Reviews

A Time to Kill by John Grisham

krankykat's review

challenging tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A good story, but the language has not aged well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

qjbrown96's review against another edition

5.0

One of the best page turners I’ve ever read and I’m not even a huge fan of legal thrillers

hgbush's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

zavana's review against another edition

5.0

I listened to the audiobook for this, as it had been years since I’d seen the movie, and I wanted to revisit it. It took me a minute to get used to some of the derogatory language used throughout the book, but it ultimately gave the book a more authentic feel. John Grisham does a wonderful job of creating a dynamic world to weave his characters and plot through.

kemiadeleke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow
Just wow 
Hard to read at first but I had to remind myself when this book was published and the time period it was reflecting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Racial slurs

navstan21's review against another edition

2.0

Could not connect to any characters at any point ! Just a popcorn read.

jazzymom's review against another edition

hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

celtic_oracle's review against another edition

3.0

Oh how I hate loose ends. The book still gets three stars in spite of this - a good read, even if I didn’t like many of the characters.

rich2023's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

3.0

digililly's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5