- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Century; New edition edition (5 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844131610
- ISBN-13: 978-1844131617
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
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Like many of John Grisham's better books, The Last Juror is at its best when evoking the past--Mississippi in the early 1970s--and less effective when constructing the bait-and-switch plotting with which he makes a pointed argument about the law. When Danny Padgitt (one of a family of bootleggers that is effectively a large criminal conspiracy) is convicted of rape and murder, the jury cannot agree on the death penalty--and life sentences in this time and place are liable to be as little as nine years. Padgitt threatens the jury and when, once he is out, the jurors who heard his case start being executed, conclusions are there to be jumped to...
Grisham is arguing that justice has to be seen to be done, rather than specifically for the death penalty or even life-means-life sentencing. Though his case is loaded, it is never entirely sentimentalised partly because these events are seen through the eyes of one of his most engaging narrators--a young northern-newspaper editor out to make a name and a fortune for himself, but also committed to the truth and a saintly African-American matriarch who serves on the Padgitt jury. This is a deeply populist book, but never a stupid one. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
John Dugdale, Sunday Times
"…Grisham is as good as ever on colourful Southern types…taut thriller…"
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After decades of patient mismanagement and loving neglect, The Ford County Times went bankrupt in 1970. Read the first page
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Not the best book I have ever read from Grisham - largely because the plot never really came together, the title was misleading, he rambled on for to long about irrelevant plot intricacies, promised much but delivered very little. Dont get me wrong, if he had pitched the book at a different level, it would be a masterpiece - it is well written, full of interesting characters, but not entirely plot driven.
I was expecting a taut legal thriller - basic plot is this: a yng guy who is a member of a well known criminal family gets convicted of the rape and murder of a local single mum. He doesnt however get the death sentence, but still threatens the jurors in front of a packed courthouse that he will kill them all if he is found guilty. So, here the stage is set for a suspense filled story, but then it all kinda goes it a bit wrong after that, and loses its way. I am not going to say too much more - if you like a good read, then this is classic Grisham, but dont get it just to read a legal thriller, cos you wont get one
I was expecting a taut legal thriller - basic plot is this: a yng guy who is a member of a well known criminal family gets convicted of the rape and murder of a local single mum. He doesnt however get the death sentence, but still threatens the jurors in front of a packed courthouse that he will kill them all if he is found guilty. So, here the stage is set for a suspense filled story, but then it all kinda goes it a bit wrong after that, and loses its way. I am not going to say too much more - if you like a good read, then this is classic Grisham, but dont get it just to read a legal thriller, cos you wont get one
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a light-hearted book to read. It was fast-paced book. I consider it to be one of Grisham's best. Grisham returned to legal thriller with style after his most recent books (Bleachers, Painted House, etc.). The Juror is presented through the eyes of the local newspaper editor. Like all Grisham books, it comes to a very sudden and abrupt ending, but for a change, it doesn't deviate from the story .In this novel John Grisham has created an intense, fascinating and revealing study of a small southern town, and created lively characters that developed with the story. His details are plentiful. DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE, THE RUNAWAY JURY, THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN are also lovely historical fictions that stirs the adrenaline flow.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading this book, up until I realised that I had only two or three chapters to go and nothing was happening. I really like Grisham and have read most of his other books, all of which I enjoyed. This sounded promising, and the book itself was engaging. The characters had more depth that some of his earlier work and I felt like I had been to the town the book was set in, with all the detail and vivid depiction. But nothing actually happens in this book. The plot has no twist or turns, it just ambles nicely along. I felt as if Grisham had been steaming ahead, pumping out the words, doing well, then realised that he only had 20,000 or so to go and began tying it up. The pace is that of a build up all the way through, which is brought to a sudden and untidy halt about two chapters from the end. It's as if the writer got bored or lost, made an ending that just about Ban-aided the rest of the book and proclaimed, 'Finished!'When you finish the book you flip through to see if it's missing pages. Disappointing to say the least.
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first class book
A brilliant story that kept me riveted right til the end . A must have for all John Grisham fans. I even bought 1 as a gift .
Published 1 month ago by Anne E. Salmon
A return to form - but don't read the blurb!
The Last Juror is a return to form for John Grisham, and tells the story of a young journalist in the 1970s who buys up a small local paper in rural Mississippi. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. R. Johnson-Rollings
What a misleading blurb!
After reading a number of Grisham books I was especially looking forward to The Last Juror, purly based on the blurb. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Drummond Lee
an interesting mismatch
This is the first book I've read by author John Grisham; and I really enjoyed it. I feel that the summary on the cover could almost be from a different book; but that aside, the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by zaheera
The Last Juror
This is a very average read for Grisham which fails to live up to the promise that is delivered in part 1. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Marshall
Well written but a bit confused....
I love a good JG and to be fair, I did enjoy this for the most part. The main problem for me was that the title was misleading and this led to me not enjoying it as much as I could... Read more
Published 19 months ago by LittleReader
Don't even Bother
This was my first John Grisham Book and I was really looking forward to reading it. After a time to kill film I was expecting a book I couldn't put down. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by Shazza Smile
got me into grisham novels
How anyone can give this book less than 4 stars is beyond me.
Every character is brilliantly thought out, the story is deep and involving. Read more
Every character is brilliantly thought out, the story is deep and involving. Read more
Published on 1 April 2010 by fenderman21guitar
If you are familier with Grisham this won't disappoint
Another very enjoyable Grisham novel. Very good character portrayals and conveying of a community in the deep south. Read more
Published on 24 May 2009 by Paul Halstead
Misleading title, ok book
This book was ok, good even, but not great. For starters the titles misleading, and whilst it starts off promising, and is enjoyable it never seems to really go anywhere. Read more
Published on 17 April 2009 by eponine
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