What readers think of The Testament, plus links to write your own review.

this is a cool book

it was the best book i have read of grisham. he is just brilliant.i am one of his biggest fans.

I loved this book because it was very suspenseful!!!!
My favorite part was when Nate was performing the deposition on the secretary, and they caught her in the middle of a big lie. The lawyers were hilarious because they were so greedy. The end was very surprising and when I read it, I almost fell out of my chair!!! I definately recommend this book to anyone studying law.

It moved fairly well with a good ending. Not what I had expected from Grisham. I expected more courtroom drama than would typically be in his books. Worth a read though.

I had to read this for a worldview class in school and really didn't expect to like it. It was easy reading and really exciting. It wasn't predictable and I really enjoyed every part of it. I highly recommend it!

Great book... a wee bit too long though.

This is a quiet book with a cumulative power to heal that goes far beyond the author's words. Many of us survey our lives from the trash heap of personal failures. Regrets can echo through the canyons of our lives for decades if we fail to heed the signs. There is a pathway out. Most of us fail to find it because our eyes are down-turned from the sadness and futility of self-recriminations. Redemption can sometimes come swiftly, suddenly sweeping away years of self-inflicted carnage. Other times, redemption may creep slowly in like some drunkard slinking home in the misty shadows of the night. Grisham's work here plants seeds in a very entertaining and non-preachy way. Hopefully these seeds will take root in the hearts of those searching for answers. Salvation lies within. Money can't buy it. Professional successes can't replace it. Chemical crutches won't dull the ache forever. Only through forgiveness and surrender will we ever find the place of peace and contentment that we all seek. The Testament is about one man’s journey home.

Too heavy on sleep-inducing South American flora-fauna and geography lessons. Really doesn't rate with what we've come to expect from Grisham. I wound up skimming the last ten-or-so chapters.
Also, the novel is excessively heavy on matters of what we generally describe as faith. He seems to assume, in the way he tells the yarn, that the reader shares what I take to be his own religious beliefs.
Actually, I might better have entitled this review, "Grisham Finds Jesus in Jungles of Brazil."