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LEGAL: It's pretty s …more Though your question is not clear as to did you not understand the legal stand of the book or the moral, i'm gonna answer both: 1.
He was declared Legally insane which for the layman means that he couldn't differentiate Right from Wrong and was incapable of making a sound decision at the time. Thus with this thought in mind, the Jury took the legal aid for the insanity plea to let him walk on a technicality. Hope this addressed your query : less. See all 18 questions about A Time to Kill….
Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Nov 01, Favila rated it it was amazing. Strong, likable characters, and some to dislike as well. Intriguing and filled with astounding possibilities. WOW, what a Great story! The character development was so goooood! Brent Arquette, the author of the book mentioned in this review, has used his mother Lois Duncan 's mone Obvious Brett Arquette sockpuppet is obvious.
For shame, for shame. It's gotten so bad that his author profile on Goodreads now mentons his spamming, yet this shameless "author" continues his spamming campaigns. How lame! Not only that, but this ridiculous little man actually tried to comment on one of my rightfully scathing reviews of his crap.. At first, I did not think it was him, but after seeing several of his sockpuppets mention foul language or lack thereof in their reviews of other books, I decided to come back to this.
This profile is private, but the name is a big tell. I looked up 'banrigh' and you know what? Dec 11, Stephen rated it liked it Shelves: , audiobook , legal , popcorn , thriller. Considered Grisham's best novel by many readers far more perspicacious than moi , this well-written, emotionally-charged thriller certainly delivers.
While it doesn't rank as my eye's own personal apple , I can certainly see why it is esteemed by fans of both the legal-thriller and Grisham. Despite being fast-paced and a true page-turner what I would call a popcorn-read , there's a gravity and social conscience that pervades the story and adds a weight to the narrative. There is depth here, more Considered Grisham's best novel by many readers far more perspicacious than moi , this well-written, emotionally-charged thriller certainly delivers.
There is depth here, more than I expected. Setting aside for the moment my gripes over some of the language used in the book one vulgarity in particular , Grisham does a nice job of capturing the setting and providing an authentic feel and voice to his characters. Overall, a satisfying read that held my attention throughout.
The plot centers on the trial of a poor black father who murders the two white shit stains who raped, tortured and brutalized his 10 year-old daughter. The crime and the subsequent trial triggers a firestorm of racial tension as factions on both sides become vocal and volatile. From the opening pages that describe the brutal rape which was gut-wrenching in the extreme to experience, especially as a dad through the final reading of the verdict, Grisham drives the narrative effortlessly and keeps the reader hooked and engaged.
His story-telling is excellent. Words like sheen and glistening are too understated. This is the case here. However, it just seems odd that as late as , the word and the frame of mind that goes with it would be used so casually and regularly.
Given that Grisham is from the South and went to school in Mississippi, he may be spot on with his characterization, and he probably is.
If true, this is just very, very sad. Still, its constant use grated on me and I thought the movie did a much better job with the dialogue. This is coming from someone who does not normally favor filtering words through the PC processor.
The Main Character : Jake Brigance is not nearly as likeable in the book as he in the movie and I found it hard to engage with him. Now I think we can all agree that Matt McConaughey is not exactly a high level thespian. The Ending : Again, I liked the movie version so, so, so much better.
While the main outcome is the same, I really liked the way the movie handled the climactic closing argument and was disappointed in the novels path to the verdict. I thought it was perfect. Okay, so enough griping. I thought the book was good. I thought the movie was very good. If you've seen the movie, I don't think you are missing much by skipping the book. However, if you haven't seen the film, I would recommend reading the book first and then watching the adaptation.
I think you will enjoy both. View all 52 comments. It was Grisham's first novel. Tonya is later found and rushed to the hospital while Pete and Billy Ray are heard bragging at a roadside bar about their crime. Tonya's distraught and outraged father, Carl Lee Hailey, consults his friend Jake Brigance, a white attorney who had previously represented Hailey's brother, on whether he could get himself acquitted if he killed the two men.
Jake tells Carl Lee not to do anything stupid, but admits that if it had been his daughter, he would kill the rapists. Carl Lee is determined to avenge Tonya and, while Pete and Billy Ray are being led into holding after their bond hearing, he kills both men with an M16 rifle. Carl Lee is charged with capital murder. Despite efforts to persuade Carl Lee to retain high-powered attorneys, he elects to be represented by Jake. Later, the team is assisted by liberal law student Ellen Roark, who has prior experience with death penalty cases and offers her services as a temporary clerk pro bono.
Ellen appears to be interested in Jake romantically, but the married Jake resists her overtures. The team also receives some illicit behind-the-scenes help from black county sheriff Ozzie Walls, a figure beloved by the black community and also well respected by the white community who upholds the law by arresting Carl Lee but, as the father of two daughters of his own, privately supports Carl Lee and gives him special treatment while in jail and goes out of the way to assist Jake in any way he legally can.
Carl Lee is prosecuted by Ford County's corrupt district attorney, Rufus Buckley, who hopes that the case will boost his political career. It is claimed that the judge presiding over Carl Lee's trial, Omar "Ichabod" Noose, has been intimidated by local white supremacist elements. This proves true when, despite having no history of racist inclinations in his rulings, Noose refuses Jake's perfectly reasonable request for a change of venue, even though the racial make-up of Ford County virtually guarantees an all-white jury.
Oct 18, Tim rated it it was amazing. This first Grisham novel is outstanding. View all 12 comments. It is still a great book that will pull you in and not let go. Not necessarily a big downhill — but it sure does seem in some aspects like he was at the top of his game for his first few novels.
He mentioned in his forward that this one almost did not get published, but the success of The Firm helped generate interest, and I am very glad it did. This is not an easy book to read, but fiction based on hard truths never is. There is very graphic and shocking sexual assault and racism.
So, while they add to a powerful story, some may find it difficult to read. Knowing this, be sure to proceed with caution!
Maybe I was looking at an old favorite through rose-colored glassed before I re-read. Nothing that was severe enough t ruin the experience, but enough that it was noticeable to me. If you are a Grisham fan, it is likely that you already read this. So, you should remedy that right away! View all 8 comments. Replace riveting by frustrating and you know what I felt while reading this doorstopper of a book.
The premise was so interesting that it was impossible not to pick this book up: A ten-year-old girl is raped by two drunken men, and her father takes the law into his own hands by killing the r "A Time to Kill" is a riveting story of retribution and justice The premise was so interesting that it was impossible not to pick this book up: A ten-year-old girl is raped by two drunken men, and her father takes the law into his own hands by killing the rapists of his daughter.
The major problem in this case: The girl and her father are black, and the two rapists are white. If there is one thing Grisham manages to implement perfectly in his story, then it is the exploration of arguments about why the father should be sentenced to death or declared innocent as a result of the circumstances.
The reader always bears in his mind how the jury would be reacting in case the roles were reversed - if two black men had raped a white girl of ten years -, but the fact that acquitting the father of his crime would encourage many other people to commit self-administered justice too also needs to be taken into account.
Might this premise deliver storytelling material for so many pages? Yes, it might. Shortly after Gary Su Jake Brigance assumed his duty of defending his client, the novel drifted away into long-winded, boring and insignificant rambling. Many people claim this story to be very realistic for how the situation for black people in Mississippi during the 's was like. I have never lived there, so I have no idea how real it really was, but the way Jake Brigance acted and behaved definitely did not feel realistic to me.
Because who doesn't get royally dunk three days before an important trial? Never before have I been that frustrated by a protagonist who behaved like an asshole towards his wife and just about everyone else he encountered, but was still portrayed like the absolute hero.
Throw an incapable prosecutor into the game to make Brigance's light shine even brighter, and you have the perfect Grisham version of Fleming's James Bond. And let's not even address the lack of emotions during the entire novel. You might think that a ten-year-old girl being raped by two drunken men will leave you feeling sorry for her and her family, on the edge of shedding tears?
I have to disappoint you, because Grisham's writing deprives every single emotion from every potentially touching scene. You never know how a character feels inside his soul, because Grisham only tells, only allows his reader to guess what his characters might feel at this very moment. Also, just to clarify things a bit: I didn't dislike the story; the plot was extremely interesting to me and had so much potential, must of which was explored vividly in a very tight and well-structured novel.
I also really liked the film adaptation; it may not be a masterpiece, but it's a very well-adapted movie. My main source of frustration is the writing, so in the end I guess I just can't get into John Grisham's writing style, even though I would appreciate the contents of his novels. View all 31 comments. One of my least favorites of Grisham's books, and that's saying something. Actually I kind of liked The Pelican Brief and one or two of his others, but mostly they strike me as mediocre writing combined, more often than not, with pulpit-pounding and breast-beating about some particular legal issue.
In this case the setting is a murder trial for a African-American man who gunned down his 10 year old daughter's rapists, who are stereotypical Southern white trash racists who tried to mur 2. In this case the setting is a murder trial for a African-American man who gunned down his 10 year old daughter's rapists, who are stereotypical Southern white trash racists who tried to murder this little girl and left her for dead.
The legal question is whether jury nullification is sometimes justified, since the father's defense lawyer, Jake Brigance - having no other legal options - is trying to convince the jury to find the father not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. Grisham, as par for the course, loads the dice on that issue. Biggest clue: the KKK getting involved. I've only read as many of Grisham's books as I have because my father-in-law another voracious reader thought that because I was a lawyer I would automatically like Grisham's books, so I regularly received them from him as birthday and Christmas presents.
I never had the heart to tell him I'd prefer another author. My FIL is gone now, may he rest in peace, so no more Grisham for me. View all 4 comments. May 27, Karina rated it it was amazing. This is my first John Grisham book, I am embarrassed to admit. I felt like I was in Clanton, Mississippi reliving this gruesome murder. His writing and knowledge on the law system is pretty amazing to read. Rated R for violence and some graphic language. Did you know Edit.
After reading the script, he preferred the role of Jake Brigance but didn't think they would cast him due to his experience level. He went to director Joel Schumacher , who granted him a private screentest. Goofs When Jake calls Max after the fire, Max tries to run past him, apparently toward the off-screen dog wrangler. User reviews Review. Top review. I had to stop reading the commentaries, because some people thought they were attorneys and rambled-on about injustice.
My Friends, in the era this film is about, none of the story would be unusual. There are prejudices much worse even now - I was amazed that one person actually compared this wonderful film to "Crash": give the world a break!! If "Crash" I am from Biloxi, Mississippi - along the Gulf Coast. That city has always been a melting-pot, so many different races live together. In my youth, it was Czechs and other European races.
Today, can you believe, it is Vietnamese! The city has also always been a tourist-area, and always had some form of gambling before it became The Las Vegas of the South - perhaps that has tempered the people there from the state's interior's citizens.
Canton - during the '60s - would have been just as it is portrayed in this film. Because of the many TV-courtroom sitcoms, etc. We are not talking about modern-day justice in this film - Shamefully, this is Mississippi at its worst, and I know about that. We didn't have this kind of racism in Biloxi then, perhaps because African-Americans "stayed in their place", a shameful statement if there ever were one.
All the foreigners and citizens of other states who are not aware of those days - how can you comment on the film, except to give a critique? Like many of the people who wrote commentaries, I can watch this film once-a-month. ALL of the cast gave a superb performance; the story did not drag; the places that were filmed were true-to-life; to some folk's surprise, there ARE people who live in the state who do not speak like idiots: people think I'm English!
Missed by many people who made comments, this film is a statement that today we are brutally MEAN to one another: "Crash" re-states this fact, although it is not nearly as poetic. Do I own this film? You betcha!! I'll most likely have to buy another, and it will be money well-spent. Grishom knows how to get our attention, and "A Time to Kill" clearly demonstrates all who were involved in its making were determined to keep his story pure.
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