only the highest praise not the petty criticism I have been reading about it. It was written with great depth and intensity. It evokes the deepest of emotions. I have a really hard time understanding why the last reviews have been so negative.
I am not generally someone who likes reading short stories but these,by no means, are ordinary short stories. There are seven of them in total and they are about the mostly poor people of a small town in Mississippi. True, they are generally not very happy stories. They are like a series of Greek tragedies about the harshness of life experienced by poor, uneducated southern people from broken families with drug and alcohol problems. The last story "Funny Boy" had to be the saddest of all. It brought tears to my eyes thinking about how good "Christian" people treated one of their townspeople who had come home to die from AIDS. They did not even see fit to treat this poor soul or his caregiver as human beings deserving of love and respect. During this time of Lent, in preparation of the Easter season, I cannot help but think of the lepers that Jesus Christ himself ministered to. They were like the HIV positive individuals of that day. Like the song "Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me." John Grisham powerfully reached in and touched me with this final story--not that the previous six stories were any less masterfully written.
No,this is not a collection of happy stories. What I can say about them, however, is that they are REAL about REAL people and can grip you in ways that you wouldn't think possible.
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3: Just stories
Some stories are good. Some have an amazing end. Some are boring. So if you pick this one don't expect much or I rather say if you don't have anything else to read choose this one.
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4: Grisham should stick to writing, not narration
Mr. Grisham is a great writer. His narration of this audiobook is simply dreadful. I couldn't listen much after the first 30 minutes.
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5: Depressing
Although I love the author, and have read most of his books, this one left me wondering "what is the point?" The stories are situations really, rather than fully developed characters. While they are believable, they are also depressing, focusing on faults and weaknesses rather than any redeeming qualities.
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