Gute Story, routiniert geschrieben: Die Mischung in dieser Story könnte einen perfekten Thriller abgeben. Leider wird der Leser aber bis zum letzten Drittel im Unklaren gelassen, warum zuerst einige Bundesrichter, dann ein Juraprofessor und noch einige andere Personen ihr Leben lassen mussten. Darby Shaw - die junge, hübsche, langbeinige Jurastudentin - hat den Grund für die Morde zwar fühzeitig entdeckt und eine Akte (die Pelikan-Akte) darüber verfasst, nur der Leser erfährt den Inhalt dieser Akte reichlich spät. Deshalb ist der Roman ziemlich lange reichlich verwirrend, bis Grisham endlich offenbart, was der Grund für das Blutvergießen ist.

Grisham baut aber in bekannter Art Spannung auf, bringt in ironischer Art Seitenhiebe auf die amerikanische Justiz, das CIA ,den FBI, die Presse und das Weiße Haus, so dass die Lektüre von Anfang an auch unterhaltend ist und man bis zur Aufklärung über den Inhalt der Pelikan-Akte durchhält. Dann wird die Verfolgungsjagd auf die hübsche Studentin erst richtig spannend. Schließlich wird sogar noch eine richtige Liebesgeschichte daraus.

Gute Unterhaltung, die aber für meinen Geschmack zu viele Klischees enthält. Natürlich siegt am Ende die gute Idealistin über den Bösen.

The story about court and lower and killung . I didnt like it because it was very boring . but who love mystry thing will like it .
Aisha Mohammed Zaed ( )

I was not impressed with the other Grisham book I read (The Last Juror), but this one was fun. The twists were decently believable without being too predictable, and none of the characters were unrealistically gifted (a common flaw in thrillers). Though I've never seen the movie, I could picture Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw. My one issue was that I never felt much actual suspense; I was not attached enough to the characters to care much if they made it out okay. That said, this was a nice bit of brain candy. I hear Grisham's older works are his best, so I'm actually looking forward to reading The Client and The Firm, both of which are on my TBR. ( )

When two Supreme Court justices are assassinated on the same night, there is plenty of speculation as to who the assassin or assassins are and why the judges were murdered. Like many others, law student Darby Shaw thinks she knows the motive. She writes a brief, soon to be known as The Pelican Brief, and shows it to her law professor/lover, Thomas Callahan. Unfortunately, he shows it to a friend of his who works for the FBI, who passes it along, and it falls into the wrong hands. When Callahan is killed by a car bomb, Darby realizes someone wants her dead and she goes on the run. She hooks up with Washington Post reporter Gray Grantham and the two of them try to stay alive long enough to expose the truth.

This was an exciting but implausible thriller. Darby is a well-written character and it's nice to read a book with a strong, intelligent heroine. Unfortunately, it's not clear until well into the book what Darby's feelings for Callahan really were, it should have been clear earlier that she loved him and was not a student having an affair with a professor in order to get an A. She conveniently has plenty of money, so she can use cash on the run, rather than leave a trail by using plastic. And it strains readers credibility that a law student can outwit trained assassins. Some of the other characters in the book blend into each other and I wasn't always clear as to who some of them were. Grisham does clear up some loose ends, but at the last minute, as if he suddenly remembered them.

Despite these flaws, the story is exciting enough to keep the reader turning pages and worth reading as long as you don't think too much about it. ( )

I like and have enjoyed many of John Grisham's novels, and I admire, respect and marvel at his many accomplishments and achievements, they are awesome; but, this particular work is in a category all its own.

Pelican strains credulity beyond belief, after reading this it would be difficult to imagine that anything good would come of his future efforts, or that anyone would ever bother; then he follows with the "Client" a really funny book, with a great character - a memorably enjoyable reading experience.

Pelican is a dud, client is nirvana!

Grisham's production is variable and operates in a very broad range. ( )