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Classic read. Had to read it for an English literature class. Was painless and enjoyed it.


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A Painted House A Novel John Grisham 9780385337939 Books Reviews

A very good book. It’s different, but an interesting story and a good read. At first, I was a little bored with the book, because it moves slower than many books. Then I realized this book is mainly about the time period and the dynamics of the family, their work ethic and what they had to do to survive. There are murders that happen and other unexpected twists and turns during the story that make it good. At the end of the story, I can say I really enjoyed reading this book. John Grisham definitely does his research for the time period. A very good read and a comforting ending.
I read this book because my Uncle told my father to read it. My uncle said it got things right. My grandparents were sharecroppers and my father and his six siblings grew up picking cotton. In fact, that was the expression my father used when disgusted; "That cotton-pickin' so and so" or "you cotton-pick in' boys don't know what's good for you." He could think of few jobs more lowly on life's ladder other than dishonest professions. I remember my grandparents' house in southern Missouri. John Grisham could have used it as his model when describing the Chandler's home and farmland. My grandparents farmed in Arkansas prior to moving to MO. One of the family stories I heard often was that my grandfather built a house for only twenty five dollars. That was for nails and a few panes of glass for windows. They harvested trees and had a lumbermill cut them into boards for half of the wood. I can think of no stronger praise than "He got it right." My father and his family were even Cardinals fans. That made things fun considering I grew up in Connecticut and learned to love baseball right around the time the '69 Mets won it all.
It is a wonderful experience to read these stories by John Grisham, that do not take place in a court room. Set in the early fifties, I believe that this story takes you back to those days, to a time when life was a little less convenient. I find that these stories grab your interest within the first few pages, draw you in, and hold you there until you have finished the last page. I was reaching for this book in the middle of the night, when sleep might have been a better option. If I had any issue with the story, it might be the age of the main character. Luke was very grown up for a seven year-old, however, I came up in the late sixties/early seventies, and felt a lot more grown-up than kids seem today. I highly recommend this book to anyone that appreciates John Grisham, especially, and anyone else interested in fine story craft. Other books that I have recently read by Mr. Grisham, include; Playing for Pizza, Testament, Sycamore Row, The Litigators & The Rackateer. Any of these stories would be a great place to start, if you are unfamiliar with John Grisham.
The first non-legal novel for John Grisham, this story revolves around a boy named Luke Chandler, a young boy who seeks to one day leave his family's cotton farm behind him and play major league baseball. While it's a fine departure for the author of legal thrillers such as A Time to Kill A Novel and The Chamber, it's sometimes too quiet for me.
While characters do die in this story, these deaths are never really followed up on because of a lack of information for the surviving characters. Instead, this story is largely just about cotton picking and the seasonal workers that the Chandler family finds to help out with the job. The biggest mystery for them is who is painting their farmhouse white.
While the painting is a nice story ark and definitely good symbolism as painted houses in the town are a sign of some financial prosperity, it's all just sometimes dull. The few moments of real action are quick and rarely touched on again long afterwards. The ordinary events in young Luke Chandler's day are sometimes just too ordinary. Also, what was with that whole scene with the girl at the river? I'm more disturbed than anything else.
But despite all it's faults and the consequent loss of one star in the ratings, it's still a decent book and die-heart Grisham fans like myself shouldn't go without. The audio book is abridged, but I can't imagine all the excitement is only found in the full version. Go find out for yourself though. Enjoy.
If you are expecting one of Grisham's books about lawyers and lawsuits, this might disappoint you. For those of you who enjoy William Faulkner or even Steinbeck, this will be a surprise. A story of growing up poor in East Arkansas cornfields during the time of the Korean War, it is a well written and touching account of his younger years on the farm. Well done.
This is a departure from the standard Grisham legal thriller, the story revolves around a poor southern family in the '50s trying to keep their cotton farm afloat. To do this, they must employ temporary help. In the end we have four families to study. The Spruills, who are "hillbillies," a group of Mexicans, the family of a 15-year old girl who has just given birth, and the central family, the three-generation Chandlers, who live together in house that would look classier for want of paint. An unspoken character is the tiny town of Black Oak, where everybody knows everybody else and the shop owners kindly sneak young Luke his coveted Tootsie Rolls. And there's the stern minister who shouts his sermons and seems to "make up sins as he goes along." And then there's intrigue, but I don't want to spoil the plot.
I'm a Grisham fan anyway, but I think I'm in the camp with the people who like his non-legal novels best. Although it's hard to call a novel with murder and poverty "lovely," it really is a charming story. I like that the writer doesn't try to talk like a 7-year-old Arkansian, but rather expresses his thoughts through adult prose. I read all sorts of symbolism into the painting of the house--something that brings people together, something that covers up much like covering up the secrets in the novel--I'm sure there are other meanings in there. Like other reviewers, I came to the end and wondered "when is the sequel coming"--and I never think that way!
Classic read. Had to read it for an English literature class. Was painless and enjoyed it.